Safe Working in Confined Spaces (Low and Medium Risk. Horizontal) (SWCSH)
The Safe Working in Confined Spaces (Low and Medium Risk. Horizontal) (SWCSH) course provides insight into the potential hazards and risks of entering confined spaces, and the applicable legislation in this area. The course covers safe systems of work for horizontal entry into low and medium risk confined spaces, and core skills such as air monitoring.
(Formerly known as Safe Working in Confined Spaces 1 – SWCS1).
Contact hours
3.5 hours (0.5 days)
Prerequisites:
- Minimum age: 18
Course content includes
- Rescue 3 introduction
- Confined space definitions, hazards and categories
- Legislation and standards
- Personal safety
- Safe systems of work for confined space entry
- Isolation – lock-out, tag-out, try-out
- Introduction to air monitoring
- Personal and team equipment
- Entry procedures
- Communications and verbal commands
- Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) – escape sets
- Use of a 4-gas diffuse meter
- Introduction to confined space ventilation
- Connecting to a rope
- Dynamic risk assessment
- On-scene safety briefing and site control
- Horizontal confined space entry and exit
- Emergency procedures
Course standard, learning outcomes and key teaching points
Rescue 3 Europe course standards, learning outcomes and key teaching points
The course standards, learning outcomes and key teaching points are provided as pre- and post-course reference for people involved in the delivery of Rescue 3 courses (eg Rescue 3 training providers, instructors and students). They are not to be used for any other purpose without the express written permission of Rescue 3 Europe.
Taught by:
- Safe Working in Confined Spaces Instructor (SWCSI)
- Confined Space Entry and Rescue Instructor (CSERI)
- Confined Space Rescue Operator Instructor (CSROI)
- Confined Space Rescue Technician Instructor (CSRTI)
- Confined Space Rescue Specialist Instructor (CSRSI)
Recertification options
Instructor to student ratios
Student resources
Student resources for Rescue 3 courses can be accessed here.
Instructor resources
Instructor resources for Rescue 3 courses can be accessed here.
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