ProQual Level 2 Award in Working in Low Risk Confined Spaces Course in Islamabad || Registration Open
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Introduction
The Level 2 Award in Working in Low Risk Confined Spaces is aimed at those working in an
environment with low risk entry with adequate natural or mechanical ventilation.
Candidates will develop the necessary skills and competencies to assess risks, control
hazards to work safely.
The qualification has been developed using National Occupational Standards for Working in
Low Risk Confined Spaces.
The awarding organisation for this qualification is ProQual Awarding Body and the
regulatory body is the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual). This
qualification has been accredited onto the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF).
Qualification Profile
Qualification title ProQual Level 2 Award in Working in Low Risk Confined
Spaces
Ofqual qualification number 603/3696/1
Level Level 2
Total qualification time 10 hours
Guided learning hours 7
Assessment
Pass or fail
Internally assessed and verified by centre staff
External quality assurance by ProQual verifiers
Qualification start date 15/10/2018
Qualification end date
Entry Requirements
There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification.
Centres should carry out an initial assessment of candidate skills and knowledge to identify
any gaps and help plan the assessment.
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Qualification Structure
Candidates must complete the Mandatory unit.
Mandatory
Unit Reference
Number Unit Title Unit
Level GLH
Y/617/2693 Working in Low Risk Confined Spaces 2 7
Centre Requirements
Centres must be approved to offer this qualification. If your centre is not approved please
complete and submit form ProQual Additional Qualification Approval Application.
Staff
Staff delivering this qualification must be appropriately qualified and occupationally
competent.
Assessors/Internal Quality Assurance
For each competence-based unit centres must be able to provide at least one assessor and
one internal quality assurance verifier who are suitably qualified for the specific
occupational area. Assessors and internal quality assurance verifiers for competence-based
units or qualifications will normally need to hold appropriate assessor or verifier
qualifications, such as:
- Award in Assessing Competence in the Work Environment
- Award in Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement
- Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
- Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practices
- Certificate in Leading the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and
Practices
Support for Candidates
Materials produced by centres to support candidates should:
- enable them to track their achievements as they progress through the learning
outcomes and assessment criteria;
- provide information on where ProQual’s policies and procedures can be viewed;
- provide a means of enabling Internal and External Quality Assurance staff to
authenticate evidence
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Assessment
Candidates must demonstrate the level of knowledge described in the unit. Assessment is
the process of measuring a candidate’s knowledge and understanding against the standards
set in the qualification.
Assessment guidance is included to assure consistency.
Each candidate is required to produce evidence which demonstrates their achievement of
all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for each unit.
Evidence can include: – assignments/projects/reports
– worksheets
– portfolio of evidence
– record of oral and/or written questioning
– candidate test papers
Learning outcomes set out what a candidate is expected to know, understand or be able to
do.
Assessment criteria specify the standard a candidate must meet to show the learning
outcome has been achieved.
Learning outcomes and assessment criteria for this qualification can be found from page 7
onwards.
Internal Quality Assurance
An internal quality assurance verifier confirms that assessment decisions made in centres
are made by competent and qualified assessors, that they are the result of sound and fair
assessment practice and that they are recorded accurately and appropriately.
Adjustments to Assessment
Adjustments to standard assessment arrangements are made on the individual needs of
candidates. ProQual’s Reasonable Adjustments Policy and Special Consideration Policy sets
out the steps to follow when implementing reasonable adjustments and special
considerations and the service that ProQual provides for some of these arrangements.
Centres should contact ProQual for further information or queries about the contents of the
policy.
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Results Enquiries and Appeals
All enquiries relating to assessment or other decisions should be dealt with by centres, with
reference to ProQual’s Enquiries and Appeals Procedures.
Certification
Candidates who achieve the requirements for qualifications will be awarded:
- A certificate listing the unit achieved, and
- A certificate giving the full qualification title –
ProQual Level 2 Award in Working in Low Risk Confined Spaces
Claiming certificates
Centres may claim certificates for candidates who have been registered with ProQual and
who have successfully achieved the requirements for a qualification. All certificates will be
issued to the centre for successful candidates.
Replacement certificates
If a replacement certificate is required a request must be made to ProQual in writing.
