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 GW
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 trainin
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
