The Basic Safety Training (BST) is designed to provide personnel with the basic skills that will enable them to work in a safe manner in the wind industry and to meet emergency response training requirements for personnel new to the global wind industry. It is designed to accommodate personnel working both onshore and offshore.
The target group for this training is personnel working in the wind industry or related fields needing to obtain their GWO BST Sea Survival module certificate.
Add Pre Requisites
No prior training achievement is required.
All personnel participating in Basic Safety Training shall be demonstrably medically fit and capable of fully participating.
The delegate may not exceed the weight limit of 124kg due to the weight limitations of the equipment which is used during the training.
Objective
Based on extensive experience in providing Sea Survival training for offshore and maritime personnel RelyOn has developed a training programme for the wind industry. This 1 day course applies to the Global Wind Organisation (GWO) standard and includes practical exercises on boat transfer, First Aid treatment, evacuation and survival techniques.
The aims of this course are, by theoretical and practical training to give the participants the basic knowledge and skills to act safely and take the correct preventive actions in all aspects of offshore operations from shore to installation vessel or WTG, and vice versa; both during normal operation
and in a given emergency in an offshore wind energy environment.
Course content
All learning outcomes which are stated in the GWO BST Module Sea Survival standard.
To include:
- Global and national legislation
- Exposure, hypothermia and drowning
- Life saving appliances and PPE
- Safe transfer methods
- Practical sea survival
- Practical transfer
Exam
The delegates will be assessed against the learning outcomes.
The course assessment is carried out by the instructor being satisfied of individuals competencies through questioning, observation and the use of the control measure form.
