City & Guilds Levels 2 & 3 Awards in High Risk Confined Spaces (6160-03) and in Working as a Member of a Rescue and Recovery Team in Confined Spaces (6160-08)

The course is delivered through a combination of classroom-based tutorials and practical assignments. Delegates will be assessed through a mixture of theory and practical tests.

Agenda:

• Preparing to work safely in high risk confined spaces
• Safely entering and exiting high risk confined spaces
• Equipment and tools, including pre and after-use checks (gas detectors, escape sets and breathing apparatus)
• Safe systems of work
• Dealing with emergencies
• Understanding the principles of working in high risk confined spaces
• Understanding standard protocols for working in high risk confined spaces
• Overseeing the safety checks of the entry and rescue teams before commencing work activities
• Entering and exiting confined spaces safely as part of a rescue and recovery team
• Checking all rescue equipment and tools are suitable for the task and understanding how to use them safely
• Following procedures and work safely as a member of a rescue and recovery team
• Understanding the principles of working as part of a rescue and recovery team
• Understanding standard protocols for working in rescue and recovery teams
• Assessments – both practical and written

This five-day course is suitable for anyone who works or is preparing to work in a high risk environment, as well as part of a rescue and recovery team in confined spaces. It includes preparing to work safely, entering and exiting high risk confined spaces safely, dealing with and carrying out emergency activities, using emergency equipment, casualty recovery and handling devices according to manufacturers' specifications.

Delegates participating in this course must be a minimum age of 18, clean-shaven, medically fit to wear breathing apparatus and be able to enter a confined space. Delegates who arrive with facial hair will not be accepted onto the course.

Delegates should generally not have problems with eyesight or hearing, heart disease, high blood pressure, epilepsy, fear of heights / confined spaces, vertigo, giddiness/difficulty with balance, impaired limb function, alcohol or drug dependence or psychiatric illness.

Due to the nature of confined space work and the emphasis placed on communication, there is only the provision for the practical and knowledge assessments to be undertaken in English. City and Guilds do not permit interpreters for this course.

Following successful completion of the course, delegates' results will be audited by a City & Guilds quality assurance process. On completion, both a Level 2 Award in Working in High Risk Confined Spaces (6160-03) certificate and a Level 3 Award in Working as a Member of a Rescue and Recovery Team in Confined Spaces (6160-08) certificate will be issued (please note the quality assurance process may take up to 12 weeks).