Safety training
GWO Basic Safety Training / V20 10032026
9. MANUAL HANDLING INITIAL TRAINING
9.1 Aims and Objectives of Manual Handling Initial Training The aim of the Manual Handling Initial Training is to enable participants, through theoretical and practical training, to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries for wind technicians in the wind industry and enable participants to perform their tasks and activities in the safest possible way when working in a wind turbine environment. After having successfully completed Manual Handling Initial Training, the participants will have the ability to take responsibility for the use of essential manual handling principles to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injury when performing physical tasks and activities in the wind industry (Ability, intermediate level)
Definition of manual handling: The transporting or supporting of a load (including lifting, putting down, pushing, pulling, carrying, or moving by hand or by bodily force. 1
9.2 Duration of the Manual Handling Initial Training
The total contact time for completing this training is estimated to be 3 hours and 45 minutes.
The training provider must not exceed the time per day given in the table below.
Maximum Duration Per Day
Contact time
8 hours
Total training day
10 hours
Table 9.2.1 - Maximum durations for training day
1 Ref. https://www.ofi.co.uk
9.3 Manual Handling Initial Training Participant Ratio
The ratio shown for theory sessions indicates the maximum number of participants per instructor attending the course.
Practical ratios indicate the maximum number of participants to be supervised by an instructor during each activity.
Session
Instructor to Participant Ratio
Theory
1:12
Manual handling Initial Training
Practical
1:6
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