GWO BST training shall enable participants to support and care for themselves and others working in the industry by possessing the knowledge and skills of first aid, working at heights, manual handling, fire awareness, sea survival and in case of an emergency, to be able to evacuate, rescue and provide appropriate first aid to casualties. The GWO Basic Safety Training is divided into the following six modules:
First Aid; Manual Handling; Fire Awareness; Working at Heights; Working at Heights & Manual Handling combined, Sea Survival
Training certificates are issued online via GWO’s WINDA system. Certificate valid for 2 years. Training should be renewed before the end of the given validity period. A certificate can be renewed up to two months prior to expiry and maintain the original certification date.

The aim of the First Aid BST Module is to enable participants to recognise signs and symptoms of life threating situations and administer safe and effective first aid in the wind turbine industry/WTG environment in order to save lives and prevent further injury, until the casualty can be handed over to the next level of care.

Overall learning objectives

After successfully having completed this BST First Aid Module, the participants can:

• 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/WTG environment (Ability, intermediate level)
• Take responsibility for recognising their limitations as a basic first aider, calling for help and enable evacuation off the casualty in case of an incident in the wind turbine industry/WTG environment (Ability, intermediate level)

The aim of this module is to enable the participants, through theoretical and practical training, to use basic personal protective equipment, work safety at height and perform comprehensive basic rescue from height in a remote wind turbine environment.

After having successfully completed this BST Working at Heights Module, the participants have the ability to act safely and responsibly when using basic personal protective equipment, working at heights and performing comprehensive basic rescue from heights in a remote wind turbine environment (Ability, intermediate level).

Note: This course is not designed to test the participants’ capability and aptitude for working at height, i.e. It is not a test for fear of heights.
Training certificates are issued online via GWO’s WINDA system. Certificate valid for 2 years. Training should be renewed before the end of the given validity period. A certificate can be renewed up to two months prior to expiry and maintain the original certification date.

The aim of this module is to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries for wind technicians in the wind industry and enable participants to perform their tasks and activities in the safest possible way when working in a wind turbine environment.

The BST Manual Handling Module may be delivered at the same time as the BSTR Manual Handling Module.

Тhis module allows first time participants and refresher participants in the same classroom where training incorporate the sharing of knowledge of the more experienced participants

After successfully having completed the BST Manual Handling Module, participants can:

• Take responsibility for the use of essential manual handling principles to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injury when performing physical tasks and activities in the wind industry (Ability, intermediate level)

The aim of this module is to enable the participants 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.

Overall learning objectives:

• The participants can act independently in identifying fire hazards and preventing fires in a wind turbine environment (Ability, intermediate level)
• The participants can 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)
• The participants can take responsibility for the evacuation of personnel and ensure all are safely accounted for in the event of an unmanageable fire (Ability, intermediate level)
• The participants can 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).

GWO regulates the Wind farm industry and follows the medial guidance in Issue 2 (2013) of Renewable UK medical Fitness to work – wind turbine – Guidelines for near offshore and land-based projects.

All passengers travelling offshore by helicopter are required to sit in a seat where the nearest emergency exit is compatible with their body size.

Helicopter passengers are measured by the width of their shoulders and those whose shoulder width is 55.9cm or greater are classified as Extra-Broad (XBR).

Those below 55.9cm will be classified as ‘regular’.

From the July 1 2017, all XBR passengers are required to be re-measured at frequent intervals.

It is recommended that these re-measurements are aligned with BOSIET expiry (4 years). When your measurement is taken, there could be an error margin of up to 1.1cm. Therefore, anyone with a shoulder measurement of 54.8cm or above will need to get re-measured. 

Bidletoid Measurement Certificate with measurement will be issued.