Personnel who will be working in the wind industry or related fields and will have their duties in a wind turbine environment.
Personnel that may need or is selected by their employer to perform advanced rescue or lead an advanced rescue operation, where training according to one or more modules of the GWO Advanced Rescue Training Standard may mitigate the identified risks
Add Pre Requisites
Participants must hold a valid GWO ART - Nacelle, Tower & Basement Rescue Module; GWO BST Working at Heights; GWO BST First Aid and GWO BST Manual Handling certificates to participate in ARTR.
Objective
The aim of the ARTR Standard is to review and build on previously gained knowledge and skills from the ART training as well as working at heights and manual handling training through theoretical and practical training.
Training in accordance with this ARTR standard will enable participants to perform entry-type injured person rescue operations, in a WTG, using industry standard rescue equipment, rescue methods and techniques.
Course content
Emergency response plan in own organisation
Knowledge review
Manual handling
Working at height – rescue from ladder
Working at height – self evacuation
Head support during rescue
Packaging the injured person
Lowering/raising rescue system
Hub rescue exercise (from blade)
Hub rescue exercise (from spinner)
Outside evacuation of injured person
Evacuation of an injured person from the nacelle to the base of the tower
Rescue from enclosed space
Rescue from crawl space
Rescue up
Exam
Following successful completion of the GWO Advanced Rescue Training Refresher, the following modules will be updated for 36 months in WINDA:
Hub Spinner & Inside Blade Rescue Refresher
Nacelle, Tower and Basement Rescue Refresher
Working at Heights Refresher
Manual Handling Refresher
