GWO Advanced Rescue - Hub, Spinner and Inside Blade (Full or Refresher)

At a Glance

Blended Learning Course

E-Learning Duration: 1 Hour

In-Venue Duration: 6 Hours

Cost: £300 per person inc. VAT

Course Overview

The GWO Advanced Rescue - Hub, Spinner, and Inside Blade course is designed to give participants the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform entry-type injured person rescue operations in a WTG, using industry standard rescue equipment, methods and techniques, exceeding those of GWO Working at Height.

Participants will be able to:

Safely access the hub, spinner and inside blade of a wind turbine to get to an injured person
Perform entry-type casualty rescue operations in a wind turbine generator
Correctly use industry standards rescue equipment and methods
Understand and demonstrate rescue techniques that exceed those of GWO Working at Height

You must hold valid GWO BST module Working at Heights, GWO First Aid and GWO Manual Handling certificates to take this course.

Who Is The Course For?

Onshore

Offshore

First Time Or Need to Fully Revalidate

Managers

Vessel Crew

Looking to Refresh

Turbine Technicians

Course Content

Understanding emergency response planning in a wind turbine environment and where applicable within your own organisation
Supporting a casualties head and spine during rescue operations, including the use of cervical collars
Packaging and transporting casualties using a variety of stretcher types
Rigging and set up for raising and lowering operations
Practical exercises including rescuing a casualty from:
- Blade to hub
- Hub to ground
- Hub to nacelle
- Nacelle to ground
- Transition piece to vessel

More Information & Pre-Requisites

Certificate validity:
- 24 months
Items to bring:
- Photo ID (e.g passport or driving license)
- Safety boots or shoes
Pre-requisites:
- Participants must be in a good state of physical fitness (participants will be required to fill in a medical self-declaration)
- Participants must have a WINDA ID (to obtain a WINDA ID, participants can register here)
- You must hold valid, in-date GWO BST module Working at Heights, GWO First Aid or Enhanced First Aid and GWO Manual Handling certificates (or Refresher certificates for these courses)
- If participants are doing the refresher course, they must also hold a GWO Advanced Rescue - Hub certificate that is in date on the day of the course