OSHA Construction Confined Space
Competent Person / Supervisor

About This Course

Course Objectives

Introduction to Confined Spaces

• Key Terms
• High Risk Jobs
• Fatality Statistics – Training and Awareness
• Fatality Statistics – Causes
• Applicable Regulations
• 1926 Subpart AA – Key Updates

Hazards

• Oxygen Deficient Environment
• Oxygen Enriched Environment
• Hazardous Atmospheres
• Hazard Classification and Labeling
• NFPA Labels
• Configuration Hazards
• Engulfment Hazards
• Other Potential Hazards

Confined Spaces

• Special Considerations – Conditions
• Special Considerations – Rules

Duties of Entry Supervisor

• Introduction to the Permit
• Cancelling and Suspending the Permit
• Other Supervisor Duties

Entry Permits

• The Entry Permit

Duties of Employer

Preventative Measures

• Dilution Ventilation
• Exhaust Ventilation
• Monitoring Equipment
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Exposure Level Terminology

Summary

Additional Resources

Exam

While every worker within a confined space should be competent, this course is geared toward the ultimate and legally bound competent person within a work site: an entry supervisor. At a work site, there may be one or more supervisors, and each supervisor must gain the knowledge and experience necessary to be deemed a competent person.

The length of time for which the training is valid is determined by OSHA 29 CFR § 1910.146:

(g) Training. (1) The employer shall provide training so that all employees whose work is regulated by this section acquire the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under this section.

(2) Training shall be provided to each affected employee:

(i) Before the employee is first assigned duties under this section;

(ii) Before there is a change in assigned duties;

(iii) Whenever there is a change in permit space operations that presents a hazard about which an employee has not previously been trained;

(iv) Whenever the employer has reason to believe either that there are deviations from the permit space entry procedures required by paragraph (d)(3) of this section or that there are inadequacies in the employee’s knowledge or use of these procedures.

This online course satisfies the training requirements for the OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA Permit-required Confined Spaces Standard, as well as covering topics as outlined in 1926.32(f) “Competent person”.