Personnel working offshore in the wind industry or related fields needing to obtain their GWO BST Sea Survival Module certificates.
Prerequisites
All personnel participating in Basic Safety Training shall be medically fit and capable of fully participating.
NOTE: For safety and equipment maximum weight capacity, participants cannot exceed 330 lbs. if participating in this module.
Objective
The aims of this BST Sea Survival course 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.
Overall learning objective:
After successfully having completed this BST Sea Survival Module, the participants have the ability to act safely and responsibly in an offshore work environment and to take responsibility for their own and fellow employees’ safety in work situations as well as in emergency situations (Ability, intermediate level).
Course content
The GWO Sea Survival module covers the following 10 lessons:
• Introduction to the training
• Safety culture and legacy
• Cold water immersion
• Life saving appliance (lsa) and ppe
• Search and rescue and global maritime distress & safety systems
• Practical sea survival
• Safe travels and transfer
• Instillations, vessels, and WTGS
• Transfer practical
• Training review
Exam
Trainees shall be assessed according to the learning outcomes by means of direct observation and oral and/or written questions, where appropriate.
