GWO: Basic Safety Training (BST) - Sea Survival (Refresher)

Personnel who will be working in the wind industry or related fields, and will carry out their duties in a wind turbine environment, usually in physical contact with a wind turbine or offshore wind structure.

All personnel participating in Refresher Training shall be medically fit and capable of fully participating. Delegates shall possess valid BST/ BSTR certificates or training records in WINDA for the relevant Modules prior to attending BSTR training. The Delegates shall also have a personal Delegate profile in WINDA and provide their own WINDA ID prior to completing the BST training. NOTE: For safety and equipment maximum weight capacity, participants cannot exceed 330 lbs. if participating in this module.

The aims of this BST Sea Survival course are, by theoretical and practical training, to give the participants the ability to act safely and responsible, and to 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 an emergency in an offshore wind energy environment. 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).

The GWO Sea Survival module covers the following eleven lessons: • Introduction • Legislation • Exposure, Hypothermia, and Drowning • Life Saving Appliances and PPE • Safe Transfer • Installations, Vessels, and WTGs • Man Over Board • SAR and GMDSS • Practical Sea Survival • Transfer Practical • Evaluation