Competent Person Confined Space Awareness for Construction will provide the knowledge on how to use your existing knowledge of confined spaces while learning about the newest safety procedures and ever-changing regulations. 

 Confined spaces include manholes, crawl spaces, and tanks not intended for continuous occupancy and may be difficult to exit in an emergency. Because construction workers often perform tasks in such confined spaces, these spaces may present inherent physical and atmospheric hazards. This course will address such hazards in order to provide training prior to entering such a worksite.

NOTICE: This course is primarily based on OAR 437-002-0146 Confined Spaces.

The Competent Person Confined Space Awareness for Construction safety course offers participants a thorough and up-to-date understanding of the equipment, systems, and procedures necessary to assist workers in reducing the risk of workplace accidents associated with confined spaces. The course is intended to teach all participants to do the following: 

• Identify example of confined spaces and the potential dangers associated with them
• Recognize Oregon’s strict requirements for confined spaces in construction as found in OAR 437-002-0146
• Understand the major differences between a confined space and a permit-required confined space
• Recognize that select, trained, and authorized persons are the only individuals who may enter a permit-required confined space.

• An introduction to confined spaces, and the backgrounds and definitions associated with them
• Common types of confined spaces in construction
• Common hazards associated with confined spaces
• Importance of confined space location recognition
• Importance of signage and labels
• Reporting potential hazards
• Summary of confined spaces in construction

Note: Confined Space accidents are one of the most common fatality accidents in construction. Attend this course to identify common mistakes and the role of the attendant, entrant, and supervisor.