GWO Basic Safety Training V14.0
2021-04-01_TS_BST_V14
5 G ENERAL R EQUIREMENTS FOR GWO B ASIC S AFETY T RAINING
Upon completion of the Global Wind Organisation (GWO) Basic Safety Training (BST), participants will possess an awareness of the hazards encountered when working within the wind industry and how to control and mitigate these hazards. The BST will also equip participants with the knowledge, skills and confidence to appropriately respond in the event of an emergency and to increase their safety through proper use of Personal Protective Equipment, emergency equipment and procedures. The approved GWO Basic Safety Training (BST) provides participants with important skills, which include Fire Awareness, First Aid, Working at Heights and Manual Handling. To enable participants to work in the offshore environment, an additional GWO Sea Survival training shall be completed.
5.1 Overview
The GWO Basic Safety Training is divided into the following six Modules:
First Aid
Manual Handling
Fire Awareness
Working at Heights
Working at Heights & Manual Handling Combined
Sea Survival
Note:
Module 5 Working at Heights & Manual Handling Combined is a combined module comprising the lessons and elements from both the working at height module and the manual handling module and is intended to be delivered in 2 days. The combined working at height & manual handling module can be delivered instead of the two standalone modules, where the combined course is delivered, then the participant shall receive two training records – one for working at height and one for manual handling.
5.2 Target group
Personnel who will be working in the wind industry or related fields and will have their duties in a wind turbine environment, usually in physical contact with a wind turbine or an offshore wind structure. Personnel that perform job functions that have been risk assessed by their employer or their workplace duty holder as a function, where training according to one or more modules of the BST standard may mitigate of the identified risks.
Global Wind Organisation www.globalwindsafety.org
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