Originally Posted by: Taha Abdul ghani

Originally Posted by: John J

Can anyone suggest a suitable training course for Confined Space Authorisers.

I'd recommend considering both of these options.

It may be worth considering the relevance of  making a recommendation to a post that originated and closed in 2014 (some nine years ago) and whose originator last visited the forum on 12th November 2019 so is unlikely to see your efforts.

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On this occasion I don't think that the reply is spamming but perhaps overenthusiastic and indicative that someone who by recent admission apparently has IOSH Managing Safely as their highest level H&S qualification is perhaps not best placed to answer the question put nine years ago.

I certainly wouldn't rely on an entirely theoretical training couse for anyone I was going to send down sewers or into disused railway tunnels, or underground reservoirs or many other types of confined space, as they need to understand how to use gas monitors, whatever type OR types of breathing apparatus might be necessary, perhaps the use of tripod for rescue and/or general entry and other issues where it would be very difficult to get a feel that the trainee has assimilated the training without getting their hands relatively dirty - EVEN if a hole in the ground in a training facility is NOT the same as the real thing, where there are likely to be rats in the sewer etc UNLESS it is e.g. a tank in a chemical works.

AND for many scenarios I wouldn't rely on an entirely theoretica training course for those in charge of putting people into such predicaments either.

For many such people there are established best practice training standards as already mentioned on this thread several years ago.

...and whether the training is for those actually doing the entry or those in charge of sending them there, it will almost invariably need to be made relevant to the circumstances and not be some generic, off the shelf offering.

This is NOT to say that there isn't a place for such generic training. Good starting point for e.g. a health and safety professional taking steps along their learning curve.