Safety training
Control of Hazardous Energies Standard / V5 10032026
4. SCOPE
Global Wind Organisation is a non-profit body founded by the wind turbine manufacturers and owners. Our members strive for an injury free work environment in the wind turbine industry, setting common international standards for safety training and emergency procedures. Training is verified through GWO’s WINDA database.
Hazardous energies are found in various forms within the wind turbine and the environment of a wind farm, posing a high risk of injury to all workers within the wind industry.
The GWO Control of Hazardous Energies (CoHE) standard has been developed in response to the demand for recognisable CoHE training for the wind industry. It has been prepared in co-operation between the members of GWO based on Safe Systems of Work (SSOW), risk assessments, job roles and tasks relevant to CoHE in the wind industry, as well as factual incident and accident statistics from G+ and the wind industry. The GWO CoHE training standard adopts a generic approach to training for work with highly varied regional, company and site-specific regulations, practices and procedures, with significant differences in equipment and ways of working. This training is recommended by the members of GWO to support and underpin progressing to company specific training. Completion of GWO CoHE training provides and maintains participants foundational knowledge, skills and abilities in the safe control of hazardous energies. The training should be supplemented by company specific SSOW training and training specific to the region, site, turbine and equipment-specific training as required.
It is always the responsibility of the duty holder to determine if a GWO training is sufficient in relation to the tasks, hazards and risks they expose a GWO trained person to, or if additional training is required.
General feedback on this document can be sent to info@globalwindsafety.org. See globalwindsafety.org on how to raise a complaint about a training provider or report a safety incident occurring during training.
5. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE COHE TRAINING STANDARD
5.1 Overview
The GWO CoHE Training Standard is divided into the following 2 modules:
- CoHE Electrical Safety - Initial and Refresher Training
- CoHE Pressure Fluid Safety - Initial and Refresher Training
5.2 Target Groups
Target Group for the CoHE Electrical Safety Module The training target group includes workers required to perform isolations and testing for the absence of voltage in accordance with existing documentation on low voltage electrical systems, to be able to safely carry out servicing and planned corrective maintenance or specific tasks like component replacement.
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