Duration: 40 hours (including assessment)

Attendance: 75%

Graded Assessment: Part 1: Written Questions (2.5 hours), Part 2: Demonstration (15 minutes), and Part 3: Oral Questioning (about 15 – 30 minutes)

Certification: Statement of Attainment (SOA) by Workforce Development Agency (WDA)

Course Medium: English

Target Audience

Persons who want to obtain the knowledge to be competent for taking up appointment of a confined space safety assessor.

Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) professionals such as WSH Coordinators, Officers, and Auditors

Occupational Hygiene (OH) professionals such as OH Technicians etc.

Entry Requirements

Learners must fulfil the literacy, numeracy and science requirements. In addition to that, they must also fulfil requirements A or B.

1. Course Entry Requirements:

Literacy and Numeracy

WSQ Employability Skills Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Level 6;

or

Grade C6 in GCE ‘O’ Level for English and Mathematics

Science

Grade C6 in GCE ‘O’ Level Science (Chemistry and Physics)

A) Other relevant skills/ working experience

WSH Skills & Knowledge equivalent to Certificate in WSH

OR

B) 3 years of relevant working experience in operations and co-ordination of safety work

Assumed Skills and Knowledge

• The person should be vigilant, alert and wary at all times to spot hazards
• Be adaptable, able to think and response in any situations that may occur during confined space assessment and monitoring
• Should be problem-solving, assertive, standing by decisions and carrying out actions bases on test results and reliable data
• Course Objectives
• On completion of this unit, the learner will have the knowledge and be equipped with the application skills in basic principles in working within/around confined space. This includes:
• Use of appropriate gas testing equipment to ascertain that the confined space atmosphere is safe for entry and work.
• Recognise the limitation of the test equipment used; calibrate the equipment and use it to obtain representative results for the assessment of confined space for safe entry and work.
• Monitoring the atmospheric conditions to ensure that it is safe for entry and work.