Permit Required Confined Space Entrant, Attendant, and Supervisor

MIOSHA Parts 90 and 490 require employers to provide training to employees who enter and perform work in permit required confined spaces (PRCS). This course is designed to increase the employee’s knowledge of hazards associated with permit required confined space entry. The goal of this course is to provide employees who work in or near PRCSs with the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to safely enter. Students will learn how to prepare entry permits, safe entry practices, and non-entry rescue skills needed to remove victims and rescuers from a permit space. This course fulfills the MIOSHA initial and recurring/annual training requirements for employees who work in or near PRCS. This course fulfills the Awareness level training requirements outlined in NFPA 1006 Standard for Technical Rescue Personnel Professional Qualifications.

Course content includes:

• MIOSHA parts 90 and 490 review.
• Entrant, attendant, and supervisor responsibilities and duties.
• Analyzing a confined space(s) to determine if the space(s) is a PRCS.
• Preparing confined space entry permits.
• Recognizing, evaluating, and mitigating hazards associated with PRCS.
• Air monitoring equipment and testing practices.
• Ventilation equipment and practices.
• Entry equipment and safety.
• Initiating exterior search operations.
• Non-entry rescue equipment and operations.

Hours: 8
This course can be taught onsite at your organization by request.

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