Safety training
G WO Advanced Rescue Training Standard / V6 02032026
‘Train as you work ’ training should be carried out by doing real work tasks end to end following actual working procedures, and realistic emergency situation s (e.g. fire, first aid, rescue, evacuation or injured person rescue) in a wind turbine environment.
6.4 Training Equipment
The equipment required for training, as listed in Annex 1, must be available and must meet the national legal requirements specified in Table A 1.1 in Annex 1 .
A generic approach to teaching safety equipment is applied
in this module to avoid potential product
specific additional training
after completion, which may be required by the participant’s organisation
(e.g.
prior to site work ).
The generic approach is achieved by teaching a variety of safety equipment products within each category (e.g. guided type fall arresters). This enables participants to c arry out pre-use inspection s and operate other safety equipment products beyond those demonstrated du ring this module , provided they refer to the manufacturer’s user manual. However, a location specific risk assessment may identify the need for additional instructions.
Additional fall protection must always be used during training activities at height.
It must be ensured that equipment combinations and training activities do not compromise the function of the additional fall protection system. Systems used as backup elements must be risk assessed as suitable for that purpose.
Note
The training provider shall introduce control measures that lower the risks and hazards associated with a fall from height to an acceptable level, following the Hierarchy of Controls in their risk assessment.
GWO recommends a maximum fall factor of 0.5.
To calculate this , the following formula is applied, based on
the maximum allowed lanyard of length 2.00 m and a fall of 1.00 m.
𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝐹𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛 𝐿𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑎𝑟𝑑
𝐹𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 (𝐹𝐹) =
1.00 𝑚 2.00 𝑚
𝐹𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 (𝐹𝐹) =
𝐹𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 (𝐹𝐹) = 0.5
During the rescue a nd evacuation exercises in this module the anchor points used for the attachment of fall arrest lanyards (including energy absorbers) must be positioned high enough above the ground (or structure below) to ensure that, in the event of a fall, the energy absor ber can fully deploy and prevent the participant from contacting the ground (or structure directly below the anchor point).
During the rescue exercise participants must be able to experience a minimum amount of descent (using an evacuation or rescue device) to ensure they gain the experience of the speed of descent when using these
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