Safety training
GWO Advanced Rescue Training Standard / V5 02052025
Practise how to rig and operate a manually operated rescue system to horizontally transport the injured person and how to mitigate the challenges of a horizontal rescue enabling a safe rescue operation
Practise how to apply rescue methods, techniques, and precise and clear communication in performing safe lowering/raising rescue operations from a WTG
Practise how to perform regular checks of the injured person during the entire rescue operation
Practise how to conduct the rescue operation in poor lighting conditions
Practise how to reduce the risks associated with manual handling and apply further control measures where applicable
Practise how to apply clear communication and guidance to other emergency responders (e.g. vessel crew or ambulance crew) including coordinating the handover of an injured person
The use of a rescue sling as an improvised harness is only to be used in an enclosed space where it is not possible to fit a full body harness on an injured person.
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The improvised harness must only be used as a means of extracting an injured person from an enclosed space horizontally. An improvised harness must never be used for lifting or lowering an injured person.
One exercise for one participant. It is recommended that a rescue dummy is used for these exercises
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Exercise includes rescue strategy planning, rescue efforts and instructor led evaluation
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RESCUE UP
40 min.
Using power driven devices can be an important mitigating measure to avoid over exhaustion when performing single rescue operations.
Helicopter transport becomes increasingly important for the offshore wind industry. Without the dependency on helicopters for emergency transport, the evacuation route will always be towards the base of the tower. However, emergency evacuation by helicopter transport from a hoisting platform, requires the rescue team to bring the injured person up to the helicopter hoisting platform, rather than to the base of the tower. The lesson is also relevant for structures with a considerable basement structure and transition piece. Standard evacuation equipment and techniques might not always be suitable for excessive distances rescue up from inside these locations.
The aim is to enable the participants to bring their injured person from a lower platform to the higher platform, outside and inside the tower, by the use of a power-driven lowering/raising rescue system.
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