GWO Basic Safety
First Aid Refresher Training

Description of the course
Target group
  • Personnel who will be working in the wind industry or related fields and will have their duties in a wind turbine environment, usually in physical contact with a wind turbine or an offshore wind structure.
  • Personnel that perform job functions that has been risk assessed by their employer or their workplace duty holder as a function, where training according to one or more modules of the BST standard may mitigate of the identified risks.
Objectives of the course
The aim of this training is to refresh the participants prior knowledge, skills, and abilities to enable participants, through practical training, to recognise signs and symptoms of life threating situations and administer safe and effective first aid in the wind turbine industry or WTG environment.

After having successfully completed this First Aid Refresher Training, the participants will have the ability to:
  • Act independently in recognising, assessing, and prioritising the need for basic first aid and providing lifesaving first aid until the casualty can be handed over to the next level of care in case of an incident in the wind turbine industry and WTG environment (Ability, intermediate level)
  • Take responsibility for recognising their limitations as a basic first aider, calling for help and enable evacuation of the casualty in case of an incident in the wind turbine industry and WTG environment (Ability, intermediate level)
Approval



The GWO BSTr First Aid module is approved by Global Wind Organisation (GWO).
Student feedback mark
Average student feedback mark for training course GWO BSTR First Aid (Riga): 4.73
Average student feedback mark for training course GWO BSTR First Aid (Klaipeda): 4.86
Course contents
Lesson 1 - Introduction;
Lesson 2 - First Aid Skill Stations;
Lesson 3 - First Aid Scenarios;
Lesson 4 - Training review.
Duration of the training course
Half a day.
Price
120 EUR per person.
Certificate validity
Certificate is valid 2 years.
Delegate prerequisites
  • All personnel participating in refresher training shall be medically fit and capable of fully participating.
  • Participation in a course according to the GWO standards requires a special identification number for each participant. Each person must have this so-called “WINDA identification number (WINDA-ID)”.

Please register yourself or your employees with the Global Wind Organisation and provide us with your WINDA-ID or enter it directly when registering in our training portal.
Registering for your WINDA-ID is very simple and only requires you to enter your name.
Training approaches and equipment:
  • Theoretical tasks with presentations and visualizations;
  • Group workshops;
  • Case studies;
  • Practical exercises in workshops;
  • Practical exercises using real life equipment;
  • Professional instructors with industry experience

Any equipment used during this GWO training module shall meet or exceed the minimum requirements of the national standards in the country where the training is taking place. When working in a country where there is no applicable national standard then the equipment shall meet or exceed the minimum requirements of the European standards.
Course limitations:
The maximum number of participants is 12 persons for one instructor for theoretical and 6 persons for instructor for practical exercises.
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