Gas test atmospheres Course Cairns
Nationally Recognised Unit of Competency:
Course Overview:
- Duration - 1/2 day minimum including assessment (depending on participants skill levels)
- Time - 12.15pm start
- Course Fees - $200
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- Note: Discounts for multiple course bookings and COMPANY group bookings, please contact us for a free quote.
Package Deal:
** Working at Heights, Confined Space & Gas Test Atmosphere --- $470!
Course Outline:
This 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. It applies to situations where an individual may be required to carry out gas testing of an atmosphere prior to entering a specific area or workspace. The competency requires the person to interpret readings and take actions based on the interpretation. Working environment may be hazardous, unpredictable, subject to time pressure, chaotic and expose res ponders to risk, on land or water, by day or night. Workplace atmospheres may include visible and invisible hazards and hazardous surfaces.
- 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
Other Information
- Participants must be a minimum of 17 years of age to sit the assessment, and be proficient in English
- Photo ID, and wear appropriate clothing and closed in shoes
- A short literacy and numeracy test will be required
- Assessment type: Theory and Practical
- On successfully completion of being deemed competent you will receive a statement of attainment and a plastic industry wallet card issued by QTLT RTO #40931
Why train with Cairns Truck School?
- Industry experienced trainers
- Modern plant, machines and equipment used for training
- We do not cancel courses due to low numbers (except where required by the state safe work regulator)