Safety training
GWO Advanced Rescue Training Standard / V5 02052025
e.
poor manual handling
f. temperature/working conditions (dehydration, heat stroke, exhaustion)
g. injured person suspension trauma (repetition from GWO WAH put into an advanced rescue context)
h.
slips and trips
Explain how to assess and determine evacuation strategy (relevant rescue method, route technique, certified equipment, and required personnel) for a rescue scenario in an enclosed space within a WTG
Practise how to prepare the injured person (dummy) for safe extraction from an enclosed space including the use of improvised harness and transition to a stretcher or transfer board
Practise how to manually transport an injured person (dummy) in a balanced way on a rescue stretcher or transfer board or by means of a tensioned line (zip line) (when relevant)
Practise how to balance an injured person (dummy) from a horizontal to a vertical position (and vice versa), in order to move the injured person downwards through hatches, or similar.
Practise how to select and utilise certified and structural anchor points
Practise how to apply the theory of lifting angle, angle factor, deviation, and edge protection
Practise how to rig and operate the lowering/raising rescue system in a proper manner aiming to achieve a safe and efficient rigging setup: including the utilisation of an injured person’s personal fall protection equipment without compromising additional fall protection
Practise how to apply rescue methods, techniques and, clear and precise, communication in performing safe ascending/descending rescue operations from a WTG
Practise how to perform regular checks of the injured person during the entire rescue operation
Practise how to perform the rescue effort as a team member or team coordinator
Practise how to perform an evacuation of a dummy along the length of the turbine with the rescue device in a passive setup for evacuation outside of the tower
Practise how to reduce the risks associated with manual handling and apply further control measures where applicable
RESCUE FROM CRAWL SPACE
200 min.
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