Confined Space Rescue

ACUTE delivers training in English and participants need to demonstrate an independent understanding and comprehension of the course content to successfully complete the training.

Time: 8:30am – 4:30pm

Prerequisites: Confined Space Entry Awareness

Note: Participants must wear appropriate CSA footwear. This program has a very significant practical component that can be physically demanding for some. Participants will have the opportunity to extricate weighted mannequins from our confined space simulators

Program Content

This training program builds on the content of the Confined Space Entry Awareness course to train participants on the safety considerations and how to safely perform rescue from confined space.

Training program topics include:

• Regulation 632/05 – Confined Spaces rescue obligations and prohibitions review
• Protection of personnel from hazards within the confined space
• Size-up of existing and potential hazards in confined space emergencies
• Risk assessment
• Hazard control hierarchy
• Evaluation of controls
• Plan and implement a confined space rescue operation
• Management of the physical and psychological challenges in confined spaces
• Rescue types
• Use of victim packaging devices
• Proper lifting techniques
• Use of respiratory protection equipment and when such equipment is required for rescue operations

You will learn by:

• Classroom interaction with experienced instructors
• Sizing up hazards and applying appropriate control measures
• Creating rescue plans
• Employing victim packaging techniques and equipment
• Using man-safe mechanical advantage systems
• Performing hands-on rescue exercises involving the removal of incapacitated entrants from variously configured confined spaces
• Detailed handouts, videos and quizzes

Who should enroll in this training program?

Employers, supervisors and workers who may be involved with planning or implementing a confined space rescue plan in their workplace. Confined space Attendants and Entry Rescuers will find this course beneficial.

Training Program Duration

1 Day (8 Hours)