6160-04 City & Guilds Level 3 Award in Control Entry and Arrangements for Confined Spaces (High Risk)
This unit is for the entry controller/top person who controls entry and arrangements for confined spaces without entering them. It includes the duties of an entry controller, pre-entry procedures, entry into and exit from the confined space, maintaining communications and initiating and controlling emergency procedures.
Aims and Objectives
The aim of this unit is to reflect the national occupational standard for controlling entry and arrangements at a confined space. This unit covers both water and non-water industry areas.
Water: this may include working with potable water, sewage treatment processes, drain and sewer cleaning operations, or where the operative is working in or near water or where confined space is subject to surface water flooding.
Non-water: this may include pharmaceutical, petrochemical, asbestos removal, vehicle manufacture and servicing, aeronautical, construction, communications, power, utility gas, electrical and mechanical engineering, and some elements of work operations in mines, quarries, and tunnelling.
Delivery Method/Assessment
Theory & Practical Assessment
