Safety Training
GWO Advance Rescue Refresher Training / V5 02052025
125) Explain national and local requirements and/or procedures for helicopter rescue in an WTG, including preparing the injured person, preparing the WTG, the helipad safe zones and safe behaviour on a helipad (Knowledge, intermediate) 126) 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, including a high awareness on the risk of the injured person getting stuck in the WTG (e.g. under tower-tower sections) (Knowledge, intermediate level)
127) Perform a pre-use inspection of a random, powered lowering / raising rescue system (Skills, intermediate level)
128) Take initiative and take responsibility to perform the identification and suitable selection of certified and structural anchor points, relevant for various rescue scenarios, relevant for various rescue scenarios (Ability, intermediate level) 129) Take initiative and take responsibility to perform the proper utilisation of a specific powered lowering/raising rescue system, including: how to properly attach, rig and secure the system and requirements; applications, limitations, means of tethering and the maximum raising distance possible for the system and associated battery power source (Skills, intermediate level)
130) Apply the concept of lifting angle, angle factor and deviation (Skills, intermediate level)
131) Explain how to identify and control common risks of hazardous energies and common hazards of enclosed space areas in a WTG, when performing rescue operations (Knowledge, intermediate level)
132) Apply rescue methods and techniques in rescue up operations in a WTG from basement to primary assembly area (ground/transition piece), from transition piece inside tower to nacelle/ helipad and from transition piece outside tower to nacelle/helipad, using a rescue stretcher and/or transfer board, raising rescue system (powered rescue system) (Skills, Intermediate level) 133) Perform how to package 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 rescue head support and avoiding head down configuration of the unconscious injured person (Skills, intermediate level)
134) Perform how to change directly from balancing an injured person from a horizontal position to a vertical configuration (and vice versa), when suspended (Skills, intermediate level)
135) Perform rescue operations using the casualties personal fall protection on the injured person (as additional fall protection if required) (Skills, intermediate level)
136) Perform as the informal rescue team coordinator performing scene assessment and hazard identification, assessing, and determining the rescue strategy (Skills, intermediate level)
137) 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)
Global Wind Organisation © 2025/ www.globalwindsafety.org
67 / 105
Made with FlippingBook Digital Proposal Creator