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Confined space entry permit - Queensland

Description

You will need to issue this permit if you are a person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) and a worker at your workplace intends to enter a confined space. Employers must give an employee an entry permit written by a competent person before they enter a confined space.

A confined space includes any enclosed or partially enclosed space that:

  • is not designed or intended primarily to be occupied by a person
  • is, or is designed or intended to be, at normal atmospheric pressure while a person is in the space
  • is or is likely to be a risk because of the atmosphere, contaminants or engulfment.

Service type

Regulatory Obligation

An obligation defined in law. A business must comply with relevant services.

Eligibility requirements

You must be a competent person to be eligible for this permit.

A person is considered to be competent if they have acquired, through training qualification of experience, the knowledge and relevant technical skills to carry out the task.

Administering agency

Office of Industrial Relations

Workplace Health and Safety Queensland

Contact details

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