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REcognitionGWO StandardsGWO StandardsBasic Safety Training StandardV19Wind Training StandardsMay 2, 2025

GWO BST Standard will enable participants to support and care for themselves and others working in the industry by possessing the knowledge and skills of first aid, safe working at heights, manual handling, fire awareness, sea survival and in case of an emergency, to be able to evacuate, rescue and provide appropriate first aid to casualties. The GWO Basic Safety Training is divided into the following six modules:

First Aid

The aim of the BST First Aid Module is to enable participants, through theoretical and practical training, to recognise signs and symptoms of life threating situations and administer safe and effective first aid in the wind turbine industry/WTG environment in order to save lives and prevent further injury, until the casualty can be handed over to the next level of care.

This module should be read alongside GWO's Requirements for Training.

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Manual Handling

The aim of this module is to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries for wind technicians in the wind industry and enable participants to perform their tasks and activities in the safest possible way when working in a wind turbine environment.

The instructor should be aware that this module allows first time participants and refresher participants in the same classroom. Training should therefore incorporate the sharing of knowledge of the more experienced participants

This module should be read alongside GWO's Requirements for Training.

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Fire Awareness

The aim of this module is to enable the participants to prevent fires, make appropriate judgements when evaluating a fire, manage evacuation of personnel and ensure all are safely accounted for in the event of an unmanageable fire. If the incident is judged to be safe, the participants should be able to efficiently extinguish an initial fire by using basic handheld firefighting equipment.

This module should be read alongside GWO's Requirements for Training.

Working at Heights

The aim of this module is to enable the participants, through theoretical and practical training, to use basic personal protective equipment, work safety at height and perform comprehensive basic rescue from height in a remote wind turbine environment.  This course is not designed to test the participants’ capability and aptitude for working at height, i.e. It is not a test for fear of heights.

This module should be read alongside GWO's Requirements for Training.

Click here to download the PDF file of the Amendment for the BST Working at Height

Working at Heights & Manual Handling combined

The aim of this module is to enable the participants, through theoretical and practical training, to use basic personal protective equipment, work safely at heights and perform comprehensive basic rescue from heights in a wind turbine environment. Furthermore, this module also aims to encourage positive manual handling and ergonomic behaviour and enable participants to perform manual handling tasks in a safe manner. This course is not intended to test the participants’ capability and aptitude for working at height, i.e. it is not a test for fear of heights.

‍Note: BST, Working at Heights & Manual Handling Combined is a combined module comprising the lessons and elements from both the BST Working at Height Module and the BST Manual Handling Module and is intended to be delivered in two days. The combined BST Working at Height & Manual Handling Module can be delivered instead of the two stand alone modules, where the combined course is delivered, then the participants shall receive two training records: one for working at height and one for manual handling.

This module should be read alongside GWO's Requirements for Training.

Click here to download the PDF file of the Amendment for the BST Working at Height & Manual Handling combined

Sea Survival

The aims of this module are, by theoretical and practical training, to give the participants the ability to act safely and responsibly and to take the correct preventive actions in all aspects of offshore operations from shore to installation vessel (or WTG) and vice versa. This is both during normal operations and in an offshore wind energy environment emergency.

In addition to adhering to legal regulations and standards, the training provider must continuously ensure that the training material is updated and in alignment with industry guidelines from G+ specifically: Working at Height in the Offshore Wind Industry and Safe Management of Small Service Vessels Used in the Offshore Wind Industry.

This module should be read alongside GWO's Requirements for Training.

Click here to download the PDF file of the Basic Safety Training (BST) Standard Version 19.

This standard should be read alongside GWO's Requirements for Training.

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