11 - 15 May 2025
Cairo (Egypt)
Hotel : Holiday Inn & Suites Cairo Maadi, an IHG Hotel
Cost : 3575 € Euro
Confined spaces pose significant risks, with accidents often resulting from inherent hazards or poor decisions during entry for maintenance, repair, or inspections. This course covers confined space hazards, stringent precautions, and safe work systems, with practical application through a tabletop exercise. Topics include OSHA 1910.146 and HSE standards, inherent hazards, personnel training, and necessary precautions before and during entry.
Become familiar with OSHA 1910.146 and Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 Approved Code of Practice, HSE
Become familiar with the hazards of a confined space
To take all the necessary precautions before entering
Be able to maintain the confined space as a safe place to work
Familiarise the delegates with different methods of cleaning and isolation
Safety Personnel
Planning Engineers
Entry Supervisors
Authorized Entrants
The programme is presented with slides and interactive videos that all require active participation. Several case studies, with accompanying videos, are presented. On the last day of the seminar the delegates undertake a desktop exercise in planning an entry into a confined space.
The risks of confined spaces
A safe system of work for confined spaces
The health hazards involved
Common confined spaces tasks and precautions
The training necessary for all involved in confined space entry
Efficient planning for confined space entry
Time optimisation in confined space entry work
Confidence that the company is following best practices
Confidence of personnel that all safety measures are being taken
Elimination of accidents in confined spaces
Understanding the regulations used by OSHA and the HSE
Isolation procedure
Gas Freeing
Atmospheric Testing
Emergency arrangements and assessing the risks
The occupational health hazards of a confined space
Permit to Work system
Day 1
Introduction, Definitions & Risk Assessment
Introduction
Definitions - OSHA Terminology
Risk Assessment
Reading PIDs
Work Permit Systems
Contractors
Day 2
Occupational Health Hazards in Confined Spaces
Occupational Health Hazards
Chemical substances Hazards
Physical Hazards
H2S and Pyrophoric iron
Washing and Changing Facilities
Contaminated Areas and Control
Day 3
Atmospheric Testing, Cleaning and Emergency Arrangements
Atmosphere Testing
Cleaning of Confined spaces prior to entry
Gas freeing of Tanks, Vessels - Use and hazards of Steam water inert gas and chemicals
Isolation - Positive Isolation, Lockout / Tag Out, Maintaining Isolation
Personnel Training and Duties
Rescue Arrangements
Day 4
PPE, Common Tasks and Maintaining Safety
PPE Requirements
Entry with Breathing Apparatus / Entry without Breathing Apparatus
Ventilation & Lighting
Common Maintenance task and problems in confined spaces – Furnaces, Vessels, Tanks
Check Lists
Boxing Up, Hand Over and De-Isolation
Day 5
Table Top Exercise
A desktop syndicate exercise to plan an entry into a confined space. The syndicates will be given a PID and written details of the process. They will be required to program the steps and precautions for entry and cleaning prior to maintenance, and the precautions for the maintenance tasks to be undertaken – de-pressure, initial isolation, gas freeing and precautions, final positive isolation and isolation positioning, cordoning off the area, PPE required etc.
Presentation and discussion by the syndicate groups
Course Evaluation
Summary