GWO Basic Safety
Fire Awareness 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 experiences, knowledge, skills, and abilities to enable participants, through practical training to prevent fires, make appropriate judgements when evaluating a fire, manage evacuation of personnel and ensure all are safely accounted for in the event of an unmanageable fire. If the incident is judged to be safe, the participants should be able to efficiently extinguish an initial fire by using basic handheld firefighting equipment.
After having successfully completed this Fire Awareness Refresher Training, the participants will have the ability to:
The aim of this training is to refresh the participants prior experiences, knowledge, skills, and abilities to enable participants, through practical training to prevent fires, make appropriate judgements when evaluating a fire, manage evacuation of personnel and ensure all are safely accounted for in the event of an unmanageable fire. If the incident is judged to be safe, the participants should be able to efficiently extinguish an initial fire by using basic handheld firefighting equipment.
After having successfully completed this Fire Awareness Refresher Training, the participants will have the ability to:
- Act independently to identify fire hazards and prevent fires in a wind turbine environment (Ability, intermediate level)
- Take responsibility for assessing a fire and, if needed, be able to select the right extinguishing media according to the fire classes (Ability, intermediate level)
- Take responsibility for the evacuation of personnel and ensure all are safely accounted for in the event of an unmanageable fire (Ability, intermediate level)
- Act independently in efficiently extinguishing an initial fire by using basic handheld firefighting equipment, if the incident is judged to be safe (Ability, intermediate level)
Student feedback mark
Average student feedback mark for training course GWO BSTR Fire Awareness (Riga): 4.85
Average student feedback mark for training course GWO BSTR Fire Awareness (Klaipeda): 4.91
Average student feedback mark for training course GWO BSTR Fire Awareness (Riga): 4.85
Average student feedback mark for training course GWO BSTR Fire Awareness (Klaipeda): 4.91
Course contents
Lesson 1 - Introduction to training;
Lesson 2 - Fire Awareness Skill Stations;
Lesson 3 - Fire Awareness Scenarios;
Lesson 4 - Training review.
Lesson 1 - Introduction to training;
Lesson 2 - Fire Awareness Skill Stations;
Lesson 3 - Fire Awareness Scenarios;
Lesson 4 - Training review.
Entry standards
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.
- 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:
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.
- 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.
The maximum number of participants is 12 persons for one instructor for theoretical and 6 persons for instructor for practical exercises.
Duration of the training course
Half a day.
Half a day.
Price
110 EUR per person.
110 EUR per person.
Certificate validity
Certificate is valid 2 years.
Certificate is valid 2 years.
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