About the session:
The GWO Basic Safety Training program (GWO-BST) was created as the safety standard for those working at height in the wind industry. It is globally recognized and ensures that any GWO-BST certificate holder has demonstrated competence and proficiency in the following areas:
BSTWAHMH: GWO Work at Height & Manual Handling
BSTFA: GWO First Aid with Trauma
BSTFAW: GWO Fire Awareness
Confined Space Entry (CSER2002) provides the prerequisite knowledge for students participating in the GWO Advanced Rescue Training (ART). Students learn the skills to recognize and control hazards within confined spaces. The training also develops team rescue strategies, confined space procedures, and protocols essential to a successful rescue.
The Global Wind Organization has responded to industry demand for more advanced rescue training with the creation of a non-mandatory Standard for Advanced Rescue Training (ART). The ART Standard includes two separate modules which address the specific rescue training needs for technicians operating in the following spaces of a wind turbine: basement, tower, nacelle, hub, and blades. This ART training specifically covers multiple party-rescuer training scenarios for the above environments and the strategies, methods, and techniques applicable according to each scenario. The ART modules do not take into consideration the requirements of national legislation for confined space entry.
The training focuses specifically on the mechanical aspects of rescue (ascending and descending, patient packaging, and communication) for injured person rescue scenarios. Upon completion of the GWO-ART program, participants will possess the theoretical and practical knowledge required to access and rescue an injured person from virtually any section of a wind turbine, including the hub, blades, nacelle, tower, and basement.