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Confined Spaces Awareness
Online confined spaces awareness for anyone who works near, plans or controls confined space work: what counts as a confined space, why the air inside can kill, and why nobody enters without a safe system of work.
Who it is for
Who this confined spaces awareness course is for
Workers, supervisors and managers in construction, utilities, water, agriculture, manufacturing, food and drink, facilities and maintenance who may work near, plan or control work in confined spaces. No previous training is assumed.
- Workers who may work near or around confined spaces
- Supervisors and managers who plan or control the work
- Construction, utilities, water, agriculture and manufacturing teams
- Facilities and maintenance staff
- New starters who need the awareness before they go near a confined space
Course content
What the confined spaces awareness course covers
Five short lessons covering what a confined space is, the dangers, the law and duties, the safe system of work, and emergencies and rescue, then a 12-question assessment.
What a confined space is
The legal definition, the two tests, examples, and spaces that become confined during the work.
The dangers
The specified risks, gases, lack of oxygen, why your senses cannot be trusted, and why rescuers die.
The law and duties
The Confined Spaces Regulations 1997, the hierarchy of duties, and who does what.
The safe system of work
Isolation, atmosphere testing, ventilation, permits and the equipment a safe system needs.
Emergencies and rescue
Emergency arrangements, raising the alarm, rescue, and never entering without training.
Outcomes
What you will be able to do
- Explain what makes a space a confined space in law
- Recognise the specified risks and hidden dangers
- Explain the duties under the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997
- Describe how a safe system of work controls entry
- Respond safely to a confined space emergency
Your legal duty
The law behind this training
The Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 and HSE's Approved Code of Practice L101 set out the duties: avoid entry where you can, and where you cannot, work only to a safe system of work with emergency arrangements in place. This course is the awareness that sits behind those duties.
It is awareness training only. It does not qualify anyone to enter, work in or rescue from a confined space. Entry needs specific training, a safe system of work, and emergency arrangements in place first, and you never enter to rescue someone without the right training and equipment: raise the alarm instead.
- Confined Spaces Regulations 1997
- HSE Approved Code of Practice L101
Practicalities
How the course works
Would you rather have a tutor?
Need more than awareness? Our tutor led Confined Space Awareness course runs on scheduled dates with a trainer.
For employers
Buying for a team
Putting a whole team through the same course means everyone learns to the same standard, and you hold one record of who has done it and when it runs out.
- One invoice instead of a card payment per person
- Licences allocated as people join or change roles
- Completion and expiry reporting for your training records
- Renewal reminders before certificates lapse
Confined Spaces Awareness: common questions
About 30 to 45 minutes, with no time limit: start it, pause it, and come back whenever suits. The certificate is issued as soon as you pass the end assessment.
Yes. Each lesson ends with short knowledge checks, then there is a 12-question assessment with a pass mark of 70% (9 of 12). You can retake it as often as you need.
The certificate is valid for 1 year, and we recommend a refresher every year.
No. This is awareness training under the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 and HSE ACOP L101. Entering, working in or rescuing from a confined space needs specific training, a safe system of work and emergency arrangements in place first.
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