Tunnel Entry and Associated Emergency Procedure - 6151-02 Level 2 Award

This course is specifically designed for persons who enter tunnels and require tunnel entry qualifications, incorporating City and Guilds Assessments and accreditation.

• Legislation relevant to tunnel entry/safety.
• Hazards, risk assessment and risk controls associated with tunnel entry.
• Selection of equipment/safety equipment.
• Emergency self-rescue procedures.

In order to obtain a CSCS Tunnell Entry card, you are required to successfully complete the CSCS Test (45min multiple choice computer test). This can be completed at any CSCS Centre or any of Safetech Centres based in Donegal, Mayo or Wicklow.

This course is delivered both in the classroom and through a hands on practical experience with relevant safety equipment. The assessment element of this training focuses on planning a tunnel entry through completing written and oral tests and being observed during practical element.

• PPE Equipment
• Knee pads (not essential)

1 day

City & Guilds Tunnel Entry Training

Unemployed

If you are unemployed and seeking work, you may be eligible for funding from the Department of Social Protection to cover all, or some of the costs of your training. (means depending, you may be entitled to up to €1000).

Candidates who wish to avail of this must make an appointment with a case officer in their local Intreo office, discuss their case & apply for funding. The candidate will receive a funding application form which they must sign & bring/post to us. Upon completion, we will send this back to the case officer who will then review the funding application.

Upon receiving funding approval in the post from the Department of Social Protection, candidates must then call us to reserve a place on our course. We cannot confirm a place on our course until funding approval is gained.

Employed

If employed within the private sector or are a sole trader, there may also be funding assistance available through Skillnet funding. Skillnet may fund a percentage of your training, if eligible. For more details on this, please contact us on 074 91 27786.