Working safely in extreme conditions: Your Training course for underground work
Rely on maximum safety underground. Tunnel excavation work under hyperbaric conditions requires absolute precision from both personnel and equipment. Our training course imparts the essential expertise needed to minimize risks and manage operations without error.
Core competencies following the course:
- Safe tool change: Perfectly mastering hyperbaric workflows.
- Technical system knowledge: Safe and proper handling of airlocks, oxygen breathing apparatus, tools, and work equipment.
- Process reliability: Executing entry and exit procedures without errors
- Health protection: Reduction of accident and health risks
Course objective
Graduates of the “IHK Specialist for Underground Hyperbaric Work” certificate course acquire the theoretical and practical knowledge required for working under hyperbaric conditions. They learn how to safely operate personnel and material locks, oxygen breathing systems, tools, and work equipment. Furthermore, they are made aware of potential hazards, technical malfunctions, and health risks, and are prepared to respond correctly to irregularities and emergencies.
The IHK-certified training course comprises a total of 54 teaching units. Theoretical content is supplemented by extensive practical exercises. These include, among other things, lock-in and lock-out procedures, the operation of various airlock systems, the assembly and testing of oxygen breathing apparatus, and the preparation and inspection of tools and personal protective equipment.
The course concludes with a written test and a practical examination. Upon successful completion, participants receive the IHK certificate “IHK Specialist for Underground Hyperbaric Work.”
Benefits of further training for the company
- Qualification of personnel for work under hyperbaric conditions
- Increasing safety when working in compressed air
- Reduction of accident and health risks
- Safe and proper handling of airlocks, oxygen breathing apparatus, tools, and work equipment.
- Consistent and transparent operational workflows
Target audience
- Workers who perform, or are to perform, hyperbaric work
- Specialists in tunneling, civil engineering, and specialist civil engineering
- Workers involved in tunnel excavation and tunnel boring machines
- Lock operators
- Employees who use tools and equipment operating under hyperbaric conditions
- Technical personnel specializing in compressed air, airlock, and oxygen technology
- Persons in charge and supervisors for work under elevated pressure
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Event Details – Specialist for Underground Hyperbaric Work (IHK)
We would be happy to send you further information regarding the certification course for specialists in underground hyperbaric work.
- Terms of Participation for the Course
- Theoretical and Practical Course Details
- Organizational Matters
The next course will take place in spring of 2027.
We would be happy to answer your questions about the course and send you information material.