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Requirements for Certification / V13 2023-12-04
3. CHANGE LOG – REVISION 13
Amendment date
Version
Approved by & date
19 th December, 2023
GWO BoD 9 th Nov, 2023
13
Description of changes
Version changed to V13
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• S7.7.10 is now “The GWO Audit Report” must be used as the internal audit report template. It can be downloaded from www.globalwindsafety.org/certificationbodies/certification-body-criteria 6.2.6 • S5.2.4 Note, added: Auditors can conduct stage 2 audits once steps ii. and iii. have been completed. Compliance with step i. is mandatory before an auditor can conduct a stage 1 audit • S5.2.5 added: Auditor Development Training may be attended up to 2 month prior to expiry and will maintain the original certification date • S6.5.1 is now “Extension of scope audits of training providers must always be physical visits, and remote auditing is only available for the QMS audit portion or when auditing the IQT and IQTX modules • S6.5.5 added: The Instructor Qualification Training Module and the Instructor Qualification Crossover Training Module must be audited together. The audit shall focus on validating the lesson plans for the modules and the qualification of the instructors. A guidance of the required time for this audit would be three hours 4. INTRODUCTION The Global Wind Organisation (GWO) is an association of wind turbine owners and manufacturers that was established in 2009. It has the mission statement of supporting an injury-free work environment in the wind industry through cooperation among its members in setting common industry best practice standards for health and safety-related training GWO is a non-profit organisation, and all income is re-invested in support of the mission statement. Activities include scheme governance, development and maintenance of GWO standards and modules, communication, and various outreach initiatives, as well as general operations Central to our governance is the global training records database, WINDA, which enables training partners, operators and individuals to verify training and provides industry-wide transparency regarding the training status of personnel This document constitutes version 13 of the Requirements for Certification. Version 13 has been created with input from stakeholders, recent governance issues and WINDA database system. These were consolidated by a working group of selected stakeholders (auditors and training providers)
Version 13 replaces all previous versions and becomes a comes into force as of December 4th, 2023.
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