GWO Refresher Package

Detailed below is a brief outline of the content of each section of the course:

GWO Working at Height and Rescue Training – Tuesday morning

On completion successful participants should be able to:

• describe relevant legislation for WAH    
• explain equipment selection and inspection
• describe safe systems of work, permits and emergency procedures
• undertake self-rescue and evacuation   

GWO Manual Handling – Wednesday morning

On completion successful participants should be able to:

• demonstrate understanding of the importance of carrying out work duties in a safe and sound manner in accordance with the legislative requirements of their geographic location
• identify aspects of their job tasks that could increase a worker’s risk of developing muscular/skeletal injuries
• demonstrate understanding of safe practices for manual handling including the correct handling of equipment
• identify signs and symptoms of injuries related to poor manual handling techniques and have knowledge of reporting methods
• demonstrate a problem-solving approach to manual handling in a wind turbine environment
• demonstrate manual handling risk reduction techniques

GWO Fire Awareness – Wednesday afternoon

On completion successful participants should be able to:

• demonstrate knowledge of the development and spread of fire
• demonstrate knowledge of the causes of fires in wind turbines and the dangers related to this
• identify any sign of a fire in a wind turbine environment
• demonstrate knowledge of the contingency plans in a wind turbine environment including smoke detection and emergency escape procedures
• demonstrate correct actions on discovering a fire including correct operation and fire extinguishing by means of the fire-fighting equipment in a WTG

GWO Sea Survival and Vessel Transit and Transfer – Thursday

• Refresh of course and assessment procedures                                         
• Organisation for safety
• Review of responsibilities during offshore operations in the offshore wind industry    
• Working safely offshore
• Law and enforcement                                                                      
• Industry overview and facility overview
• Offshore operations and emergencies                                                        
• Environment and offshore hazards
• Transit to and from a tower                                                                         
• Facility emergencies
• Practical tower transfer                                                                   
• First aid
• Vessel abandonment 
• Sea survival theory and practical

GWO First Aid - Friday 

On completion, successful participants should be able to:

• demonstrate understanding of the importance to carry out First Aid in a safe and sound manner in accordance with the legislative requirements of their geographic location and according to ERC and AHA guidelines
• identify and explain normal function, normal signs, functions and symptoms of serious and minor injuries and illness related to the human body
• demonstrate understanding and correct order of management in an emergency situation in a WTG environment
• demonstrate correct use of lifesaving first aid using the primary survey A-B-C
• demonstrate correct use of an automatic external defibrillator (AED)
• demonstrate correct use of ordinary First Aid, the secondary survey
• demonstrate correct use of first aid equipment in a first aid scenario