Confined Space Awareness  

Online Certification Course

Audience: Workers, Supervisors, and Joint Health & Safety (JOHS) Committees

Duration: 4 hours

Course Overview

This course provides essential knowledge for safe work in confined spaces. Participants will learn how to recognize hazards, follow regulations, and respond effectively to emergencies. Training includes interactive modules, videos, and a final test leading to certification.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand roles and responsibilities: Employers, supervisors, workers, and contractors.

• Identify confined spaces: Recognize permit-required spaces and their characteristics.

• Recognize hazards: Atmospheric, physical, and procedural risks.

• Apply control measures: Ventilation, testing, and safe work practices.

• Prepare for entry: Conduct pre-entry assessments and follow safe procedures.

• Plan for emergencies: Know rescue requirements and permitting systems.

• Work safely inside confined spaces: Follow step-by-step procedures and respond to problems.

Course Modules

• Responsibilities – Employers, supervisors, workers, contractors

• Recognizing confined spaces

• Hazard awareness

• Regulations and hazard assessments

• Safe work practices

• Atmospheric testing and ventilation

• Emergency planning

• Rescue and permitting systems

• Additional educational videos

• Interactive exam and certification

Why Confined Space Training Matters

• In B.C., 18 confined space fatalities occurred over 15 years (WorkSafeBC).

• Across Canada, more than 100 deaths are estimated annually.

• Proper training saves lives and prevents injuries.

Why Online Training?

• Flexible learning: Learn at your own pace, review anytime.

• Efficient: Shorter training time, no classroom downtime.

• Cost-effective: No facility rental, reduced production loss.

• Compliant: Meets WorkSafeBC and COR requirements.

• Certified: Completion certificates provided.

Who Needs This Training?

Anyone working in or around confined spaces, including:

• Construction

• Manufacturing

• Oil and Gas

• Painters

• Electrical workers

• Municipal employees (cities and townships)

• JOHS Committee members

Course Features

• Free multiple exam attempts: No extra charges, unlimited retries.

• Dedicated support: Help available via email.

• Secure training records: Accessible anytime.

• Instant PDF certificate: Download upon completion.

• 3-year certification validity: Requires workplace specific hazard review and verification by a qualified person.