GAS TEST ATMOSPHERES

Learn how to safely and effectively test a potentially hazardous atmosphere

Gas test atmospheres Course Outline:

This gas test atmospheres training unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to test the working atmosphere, using electronic test apparatus, to find out if it is safe for the proposed work. Working environment may be hazardous, unpredictable, subject to time pressure, chaotic and expose responders to risk, on land or water, by day or night. Workplace atmospheres may include visible and invisible hazards and hazardous surfaces.

Gas test atmospheres course Includes:

MSMWHS217 - Gas Test Atmospheres

Course Content:

Identifying scope and OHS requirements
Risk identification and Management
Types of gas detectors
Interpreting reading
PPE

Who Should Attend?

Gas test atmospheres training unit is suitable for use in the following situations:

confined spaces
enclosed and partially enclosed spaces
hot work
storage tanks, silos, pits, pipes, shafts, ducts, transport vehicles and ships
testing as part of issuing a work permit
monitoring as part of working under a work permit
open areas
holding the gas tester by hand
lowering the gas tester into a space, e.g. on a line into a hazardous area

Mode of Delivery

This course is delivered face to face over one day in duration

Refresher Training

It is recommended that this course be refreshed at intervals not exceeding three years

Is this training Nationally Accredited?

Yes

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