ISNet RAVS Documents
Confined Spaces - Ontario
A Confined Spaces RAVS is the written answer document that satisfies the confined space element of the ISNetworld RAVS questionnaire. This Ontario version is written to the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and its regulations, so it answers the questionnaire the way an Ontario hiring client expects. You add your company name, confirm the company-specific details, and upload it to your ISNetworld account.
- Pre-written answer aligned with Canadian regulatory references
- Upload to ISNetworld, Avetta, or ComplyWorks
- Word format — add your company name and customise in minutes
- Written by Canadian safety professionals
- Instant download after purchase
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Overview
What this RAVS document does
Confined space work carries the risk of a hazardous atmosphere, engulfment, and a difficult rescue. A hiring client that configures this element wants to see that a contractor uses entry permits, tests the atmosphere, posts a tending worker, and has a rescue plan.
This document states your company's confined space program in the structure an ISNetworld reviewer expects: the entry procedure, hazard assessment, training, barriers and barricades, entry permits, protection from hazardous substances and energy, atmospheric testing and continuous monitoring, ventilation, the confined space attendant, and rescue. It is written to Ontario regulations. The file arrives in editable Word format - add your company name, confirm the company-specific details, and upload.
What the reviewer verifies
What ISNetworld checks
ISNetworld does not just check that a confined space answer exists. A reviewer verifies the document addresses each requirement the hiring client has configured. For this element, that typically means confirming the document covers:
- A written confined space program with an entry procedure
- A hazard assessment completed before entry
- A confined space entry permit completed and signed before entry
- Pre-entry atmospheric testing and continuous monitoring
- A trained tending worker or attendant outside the space
- A rescue plan and equipment ready to respond immediately
What is inside
The document sections
- The entry procedure and entry checklist
- Hazard assessment and restricted spaces
- Worker and rescue training
- Barriers, barricades, and entry permits
- Protection from hazardous substances and energy
- Atmospheric testing, monitoring, and ventilation
- The confined space attendant and rescue plan
- Reference standards
Regulatory references this RAVS is written to
- Provincial framework
- Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Provincial regulation
- Ontario Regulation 632 - confined spaces
- Regulator
- Ontario Ministry of Labour
Who it is for
Who needs this RAVS
This RAVS is for contractors whose hiring clients require the confined space element in ISNetworld, Avetta, or ComplyWorks. It applies to construction, industrial, utility, and oil and gas companies in Ontario whose workers enter tanks, vaults, vessels, or other confined spaces. If a hiring client's pre-qualification configuration flags confined spaces, this is the document the reviewer is waiting on.
Practical guidance
How to pass the confined space review the first time
- Require an entry permit. The document states a worker does not enter a confined space without a valid entry permit completed and signed by a competent person. A reviewer expects that permit.
- Test the atmosphere. The document states a competent worker performs pre-entry atmospheric testing for oxygen content and toxic, flammable, or explosive substances. A reviewer expects that testing.
- Post a tending worker. The document states a competent tending worker stays outside the space, in communication with the workers inside, and ready to summon assistance. A reviewer expects that attendant.
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Working in another province?
The same RAVS, written for other provinces
ISNetworld reviewers verify each answer against the legislation of the province the work is in. Pick the version that matches where your crews actually work.
Common questions
Questions about this RAVS
- What does the ISNetworld confined spaces RAVS include?
- It is a complete, pre-written confined space program written as an ISNetworld RAVS answer. It covers the entry procedure, hazard assessment, training, entry permits, protection from hazardous substances and energy, atmospheric testing and monitoring, ventilation, the attendant, and rescue.
- Is the document written to Ontario regulations?
- Yes. It is written to the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act and its regulations, including Ontario Regulation 632 for confined spaces, so it answers the questionnaire the way an Ontario hiring client expects.
- Does it cover restricted spaces?
- Yes. It explains the difference between a confined space and a restricted space, and the hazard assessment, training, and communication requirements that still apply to a restricted space.
- How long does it take to complete and upload?
- Most companies finish in 15 to 30 minutes. You add your company name, confirm a few company-specific details, then copy the content into your ISNetworld RAVS questionnaire.