GWO Basic Safety Training
Working at Heights Refresher Including R-ALF Training

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 Working at Height Refresher Training is to review and build on previously gained knowledge, skills, and abilities through practical training so that participants can use basic personal protective equipment and perform safe work at heights and safe and comprehensive basic rescue from heights in the wind turbine industry environment.

After having successfully completed this Working at Height Refresher Training, the participants can:
  • Act independently and safely when using basic personal protective equipment, Working at Height techniques, and performing comprehensive basic rescue from heights in a remote wind turbine environment (Ability, intermediate level)
Approval



The GWO BSTr Working at Heights module is approved by Global Wind Organisation (GWO).
Student feedback mark
Average student feedback mark for training course GWO BSTR Working at Heights (Riga): 4.8
Average student feedback mark for training course GWO BSTR Working at Heights (Klaipeda): 4.83
Course contents
  • Lesson 1 - Introduction;
  • Lesson 2 - Working at Height Skill Stations;
  • Lesson 3 - Working at Height Scenarios;
  • Lesson 4 - Training review;
Entry standards
  • 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.
Duration of the training course
1 working day.
Price
  • Riga/Latvia – 180 EUR per person;
  • Klaipeda/Lithuania – 150 EUR per person.
Certificate validity
Certificate is valid 2 years.
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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