This course has been developed to provide minimum safety training to infrequent visitors of onshore and offshore wind farms. This standard describes the requirements for Wind Limited Access that are recommended by the members of GWO.
Prerequisites
All personnel participating in Wind Limited Access training shall be medically fit and capable of fully participating. Specifically, the participants must be made aware of the risks and hazards related to completing this standard.
Training providers shall have a procedure that requires participants to sign a statement stating that they are medically fit to participate in the training and that they do not suffer from any medical sickness or are under influence of any narcotic substance or alcohol.
Annex 2: Medical
Self-Assessment Form in GWO’s Requirement for Training Providers shall be used if no other equivalent procedure is in place.
Course participants’ signatures testifying to their medical fitness shall be collected prior to the start of the enhanced first aid course.
Furthermore, participants shall have created a personal participant profile in WINDA and provide their own WINDA ID prior to completing the WLA training.
Objective
The aim of this module is to enable the participants, through theoretical and practical training, to use basic personal protective equipment, and behave safety during supervised visits to onshore wind turbine environment.
After having successfully completed this WLA Onshore Module, the participants will have the ability to act safely and responsibly when using basic personal protective equipment, follow instructions given by supervisors and behave safely during supervised visits to onshore wind turbine environments (Ability, basic level).
Course content
-Introduction to the onshore module
-Hazards in a WTG
-Fire awareness
-Medical emergencies
-PPE & harness
-Self-retracting lifelines
-Measures to prevent injury during training
-Fall prevention
-Vertical fall arrest systems
-safe and correct evacuation
