6150-56 Level two award in working on medium risk confined spaces (Top Man) (Non-Entrant)
All candidates wishing to take a City and Guilds confined space qualification should be a minimum of 16 years old and be medically fit.
This qualification covers:
Receiving task for working in confined spaces
Organising a safety zone around
Confirming risk assessments and safe systems of work
Controlling entry, working and exists
Dealing with emergency situations at confined space entries
This qualification focuses on the delegate's ability to:
Review and understand given risk assessments for confined spaces working
Recognise differences in confined spaces classification
Assemble staff, inform them of duties, deploy them to tasks
Establish and maintain a safety zone around the confined space
Determine and establish adequate means of on site and off site communications
Open the confined space, confirm risk level
Perform gas monitoring checks and equipment checks
Permit entry as per risk assessed method
Recover workers and closes confined space safety
Initiate all hygiene procedures
Close down safety zone
React to emergency situations as per task briefing
