Training
Workplace Hazards
Confined Space Awareness
Workplace Hazards

Confined Space Awareness

For staff and supervisors working on sites where confined spaces exist. Awareness-level understanding of the risks, safe systems of work and emergency procedures.

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Duration
1 day.
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Delivery
Delivered on-site at your premises. Tailored to the confined spaces on your site and your permit-to-work system.
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Accreditation
Certificate of Attendance issued by Opus Safety.
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Suitable for
Staff, supervisors and managers working on sites with confined spaces who need to understand the risks and the controls in place. Not an entry-qualified course.
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Certification
Delegates receive a Certificate of Attendance on completion. Refresher recommended every three years or after changes to site layout or safe systems of work.
Overview

Recognise the risks before anyone enters

Every year people are killed or seriously injured in confined spaces, usually because the dangers are underestimated, training is thin, or safe systems of work are not followed. This awareness course gives delegates the understanding to recognise confined space hazards and work safely within the controls that apply. Delivered on-site at your premises and tailored to the specific confined spaces on your site and your permit-to-work arrangements.

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Process

Three steps to a certified team

Pick the course, confirm a date, and we run the training. Every delegate leaves with a certificate - clear booking, clear agenda, no admin chase.

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Scoped to your site

Opus reviews the confined spaces on your site and your permit-to-work arrangements ahead of delivery. The session is tailored so delegates recognise the specific spaces, hazards and controls that apply to their work.

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Pre-course site review with your H&S lead
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Tailored to your permit-to-work system
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Up to 8 delegates per session
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One-day delivery on-site

A one-day session covering the Confined Spaces Regulations 1997, risk identification and control, safe systems of work, permit-to-work, PPE including intrinsically safe and ATEX-approved kit, fall arrest, safe entry and exit, and emergency procedures.

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Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 and ACOP
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Permit-to-work and safe systems of work
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PPE, fall arrest and emergency procedures
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Certificate and training record

Delegates receive a Certificate of Attendance on completion. Opus can log the certificate into your training matrix so the record sits alongside wider H&S documentation.

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Certificate of Attendance from Opus Safety
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Logged into your training matrix on request
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Refresher prompts for managed clients
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COURSE OVERVIEW

What to expect from this course

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What's covered

Confined Spaces Regulations 1997 and Approved Code of Practice, identification and control of risks, workplace safety, risk assessment, safe systems of work, permit-to-work, PPE (IP rated, intrinsically safe and ATEX approved) with pre-use inspection, fall arrest systems, safe entry and exit, and emergency procedures.

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Who it's for

Staff, supervisors and managers who work on sites where confined spaces exist and need to understand the risks and the controls that apply. This is an awareness-level course, not an entry-qualified course for people entering the space.

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Prerequisites

None required. Familiarity with your own confined spaces, permit systems and emergency procedures helps tailor the scenarios but is not essential.

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What you get

Certificate of Attendance from Opus Safety on completion. Delegates leave able to recognise confined spaces, apply the Regulations and ACOP, work within a permit-to-work system and understand the emergency procedures that apply on their site.

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What non-compliance actually cost your business

67%

Reduction in near-miss incidents

£28K

Saved on insurance premiums annually

6hrs

Audit prep time per branch

McLaughlan Transport
Danny McLaughlan, Workshop Director
8 sites • West Midlands • 150 employees
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Opus gave us a robust, results-based safety programme that put us in control of compliance performance. The Opus team are there whenever we need them with insightful sector knowledge and commercially sound safety advice.
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Ready to get your team certified?

Speak with the team about booking this course, when our next dates are, and when it fits around your schedule.

Scheduled around your operations · On-site or e-learning · Certificate on completion

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No hard sell
We'll tell you where gaps are
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Frequently Asked Questions

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