Replacement certificates are labelled as such and are only provided when the claim has
been authenticated. Refer to the Fee Schedule for details of charges for replacement
certificates.
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Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria
Unit Y/617/2693
Working in Low Risk Confined Spaces
Learning Outcome – The learner
will: Assessment Criterion – The learner can:
1 Understand how to work
safely in confined spaces
1.1 Identify the main principles of health and safety
and environmental legislation and regulations
1.2 Use guidance relating to identifying a confined
space and assessing risk for working safety in
confined spaces
1.3 Identify the types of spaces that could become
confined due to the presence of a hazard
1.4 Identify hazards which can produced a confined
space
1.5 Demonstrate knowledge of how to deal with
emergency situations in confined spaces in terms
of:
- Roles and responsibilities
- Injuries to personnel and the general public
- Dealing with irregularities and abnormal
situations
- Types of emergency situations
1.6 Demonstrate knowledge of working safely in
confined spaces in term of:
- manufacturers instructions relating to use of
equipment
- Understanding the roles when working as part
of a team
- classification schemes and how to identify the
confined space classification
- entry procedures for low risk confined spaces
- carrying out real-time assessment of risks and
hazards
- Procedures and methods of working suitable to
the confined space classification and local
conditions
- Reducing the risk to an acceptable level for the
work to be carried out
- Understand and using local site procedures
- Monitoring of conditions and work activity
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Learning Outcome – The learner
will: Assessment Criterion – The learner can:
- Resolving problems speedily and with the
designated personnel where other people or
organisations are involved
- Precautions to take when working alone
- Communications methods for keeping in
contact with other people
1.7 Prepare and check tools and equipment
1.8 Describe reporting systems for routine and nonroutine work activities and resolving problems
1.9 Identify procedures for dealing with emergencies,
including communications and reporting systems
for emergency situations
2 Be able to prepare to enter
and work safely in low risk
confined spaces
2.1 Prepare and check all equipment is in good order
and electrical equipment is fully charged before
entering the work site
2.2 Obtain authorisation for entry and relevant health
and safety information where there are designated
personnel for supervising the work
2.3 Arrange adequate communication for lone-working
situations
2.4 Maintain a safety zone in situations where other
people need to be kept clear
2.5 Carry out a real-time risk assessment before
starting work
3 Be able to enter and exit
confined spaces safely
3.1 Check atmospheric conditions are safe
3.2 Set up and inspect access equipment to make sure
it is safe before using it
3.3 Enter and exit the space in line with procedures for
working in low risk confined spaces
3.4 Resolve any problems of work or team member
with the designated personnel
4 Be able to use equipment
and tools safely and in
accordance with
manufacturers’ specifications
4.1 Check all equipment and tools are suitable for the
job before using them
4.2 Check all personal protective equipment (PPE) is
suitable before using it
4.3 Use the specified method to introduce equipment
and tools into the confined space
4.4 Ensure equipment and tools are recovered from
site when work is finished
5 Be able to follow procedures
and work safely
5.1 Set up and use communication methods which are
suitable for the job
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Learning Outcome – The learner
will: Assessment Criterion – The learner can:
5.2 Inform at least one other person in advance of
starting work where it involves lone-working
5.3 Control access of people and vehicles around the
entry point
5.4 Resolve any problems connected to the work with
the designated personnel
5.5 Follow employer’s safe working procedures and
equipment manufacturers’ instructions
5.6 Act immediately to remedy any unsafe activity,
equipment and environmental conditions
5.7 Regularly monitor atmospheric conditions within
the confined space
5.8 Control risks adequately which arise during working
5.9 Use PPE specified for the job
5.10 Respond to information from monitoring
equipment
5.11 Close down and make the work area safe when
work is finished
5.12 Complete all documentation and reports before
filing them in the designated place or passing them
to designated personnel
6 Be able to deal with
emergencies
6.1 Start emergency exit procedures immediately a
dangerous situation arises
6.2 Exit self safely
6.3 Record and report the emergency incident and its
circumstances
Assessment
All learning outcomes in this unit must be assessed using appropriate methods. There must
be valid, authentic and sufficient for all the assessment criteria. However, one piece of
evidence may be used to meet the requirements of more than one learning outcome or
assessment criterion.
