Classes

TCEQ Course Code 0231:

This class will cover confined spaces in today’s Water and Wastewater industry, including requirements for confined spaces, principle hazards involved in confined space entry, basic skills in hazard recognition and control, confined space assessments, fall protection systems, and rescue and retrieval requirements. An exam will be administered at the conclusion of the course to test the student’s comprehension of the material.

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Completing this course provides continuing education credit for the following licenses: 

• 8-hours of continuing education credits for licensed Backflow Prevention Assembly Testers (BPAT)

• 8-hours of continuing education credits for licensed Water and Wastewater Utility Operators

• 8-hours of continuing education credits for licensed Landscape Irrigators, Technicians and Inspectors

• 8-hours of continuing education credits for licensed Customer Service Inspectors (CSI)

• 8-hours of continuing education credits for licensed OSSF installers, site evaluators, designated representatives and maintenance providers

• 8-hours of continuing education credits for licensed Leaking Petroleum Storage Tank managers

• 8-hours of continuing education credits for licensed Underground Storage Tank on-site supervisors

Topics:

• Applicable regulations (29 CFR 1910.146, 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA, NFPA 350, ANSI Z117.1)

• Entry requirements and hazard recognition

• Proper use and limitations of equipment

• Care and maintenance of personal protective equipment (PPE)

• Hazard analyses (safety, atmospheric)

• Key program elements (training, written program, permit usage and annual review, confined space assessments, prevention and control)