ABEEÓLICA GUIDELINE FOR SAFETY AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN THE WIND INDUSTRY
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Annex 2
OVERVIEW OF TRAINING COURSES
GWO ADVANCED RESCUE TRAINING
COURSE OBJECTIVE Participants completing a GWO Advanced Rescue Training Combined course will be able to; • Safely access the hub, spinner, inside blade, nacelle, tower and basement section of a wind turbine to get to an injured person • Perform entry-type casualty rescue operations in a wind turbine generator • Correctly use industry standards rescue equipment and methods • Understand and demonstrate rescue techniques that exceed those of GWO Working at Height
COURSE OVERVIEW The GWO Advanced Rescue Training Standard elevates the self-reliance of wind personnel and provides the skills and knowledge to successfully transport a colleague who cannot self-evacuate to an assembly point until professional emergency responders arrive. The training is based on risk assessments and factual incident and accident statistics pertaining to the installation, service and maintenance of wind turbine generators and wind power plants. GWO ART aims to control the risks associated with rescue operations conducted in and from wind turbines to ensure more efficiency in the industry. This training is the GWO ART Combined which includes all four modules covering rescue and single rescuer in the hub, spinner, inside blades, nacelle, tower and basement sections of a wind turbine. Duration and validity for these modules is given in the Annex 3.
COURSE CONTENT A GWO Advanced Rescue Training (ART) Combined course includes the following four modules:
GWO RESCUE TRAINING
MODULES
MODULE 1
HUB, SPINNER AND INSIDE BLADE RESCUE NACELLE, TOWER AND BASEMENT RESCUE
MODULE 2 MODULE 3 MODULE 4
SINGLE RESCUER: HUB, SPINNER AND INSIDE BLADE RESCUE SINGLE RESCUER: NACELLE, TOWER AND BASEMENT RESCUE
PREREQUISITES In order to complete a GWO Advanced Rescue Training Combined course, participants must: • Hold valid and in-date GWO Working at Height, GWO First Aid and GWO Manual Handling training records • Be WINDA registered before arriving for the course and medically fit and capable of fully participating.
COURSE VALIDITY The validity period is 24 months .
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