2025-05-02_ART_V5

Safety training

GWO Advanced Rescue Training Standard / V5 02052025

18) The participants can explain and apply the concept of lifting angle, angle factor and deviation (Knowledge, intermediate level)

19) The participants can explain and control common risks of hazardous energies and common hazards of enclosed space areas, when performing rescue operations (Knowledge, intermediate level) 20) The participants can apply rescue methods and techniques in performing descending and ascending rescue operations, from a WTG nacelle, tower, and basement, using a rescue stretcher and transfer board, manually and power-driven lowering/raising rescue system (rescue device, pulley system or similar) (Skills, intermediate level)

21) The participants can apply a harness and other PPE (e.g. helmet, safety glasses) onto an injured person, in an enclosed space (Skills, intermediate level)

22) The participants can perform the packaging of an injured person on a rescue stretcher and transfer board in a vertical or horizontal configuration to enable safe transportation, by doing regular checks, using rescue equipment such as cervical collar, and avoiding head down configuration of the unconscious injured person (Skills, intermediate level)

Whenever possible, an injured person should be lowered in a horizontal configuration

Note

23) The participants can perform manual transport (in balance) of an injured person on a rescue stretcher or transfer board way (Skills, intermediate level)

24) The participants can perform the skill of changing directly from balancing an injured person from a horizontal position to a vertical configuration (and vice versa) when suspended (Skills, intermediate level) 25) The participants can perform rescue operations, in the nacelle, tower and basement, using safe and suitable (certified or structural) anchor points, lifting angles, deviation, and edge protection for the rescue equipment (Skills, intermediate level)

The instructor shall:

Explain how to assess and determine evacuation strategy during a rescue operation, ensuring a clear and preferred evacuation route for the injured person outside or inside the tower by considering:

a.

the medical condition of the injured person

b.

time constraints

c.

transition piece size and configuration

d.

nacelle position to the wind

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