GWO Wind Limited Access

The Global Wind Organization’s Limited Access provides participants visiting onshore and offshore wind turbine environments with the skills to use personal protective equipment and to behave safely during their supervised visit. This module is for persons who infrequently participate in supervised visits to wind turbines. GWO certified through ENSA. 

CONTENT:

• Risks, hazards, and applicable legislation
• Awareness of fire emergency procedures, contingency planning, and fire-fighting equipment
• Awareness of medical emergencies, first aid/CPR, injury and illness prevention
• PPE (personal protective equipment) use and ergonomic risk reduction techniques
• PFPE (Personal Fall Protection Equipment), fall arrest, fall prevention, fall restraint
• Safe and correct use of evacuation devices
• Safe conduct on installations, vessels, and turbines during normal operations and emergencies
• Cold shock, hypothermia, and drowning
• Individual and collective survival techniques at sea
• Advantages and limitations of personal LSA and PPE and usage
• Transfer of workers and equipment between the dock to vessel and the vessel to turbine foundation
• Evacuation from the turbine to water

DURATION:

Initial and Refresher: Seven (7) Hours | 1 Day

LOCATION:

Survival Systems USA's Groton Training Center, CT

AGE REQUIREMENTS:

Participants must be a minimum of 18 years of age for full participation and certification. Participants under the age of 18 require parental consent.

PREREQUISITES:

Participants engage in rigorous activity and should be in a good state of health, physically capable of fully taking part in all course exercises. This program includes climbing up a ladder or tower, working at an elevated platform, and egressing from a height using rescue devices.

Students need work boots and a photo ID. We provide all other equipment.

SCHEDULING:

Book training calendar seats on a first-come, first-served basis.

CERTIFICATION:

All participants who complete the full program in accordance with the learning and performance objectives receive a course completion certificate and GWO (WINDA) credit (24-mo expiry).

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS:

​Basic safety modules: Wind Limited Access (WLA), GWO BST-1005 Program, Work at Height (WAH 1002), Manual Handling (MH 102), First Aid (FA 2002), Fire Awareness (FAW 101), Sea Survival (GWO SS), GWO Refreshers

Advanced modules: Enhanced First Aid (EFA), Advanced Rescue Training (ART-H) (ART-N)

Safety Training for Onshore and Offshore Visitors