INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the first WINDA report on training statistics retrieved from the WINDA database.
Even so, the report provides interesting statistical insights about the use and acceptance of GWO training. For instance, assume an aver- age training module is 1 day and avoids 1 duplicate training annually. The data in this report support a conclusion, that GWO as industri- al best practice has delivered efficiencies in the order of more than 50,000 additional technician workdays and an equivalent saving on avoided training days. Not to mention savings on verification of train- ing. We too contribute to a lower cost of wind energy. I welcome and encourage your feedback on this first report and hope to receive advice from you on how we may develop the WINDA re- port in the future at info@globalwindsafety.org.
In less than 6 months, more than 30,000 users have already created a profile in WINDA, and received more than 50,000 modules of train- ing from the 192 GWO certified Training Providers worldwide. The intention behind this report is to contribute to increased trans- parency on safety training. How many technicians have received GWO standard training? Where do the technicians come from? Where are they trained? What is the market size for the different GWO train- ing modules? What is the average number of trainings on an average training site? Are there seasonal fluctuations? This WINDA report is the first. We will regularly issue a WINDA report on GWO training. Over time, we will be able to provide more and more detail. The WINDA report is by design limited to GWO training. This version is limited to less than 6 months of records uploaded to the WINDA database. Of course, all data is anonymized. Those are the boundaries. Hence, the report does not pretend to give a com- plete and full picture of safety training in the wind industry, and any attempt at deep market analysis is still just educated guesswork.
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Jakob Lau Holst CEO Global Wind Organisation
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