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OSHA does not distinguish between entry rescue training and non-entry rescue training. The requirements for rescue can be found under 1910.146(k). This section includes the following:
(k)(1)(v) “Provide the rescue team or service selected with access to all permit spaces from which rescue may be necessary so that the rescue service can develop appropriate rescue plans and practice rescue operations.”
(k)(2)(ii) “Train affected employees to perform assigned rescue duties. The employer must ensure that such employees successfully complete the training required to establish proficiency as an authorized entrant.”
(k)(2)(iv) “Ensure that affected employees practice making permit space rescues at least once every 12 months, by means of simulated rescue operations in which they remove dummies, manikins, or actual persons from the actual permit spaces or from representative permit spaces. Representative permit spaces shall, with respect to opening size, configuration, and accessibility, simulate the types of permit spaces from which rescue is to be performed.”
The regulation does not provide an exemption for non-entry rescue training, which indicates that practice for such rescue must also be performed at least once every 12 months.