This course is for the entry controller / top person in control of entry and arrangements for low / medium and high risk confined spaces without entering them.

NOTE: Delegates must be medically fit and healthy, have reached the age of 18 and be clean shaven. Candidates will be wearing harnesses and the safe working load of our working equipment is 136kg.

Delegates are required to bring to the course proof of ID in the form of a valid UK driving license, passport or CSCS card.

The City & Guilds Training Scheme 6160 is the water industry standard. All water companies participated in the formulation of this scheme to ensure that training quality is consistent and accepted nationally.

The aim of this course is to reflect the National Occupational Standard (NOS) for controlling entry and arrangements at a confined space. This unit covers both water and non-water industry areas:

• Water – this may include working with potable water, sewage treatment process, drain and sewer cleaning operations or where the operative is working in or near water, or where a confined space is subject to surface water flooding.
• Non-water – this may include pharmaceutical, petrochemical, asbestos removal, vehicle manufacture and servicing, aeronautical, construction, communications, power, utilities, gas, electrical and mechanical engineering, and some elements of work operations in mines, quarries and tunnelling.

SSG offer this course over three days in partnership with Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue and Red One.

• Implement procedures for teams working in confined spaces
• Control safe entry and exit to the confined space
• Monitor the work team to ensure procedures are followed
• Control emergency situations
• Understand health, safety and environmental legislation
• Understand standard protocols for work in confined spaces
• Understand entry controller duties and responsibilities
• Understand equipment checks and testing required

Assessment is via practical observation as well as a written exam. Delegates who complete this course will then be awarded with a City & Guilds certificate.