Confined Space

Mines Rescue Service offers confined space training courses to comply with current regulations and is an accredited provider of the City & Guilds/CABWI National Occupational Standards for confined spaces (6150 qualifications). These deal with low, medium and high risk confined spaces across a wide range of industries.

It is also hoped that non-water National Occupational Standards will also be available to our customers.

All certificates issued have a 3 year life. Refresher courses are available.

Specialist courses are also available in the environmental monitoring, risk assessment and method statement production.

The table below will provide some guidance to employers in deciding which confined space course is required for their employees.

NOS

C&G / CABWI

Qualification

Brief Description

Pre-requisites

MRSL Course

Working in low risk confined spaces

6150-01 – Working in low risk confined spaces in the water industry

·          No danger from a specified risk

·          No use of access equipment

·          Use of gas monitor

·          Lone worker procedures

·          No risk from flooding

Need to complete:-

·          WIFM84A Customer Employee Fitness Form

·          WIFM84 – Are you fit?

1 day - Working in low risk confined spaces

 

Working in medium risk confined spaces

6150-02 – Working in medium risk confined spaces in the water industry (top man)(entrant)

·          The specified risk has been controlled

·          Use of access equipment

·          Use of gas monitor

·          Lone worker procedures

·          Use of escape breathing apparatus

Need to complete:-

·          WIFM84A Customer Employee Fitness Form

·          WIFM84 – Are you fit?

2 days – Working in medium risk confined spaces

 

Working in high risk confined spaces

6150-03 – Working in high risk confined spaces in the water industry

·          Specified risk cannot be eliminated

·          Use of access equipment

·          Use of gas monitor

·          Lone worker procedures

·          Use of escape breathing apparatus

·          Use of open circuit breathing apparatus

Need to complete:-

·          WIFM84A Customer Employee Fitness Form

·          WIFM84 – Are you fit?

3 days – Working in high risk confined spaces

 

Overseeing work in confined spaces

6150-04 - Top Man / Person for High Risk

Confined Spaces:

Water

·          Controlling pre-entry requirements

·          Establishing / maintaining communication

·          Dealing with emergencies

 

 

Need to complete:-

·          WIFM84A Customer Employee Fitness Form

·          WIFM84 – Are you fit?

Individual will need to attend a high risk course in order to be assessed carrying out duties with actual people

2 days – Overseeing work in confined spaces

 

6150-06 - Working in Medium Risk Confined Spaces (Top Man) (Non-Entrant).

·          The specified risk has been controlled

·          Use of access equipment

·          Use of gas monitor

·          Lone worker procedures

·          Use of escape breathing apparatus

 

Need to complete:-

·          WIFM84A Customer Employee Fitness Form

·          WIFM84 – Are you fit?

Individual acts as top man – does not enter the confined space

2 days – Working in medium risk confined spaces

 

Emergency rescue and recovery of casualties from confined spaces

6150-05 - Emergency rescue and recovery of

casualties from confined spaces in the water industry

 

·          Working as a team

·          Use of rescue stretcher

·          Use of resuscitation equipment

·          Casualty loading

·          Casualty transport

Need to complete:-

·          WIFM84A Customer Employee Fitness Form

·          WIFM84 – Are you fit?

·          6150-03 – Working in high risk confined spaces in the water industry

Employer needs to ensure that:-

·          those attending have sufficient first aid knowledge

·          they select individuals who they believe are fit enough to wear breathing apparatus and undertake rescue work

2 days – Emergency rescue and recovery of casualties from confined spaces

 

3 days – Working in high risk confined spaces (if persons are already BA and confined space trained then they can be assessed directly against this unit)

 

Course Details

Emergency Rescue and Recovery of Casualties from a Confined Space (City & Guilds 6150-05 Level 3)

2 day course - aimed at persons who have been trained to work in high risk confined spaces, and who may form part of a team of rescue workers who may need to enter and assist persons to exit the confined space in the event of an emergency.

2 days Prices on application

Course dates for Emergency Rescue and Recovery of Casualties from a Confined Space (City & Guilds 6150-05 Level 3)

High Risk Confined Spaces (City & Guilds 6150-03 Level 2)

3 day course - aimed at persons who may be involved in confined spaces which involve difficult entry/exit, wearing of self-contained open circuit breathing apparatus and using specialist detection and resuscitation equipment when work is being carried out within the confined space.

3 days Prices on application

Course dates for High Risk Confined Spaces (City & Guilds 6150-03 Level 2)

Low Risk Confined Spaces (City & Guilds 6150-01 Level 2)

1 day course - aimed at lone workers working in an environment with low risk entry with adequate natural or mechanical ventilation, where access appears simple and unobstructed and there is no likely risk of flooding (for example meter pits, valve chambers, stairwells).

1 day Prices on application

Course dates for Low Risk Confined Spaces (City & Guilds 6150-01 Level 2)

Managing Confined Spaces

Aimed at those persons responsible for managing entries into confined spaces.

2 days Prices on application

Course dates for Managing Confined Spaces

Medium Risk Confined Spaces (City & Guilds 6150-02 Level 2)

2 day course - for persons working in confined space environments where there is a medium risk that a specified hazard may be present. It will require the use of escape breathing apparatus and monitoring equipment.

2 days Prices on application

Course dates for Medium Risk Confined Spaces (City & Guilds 6150-02 Level 2)

Medium Risk Confined Spaces (Refresher) (City & Guilds 6150-02 Level 2)

1 day course - undertaken by those already having completed the initial course within 3 years to renew certification and competence.

1 day Prices on application

Course dates for Medium Risk Confined Spaces (Refresher) (City & Guilds 6150-02 Level 2)

Overseeing Work in High Risk Confined Spaces (City & Guilds 6150-04 Level 4)

2 day course with prior knowledge and experience of breathing apparatus, gas detection and confined spaces. Aim is to assess learners in a high risk environment overseeing a work team preparing to work safely and entering and exiting the confined space safely. Also to assess learners monitoring procedures and dealing with emergencies.

2 days Prices on application

Course dates for Overseeing Work in High Risk Confined Spaces (City & Guilds 6150-04 Level 4)

Top Man for Medium Risk Confined Spaces (City & Guilds 6150-06)

2 day course - for persons who act as Top Man (non-entry) for those working in medium risk confined space environments where there is a medium risk that a specified hazard may be present.

2 days Prices on application

Course dates for Top Man for Medium Risk Confined Spaces (City & Guilds 6150-06)