Training
Training for work in confined spaces will depend on each person’s previous experience and type of work they will be doing and is likely to include:
- the requirements of the regulations, specifically the need to avoid entry into a confined space where this can reasonably be avoided;
- an understanding of the work, its associated hazards and necessary precautions;
- an understanding of safe systems of work and permit-to-work systems and the need to comply with them; and
- how emergencies arise, the need to follow prepared emergency arrangements (including the dangers of not doing so), especially for those involved in rescue work.