2025-05-02 ARTR V5

V5 is valid from 2nd May, 2025 V4 remains valid until 1st October, 2025


1. List of Abbreviations
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2. Terms and Definitions
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3. Change Log
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4. Scope
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5. General Requirements for the GWO ARTR Training
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5.1 Overview
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5.2 Target Group
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5.3 Aims and Objectives
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5.4 Duration of the ARTR Standard Modules
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5.5 Guidance on Delivering Lesson Elements
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5.6 Validity Period
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5.7 Course Codes
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5.8 Participant Prerequisites
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5.9 Instructor Qualification Prerequisites
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5.10 Physical Demands
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6. General Resources Required to Deliver ARTR Module
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6.1 Instructor
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6.2 Practical Training Facilities
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6.3 Wind Turbine Environment Explained
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6.4 Training Equipment
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7. Using this Standard to Develop Training
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8. Administration and Certification of ARTR Module
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8.1 Course Participant Performance Assessment
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9. Hub, Spinner and Inside Blade Rescue Refresher
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10. Nacelle, Tower and Basement Rescue Refresher Module
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10.1 Aims and Objectives for the NTBRR Module
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10.2 Nacelle, Tower & Basement Rescue Module instructor to course participant ratio
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10.3 Nacelle, Tower and Basement Rescue Refresher Module Timetable
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10.4 Detailed Description of the Nacelle, Tower and Basement Rescue Refresher Module
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Lesson 1 - Introduction to the training
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ELEMENT 1.1 - Safety instructions and emergency procedures
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ELEMENT 1.2 - Facilities
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ELEMENT 1.3 - Introduction
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ELEMENT 1.4 - Overall aim, objectives and agenda
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ELEMENT 1.5 - Ongoing Assessments (Participant Performance Assessment Form)
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ELEMENT 1.6 - Motivation
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ELEMENT 1.7 - Human Factors
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Lesson 2 - Emergency Response Plan in Own Organisation
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ELEMENT 2.1 - Emergency Response Plan in Own Organisation
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ELEMENT 2.2 - Evacuation Strategy
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ELEMENT 2.3 - Dropped Objects Prevention And Safe Tethering Practices
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Lesson 3 - Knowledge Review
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ELEMENT 3.1 - Falls
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ELEMENT 3.2 - Correct fitting of a harness
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ELEMENT 3.3 - Fall arrest systems and fall prevention
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ELEMENT 3.4 - Fall arrest lanyards
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ELEMENT 3.5 - Anchor points
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ELEMENT 3.6 - Attaching a guided type fall arrester
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ELEMENT 3.7 - Safe and correct use of an srl
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ELEMENT 3.8 - Rescue and evacuation devices
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ELEMENT 3.9 - Inspection of PPE, rescue and evacuation devices
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ELEMENT 3.10 - Manual handling
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Lesson 4 - Measures to Prevent Injury During Training
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Lesson 5 - Manual Handling
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ELEMENT 5.1 - Manual handling
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Lesson 6 - Working at Height – Rescue from Ladder
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ELEMENT 6.1 - Safe and correct use of rescue equipment from ladder
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Lesson 7 - Working at Heights, Self-Evacuation
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ELEMENT 7.1 - Safe and controlled self-evacuation
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Lesson 8 - Measures to Prevent Injury During Training
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Lesson 9 - Evacuation of an Injured Person From the Nacelle to the Base of the Tower
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ELEMENT 9.1 - Practical exercise evacuation inside and outside of tower
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Lesson 10 - Rescue from Enclosed Space
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ELEMENT 10.1 - Rescue from enclosed space – exercises
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Lesson 11 - Rescue from Crawl Space
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ELEMENT 11.1 - Crawl space rescue – exercises
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Lesson 12 - Rescue Up
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ELEMENT 12.1 - Rescue up – introduction
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ELEMENT 12.2 - Rescue up, inside and outside of the tower – practical exercises
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Lesson 13 - Training Review
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ELEMENT 13.1 - Training review
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ELEMENT 13.2 - Feedback session
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Annex 1 - Equipment list
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Annex 2 - Guidelines for warm-up exercises
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Annex 3 - Manual handling risk assessment
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Annex 4 - Version History
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