Confined Space Entry — Competent Person

The short answer. Permit-required confined space work in the United States is regulated under 29 CFR 1910.146 (general industry) and 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA (construction). Entry into a permit-required confined space requires a written program, designated roles (entrant, attendant, supervisor), atmospheric monitoring, and a documented rescue plan. This course prepares the people doing the work to do it inside that program.

Confined space incidents are disproportionately deadly. A would-be rescuer who enters without a plan is the most common second fatality in a confined space event. The course is built around prevention of that pattern — atmospheric testing, ventilation, role discipline, and non-entry rescue planning before anyone goes in.

Course examples come from active stadium, hospital, and industrial confined space work. The atmospheric scenarios are real ones the Granite Safety bench has tested in the field — not stock examples.

What you'll learn

• What Counts as a Confined Space — and a Permit-Required One
• Atmospheric Testing and Monitoring
• Hazard Control and Ventilation
• Roles — Entrant, Attendant, Supervisor
• Permit Issuance and Pre-Entry Briefing
• Rescue Planning and Non-Entry Rescue

Who it's for

Entry supervisors, attendants, and authorized entrants on construction or general-industry sites where permit-required confined space work occurs. Foremen who write the daily entry permit. Crews who enter vaults, tanks, manholes, pits, crawl spaces, ductwork, and similar.

Refresh cadence

OSHA does not mandate a fixed refresh interval but requires retraining whenever the work changes, the program changes, or a deviation indicates a gap. Industry practice and most owner specs: refresh every two years.

What it costs

Charter Member price: $118 per seat (30% off Year One, locked for life). MSRP: $169. Talk to us about crew enrollment.

Prerequisites

OSHA 10 or OSHA 30.