Confined Space Awareness Training in New Brunswick: Online Course
Confined Space Awareness, $34.95 CAD
A 40 to 50 minute online course that covers the confined space entry concepts that New Brunswick General Regulation 91-191, Part XVII (sections 262 to 262.092) expects New Brunswick workers to understand: what makes a space confined, atmospheric hazards and gas testing, isolation and ventilation, entry permits, the attendant role and rescue planning.
- Instant access after checkout, self-paced, works on any device
- Developed by CRSP-certified safety professionals
- Printable certificate of completion with verification code
- 30-day money-back guarantee
- Awareness level: pairs with your employer's site-specific procedure
What this course is (and is not)
It is awareness-level training: the shared knowledge every worker, supervisor and contractor needs before they are assigned a role in a permit-controlled entry. It covers the concepts in New Brunswick General Regulation 91-191, Part XVII (sections 262 to 262.092) in plain language, with quizzes and a final assessment.
It is not an entrant, attendant or rescue qualification, a gas-detector competency, or a site-specific entry procedure. New Brunswick does not issue a confined space licence. We do not claim the course meets or satisfies the regulation on its own; your employer pairs it with a written entry program, hands-on equipment training and supervision.
Buying for a crew? Corporate accounts let you assign seats and track completions. Need help writing the entry program or hazard assessment the regulation requires? Talk to a consultant.
What New Brunswick Requires for Confined Space Entry
General Regulation (N.B. Reg. 91-191) under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Part XVII, Confined Space, sections 262 to 262.092, in plain language.
In New Brunswick, confined space work is governed by Part XVII, Confined Space, of General Regulation 91-191 under the Occupational Health and Safety Act. The Part was rewritten by New Brunswick Regulation 2022-79: the old sections 263 to 272 are repealed, and the current rules run from section 262 through sections 262.01 to 262.092. WorkSafeNB administers the Act and enforces the Regulation.
Definitions (section 262). The Part defines the confined space itself, together with the roles it relies on: the entrant, the attendant who continuously monitors the work and starts the emergency response, the entry supervisor, the emergency response team and the air supply system attendant.
Code of practice (section 262.01). Before entry is permitted, the employer, contractor and owner must each ensure a code of practice is established for the confined space, developed in consultation with the joint health and safety committee or representative. It must record the authorized duration, the location, the names of the entry supervisor, emergency response team leader, attendants and entrants, the hazards and controls, and the emergency procedures and equipment. Under section 262.01(4) all employees involved in confined space work must be adequately instructed and trained in the code of practice, it must be posted near the entrance, and entrants and rescuers must read it and sign and date a copy. Records are kept for two years.
Hazard control, engulfment and equipment (sections 262.011 to 262.013). Hazards identified in the code of practice must be addressed in a set order: elimination, substitution, engineering controls, administrative measures, then personal protective equipment. No one may enter a space that could engulf the entrant, and electrical and monitoring equipment in a space that may contain flammable dust, gases or vapours must be intrinsically safe.
Entry openings, traffic and rescue (sections 262.02 to 262.022). A competent person must verify the opening allows safe entry and exit in protective equipment, traffic hazards need signs and barricades, and an emergency response team must be present and ready where an atmospheric or configuration hazard exists, reaching the entrant within three minutes where the atmosphere is immediately dangerous to life or health.
Duties (section 262.03 onward). The entry supervisor implements the code of practice and confirms training before entry; the later sections set out the duties of attendants, entrants and rescue teams, atmospheric testing, ventilation and related controls.
Enforcement, prevention resources and workplace injury insurance are all handled by WorkSafeNB.
This summary is for awareness only and is not legal advice. Always read the current consolidated text on the official site linked above.
Who Needs Confined Space Awareness Training in New Brunswick
Anyone who may enter, attend, supervise or work near tanks, vaults, manholes, pits, silos, vessels and other enclosed spaces, and the people who plan that work.
- Pulp and paper, sawmills and digesters
- Fish and seafood processing plants
- Municipal water, wastewater and lift stations
- Manufacturing, metal fabrication and food processing
- Construction, utilities and underground vaults
- Mining, mineral processing and aggregate operations
- Power generation, refinery and terminal operations
- Agriculture, potato storage and manure pits
Also relevant for joint health and safety committee members, new and young workers, and contractors bidding on New Brunswick industrial or municipal work who need documented awareness training before mobilizing.
Confined Space Awareness Training New Brunswick FAQs
Is confined space training mandatory in New Brunswick?
Section 262.01(4) of Regulation 91-191 requires the employer to ensure that all employees involved in confined space work are adequately instructed and trained in the code of practice and the procedures it identifies, and section 262.01(7) requires entrants and rescuers to read the code of practice and sign and date a copy. The Regulation does not name a specific course. Employers meet the requirement by pairing general awareness training with instruction on their own code of practice. This course supplies the awareness half.
Does this course give me a New Brunswick confined space certificate?
There is no provincial confined space licence or ticket in New Brunswick. This is an awareness-level course. On passing the final quiz you receive a printable certificate of completion with a verification code. Your employer still provides the code of practice, equipment training and supervision that Part XVII requires.
What is a confined space code of practice in New Brunswick?
Under section 262.01, a code of practice is the written plan the employer, contractor and owner must each ensure exists before entry is permitted. It records the authorized duration, the location, the people in each role, the hazards and their controls, and the emergency procedures and equipment. It must be posted near the entrance and kept, with calibration and maintenance logs, for two years.
When does New Brunswick require a rescue team on site for a confined space entry?
Section 262.022 requires an emergency response team to be present and ready to respond immediately if the space contains or could develop an atmospheric or other hazard, or if its internal configuration could trap or asphyxiate an entrant. Where the space contains an atmosphere immediately dangerous to life or health, the team must be able to reach the entrant within three minutes of the attendant starting the emergency response procedure.
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