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FCC Aqualia organizes a practical session on working
in confined spaces for technicians
of the Junta de Andalucía
FCC Aqualia organized last July a training
session on working in confined spaces at
the La Pipa Municipal Water Deposit in
Almeria. Several occupational hazard pre-
vention technicians from the Junta de An-
dalucía (Andalusian regional government)
participated in the training session.
FCC Aqualia’s prevention technicians, Ig-
nacio Romero Corral and Wolfgang Hagen
Guirado were in charge of providing and
supervising the training sessions.
The training involved a theoretical part in
which the work procedures were explained
and then a practical session with several
activities including going down to a confi-
ned space with a face mask and entering a
confined space with autonomous breathing
equipment.
The participants were divided into different
groups, rotating the activities and using
different types of equipment. The trainees
used all the equipment required for entering
confined spaces such as a gas detector, tri-
pod, harness, and an arrest system.
The participants and members of Almería’s
Department of Training from the Occupa-
tional Hazard Prevention Centre, attached
to the Department of Economy, Innovation,
Science, and Employment of the Junta de
Andalucía thanked and congratulated Ig-
nacio Romero Corral and Wolfgang Hagen
Guirado for their work.
Above, images of the practical training sessions at the “La Pipa” deposit in Almería under the supervision of Wolfgang Hagen and Ignacio Romero.
Above, images of various moments during the rescue simulation exercise at the Motril-Salobreña
wastewater treatment plant and its participants: firemen from Motril with Cristina Gómez Merlo, head
of the Motril-Salobreña WWTP, Wolfgang Hagen, and several workers from the plant and other de-
partments.