Regulatory Reference
OSHA Standards Crosswalk
Exactly which OSHA confined space regulation each of our four courses is designed around, section by section. This page is general guidance, not legal advice; always confirm current requirements against the official standard.
| OSHA Standard | What It Covers | Awareness | Permit-Required Entry | Supervisor | Competent Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1926 Subpart AA Confined Spaces in Construction (overview) |
Identifying/classifying spaces, written permit program, training, rescue planning. | ✅ Primary | ✅ Primary | ✅ Primary | ✅ Primary |
| 1926.1207 Training |
Who must be trained, in what, and when retraining is required. | ✅ Core | ✅ Core | ◻︎ Referenced | ◻︎ Referenced |
| 1926.1208 Duties of Authorized Entrants |
What an entrant must know and do before, during, and after entry. | ◻︎ Overview only | ✅ Core | ◻︎ Referenced | ◻︎ Referenced |
| 1926.1209 Duties of Attendants |
Continuous monitoring, communication, and evacuation authority. | ◻︎ Overview only | ✅ Core | ◻︎ Referenced | ◻︎ Referenced |
| 1926.1210 Duties of Entry Supervisors |
Authorization, verification, and oversight of permit-required entries. | — | ◻︎ Referenced | ✅ Core | ◻︎ Referenced |
| 1926.1211 Rescue & Emergency Services |
Verified rescue capability before entry begins. | — | ◻︎ Referenced | ✅ Core | ✅ Core |
| 29 CFR 1910.146 General Industry Permit-Required Confined Spaces |
General industry counterpart to Subpart AA, sharing the same core roles. | ◻︎ Referenced | ◻︎ Referenced | ◻︎ Referenced | ◻︎ Referenced |
✅ Core = the section the course is primarily built around. ◻︎ Referenced = covered as supporting/overlap content. This mapping describes course design intent, not a legal certification that a specific student meets every duty under a given section; see our Credential Transparency page.
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The standard, section by section
What each section of Subpart AA covers
Subpart AA runs from 1926.1200 to 1926.1213. The sections our courses map to are only part of it. Here's the whole structure, so you can see where each requirement lives:
| Section | Title | What it requires, in brief |
|---|---|---|
| 1926.1200 | Reserved | |
| 1926.1201 | Scope | Which construction work the subpart covers and what's excluded |
| 1926.1202 | Definitions | Confined space, permit space, hazardous atmosphere, entry, roles and more |
| 1926.1203 | General requirements | Competent person evaluation, signs, multi-employer coordination, reclassification and alternate procedures |
| 1926.1204 | Permit-required confined space program | The written program: preventing unauthorized entry, hazard control, testing and monitoring, equipment, roles, rescue and review |
| 1926.1205 | Permitting process | Preparing, signing, suspending and canceling permits, and keeping canceled permits for at least one year |
| 1926.1206 | Entry permit | What the permit must contain |
| 1926.1207 | Training | Who is trained, when, at no cost, in an understandable language, with certification |
| 1926.1208 | Duties of authorized entrants | What entrants must know and do |
| 1926.1209 | Duties of attendants | Monitoring, communication, summoning rescue and never entering to rescue unless trained, equipped and relieved |
| 1926.1210 | Duties of entry supervisors | Verifying, authorizing, overseeing and terminating entries |
| 1926.1211 | Rescue and emergency services | Evaluating rescue services, in-house teams, retrieval systems and medical information |
| 1926.1212 | Employee participation | Consulting employees on the program and giving them access to information |
| 1926.1213 | Provision of documents to the Secretary | Making required documents available to OSHA |
How to use this crosswalk
The course mapping above describes what each course is designed around. Use it to build a training matrix: list each worker, the roles they actually perform, and the course and site-specific training that covers each role. Where one person fills more than one role, they need the training for each.
Employers in general industry can map the same concepts to 1910.146, where the program is in paragraph (c) and (d), permits in (e) and (f), training in (g), the three entry roles in (h) through (j), and rescue in (k). See construction vs. general industry for the differences.
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