Safety training
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The aim of this lesson is to familiarise participants with how to safely evacuate from a wind turbine, so that they can act safely in case of evacuation.
After having successfully completed this lesson, the participants can:
44) Take responsibility for their safety during an evacuating from a wind turbine (Ability, intermediate level)
If there is more than one participant on the top of the training tower at the same time, all need to be secured, either by the evacuation device or by their fall arrest systems
Note
ELEMENT 10.1 - SAFE AND CORRECT EVACUATION
Learning objectives:
45) The participants can perform a safe and correct single evacuation with the evacuation device set up in a passive mode (Skills, intermediate level)
46) The participants can recognise a safe and correct double evacuation with the evacuation device set up in an active mode (Knowledge, basic level)
The instructor shall:
Demonstrate how to perform a safe and correct evacuation, which shall include:
a. attaching the evacuation device to an anchor point (passive mode setup)
b. attaching the evacuation device to the harness, (active setup), configured according to the manufacturer’s instructions. During a double evacuation, a work positioning lanyard should be used as the connecting element between the rescue or evacuation device and the harness
c. when using a friction device; ensure that the rope runs through the device as intended according to the manufacturer’s instructions
d. detach the fall arrest lanyard, if attached to an anchor point
e. providing fall prevention by keeping the evacuation device rope’s end tight
f. safe and correct access to egress location (e.g. opening escape hatch door, rolled roof edge, etc.)
g. rope bag should be where the rescue device is (passive setup) as the preferred method of ensuring controlled deployment of the rope, compared to how rope deployment could also be done, including:
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