Safety Training
GWO Advance Rescue Refresher Training / V5 02052025
the event that a person experiences a fall the shock absorber in their fall arrest lanyard can fully deploy and prevent them from contacting the ground (or structure directly below the anchor point).
During the evacuation exercise the participants must be able to experience a minimum amount of descent using an evacuation or rescue device to ensure that they gain the experience of the speed of descent using these devices. This can be achieved by having the course participants descend from a minimum height using a rescue or evacuation device. To ensure that all fall protection equipment may be used with enough clearance below the anchor point; and that the participants can experience a descent of sufficient duration for meaningful learning transfer: GWO recommends that the anchor point is a minimum of 6.75m above the ground or structure directly below the anchor point. The recommended 6.75m clearance under the anchor point is explained in detail in Annex 1.
If a training provider deviates from the recommended anchor point height of 6.75m to a lower height, then the following additional control measures must be in place.
a. the training provider shall document a risk assessment for the lower height, this shall include calculations for the equipment to be used during the evacuation exercises, the calculations shall:
a.i use the value for shock absorber elongation that is provided by the equipment manufacturer, and
a.ii demonstrate that the equipment will prevent the person from coming into contact with the ground or structure directly below the anchor point, and
a.iii use a formula provided by the equipment manufacturer or national legislation that is for the purpose of calculating anchor point clearance height or, where no such formula exists, use the formula in Annex 1, and
a.iv the potential fall factor shall not exceed 0.5 and
a.v participants must experience a descent from a platform that is a minimum of 4.5m above the ground
7. USING THIS STANDARD TO DEVELOP TRAINING The training in this standard is designed around the GWO taxonomy described in the GWO Requirements for Training. Theoretical and practical activities must be delivered according to the defined taxonomic level in order to reach the described learning objectives. When teaching safety equipment, a generic approach shall be applied aiming to avoid additional potential product specific formal training after completion of this training. However, national or regional legislation, company gap analysis and location specific risk assessments may require additional product specific familiarisation which is the responsibility of the duty holder.
In addition to this, all training based on this standard including all related resources shall, as a minimum, meet the requirements described in the GWO Requirements for Training.
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