Safety training
GWO Basic Safety Training / V19 02052025
Amendment date
Version
Approved by & date
DECEMBER 2022
16.1
GWO TC
Description of changes
Version V16. 1 Dec2022
Annex 1 Equipment Lists
BST Working at Height. Table A4-1 Country specific equipment standards – Working at Height) PP 222/3.
BST Sea Survival. Table A1-5 Country specific equipment standards – Sea Survival) PP225
Full Body Harness reference for Europe and UK. The following erroneous reference removed “…or EN 813” (Europe). In UK, “…or BS EN 813”
VersionV16Sep22
Section 5. 7 and 12.2 Participants pre-requisites: New pre-requisites added:
Prerequisites for participating in the Sea Survival module is a valid GWO Working at Height training certificate– because: 1) To ensure safe climbing and descending on ladders. WaH gear is not the syllabus for sea survival – just tools to conduct exercises 2) To make participants feel safe and comfortable in trusting fall arrests, SRLs and descend/rescue device (e.g. MILAN)
3) To keep a flow in the training activities and not spend time on individual introductions to the gear
Section 12.3 Instructor qualification pre-requisites added:
A competent GWO BST Sea Survival module instructor must adhere to the instructor qualifications as per the Requirements for GWO Training as well as holding a valid GWO Working at Height training certificate Section 12.5 Note added: The local training site emergency response plan may call for a further number of qualified safety and rescue personnel
Time 12-5 adjusted according to changes in lessons and elements
Lesson 3, Cold water immersion: mitigate hypothermia is changed to minimize the risk of hypothermia
Element 3.3 b) “tPA” corrected to TPA
Element 3.3 added: Instructor shall: Present examples of individual and collective actions to minimize the risk of hypothermia while in the water (“HELP” – Heat Escape Lessening Positions) Lesson 5 – “SAR and GMDSS” unfolded: SeARch and rescue and Global Maritime Distress & Safety Systems
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