Safety training
GWO Advanced Rescue Training Standard / V5 02052025
78) The participants can perform how to act as the informal rescue team coordinator performing scene assessment and hazard identification, assessing, and determining the rescue strategy (Skills, intermediate level) 79) The participants can perform clear and precise communication in a stressful rescue operation both with members of the rescue team (as a team coordinator) and as a team member (Skills, intermediate level) 80) The participants can apply clear communication and guidance to other emergency responders (e.g. vessel crew or ambulance crew) including coordinating the handover of an injured person (Skills, intermediate level) 81) The participants can perform how to transport an injured person horizontally over the length of the turbine, with the use of industry rescue equipment, by means of a tensioned line (zip line) (Skills, intermediate level)
82) The participants can recognise the benefits of having a coordinator in a rescue team, and the responsibility that comes with it (Knowledge, basic level)
Where possible the participants shall work teams of two. One participant shall act as team coordinator. There shall be two exercises per team.
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It is recommended to use a rescue dummy as the injured person.
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Each exercise includes rescue strategy planning, rescue efforts and instructor-led evaluation.
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The instructor shall:
Highlight specific control measures to prevent injury during training relevant to this specific exercise scenario, according to Lesson 3 - Measures to Prevent Injury During Training
Introduce the specific exercise, including:
a. appoint a team coordinator for the exercise and introduce the tasks and responsibilities related to this function
b. discuss different rescue strategies, methods, and techniques in order to optimise the rescue set up
c. highlight the considerations to determine where in the WTG to package the injured person on a rescue stretcher/transfer board
d. show guidance and support to participants when exploring different rigging options of attaching the lowering/raising rescue system to the injured person or rescue stretcher/transfer board (e.g. harness front or back attachment point, or attachment point at the foot of the rescue stretcher/transfer board)
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