OSHA & Workplace Safety • Instructor-Led Training

Confined Space Entry Team Training — Construction Activities

Construction-focused instructor-led awareness for employees, supervisors and contractors whose work may place them in or around confined spaces at construction sites.

Choose four hours at $125 per participant or eight hours at $200 per participant. Approved formats are Private Onsite, Private Live Online, Open Enrollment Onsite, Open Enrollment Live Online, and Downtown Tampa Classroom. Private classes bill a minimum of seven participants; open-enrollment classes have no seven-person minimum. This course covers construction entry-team planning and procedures, but no learner or TBT instructor enters a confined space during training.

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Construction confined-space entry team reviewing tripod, retrieval, monitoring, and ventilation equipment.

Course at a Glance

$125 or $200 Per Participant

Four hours: $125. Eight hours: $200. Private onsite and private live-online classes bill at least seven participants ($875 or $1,400 base instructional fee). Open enrollment has no seven-person minimum; travel, if applicable, is quoted separately.

Four or Eight Hours

The eight-hour version adds extended tabletop cases, permit review and scenario feedback. Times are total elapsed class time, including breaks and assessment.

Five Instructor-Led Formats

Private Onsite, Private Live Online, Open Enrollment Onsite, Open Enrollment Live Online, or Downtown Tampa Classroom. Live-online activities use instructor display and tabletop participation; they do not include in-person equipment practice.

Up to 20 Participants

Larger groups or materially customized scopes require advance review and a written proposal.

Important regulatory context

Use OSHA’s Construction-Specific Confined-Space Framework

OSHA’s Confined Spaces in Construction standard, 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA, addresses practices and procedures for construction activities at worksites with one or more confined spaces.

The construction standard includes coordination responsibilities among host employers, controlling contractors and entry employers. Training must still be connected to the actual spaces, work, hazards, procedures and rescue arrangements at the site.

OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA — Confined Spaces in Construction OSHA Confined Spaces in Construction FAQs

Who Should Attend?

Construction employees and supervisors
Public works and utility construction crews
Contractors and subcontractors
Employees who may serve as entrants or attendants
Entry supervisors and competent persons
Project managers, inspectors and safety personnel

Learning Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will work toward the ability to:

Identify confined spaces and permit spaces that may be encountered during construction
Recognize physical and atmospheric hazards before entry
Explain coordination responsibilities among affected employers
Describe entry permits, isolation, ventilation, testing, monitoring and communication
Explain authorized-entrant, attendant and entry-supervisor responsibilities
Recognize rescue-planning requirements and the limits of improvised emergency response

Course Content

Construction Space Recognition

Pits, manholes, tanks, vessels, sewers, vaults and other examples
Permit-space characteristics and changing construction conditions
Evaluation and testing concepts
Interaction with other applicable construction standards

Coordination and Entry Planning

Host-employer, controlling-contractor and entry-employer information exchange
Permit program and entry procedures
Isolation, ventilation, barriers and access control
Simultaneous operations and contractor coordination

Entry-Team Responsibilities

Authorized entrant, attendant and entry-supervisor duties
Communication and accountability
Atmospheric monitoring and acceptable entry conditions
Evacuation and permit termination

Rescue and Emergencies

Rescue-service evaluation and access
Non-entry rescue where appropriate
Emergency communication and site access
Why unplanned entry rescue is unacceptable

What the Client Should Provide

The following information helps Tampa Bay Training align the class with the organization without implying that a short course replaces the employer’s program responsibilities.

Representative drawings, photographs or descriptions of anticipated spaces
The project’s employer-coordination approach and applicable procedures
Information about monitoring, ventilation, isolation and retrieval equipment
For onsite delivery, a safe classroom area and, when approved, a controlled site walk-through outside all confined spaces and away from active hazards; for live online, an accessible meeting connection and project examples that can be discussed without sharing sensitive information

Customization boundary: Standard adaptation and discussion are included. Material curriculum research, development, procedure review, organization-specific tools or other deliverables require a separate written scope and quote.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the same course as Confined Space Entry Team Training — Maintenance Activities?

No. Construction work is addressed through OSHA’s construction-specific confined-space framework. The maintenance course discusses the general-industry permit-space framework and related maintenance applications.

Does completing the class make someone a competent person?

No. A job title or course certificate alone does not establish the knowledge, authority and site-specific capability associated with an OSHA competent-person role.

Does this course include hands-on rescue practice?

Not under the standard course scope. Rescue-team training and practice require a separate needs assessment, equipment plan, qualified instruction and written proposal.

Can TBT tailor the class to a project?

Yes. Standard adaptation is available. Material research, custom curriculum, procedure development or project-specific deliverables require an additional quote.

Schedule Confined Space Entry Team Training — Construction Activities

Cindy Torres, Customer Service Manager, can help confirm the audience, class length, location, proposed dates, client materials, accessibility needs and written quote.

Contact Customer Service Call 813-360-1526