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At last, it has arrived!  After weeks and months and years of hard work and debate, the Confined Spaces standard has been released.

AS2865 - 2009 Confined Spaces is now available for purchase from SAI Global.  There are quite a few changes from the previous standard:

• Confined space definition updated (which may be adopted by all state authorities??)
• Standby Person - clarification of roles and options for "alternative means"
• Training modules and competency requirements described

As a member of the committee that re-wrote the standard, I may be a little biased, but the new standard is a big improvement on the previous edition.