The GWO Working at Heights & Manual Handling Refresher is designed to renew and update the essential safety skills required for wind turbine environments. This combined refresher ensures that experienced personnel maintain their competency in high-altitude safety, rescue techniques, and ergonomic lifting practices, keeping their certifications compliant with GWO standards.
What You Will Learn
Skills Update: Refreshing the correct use of harnesses, fall arrestors, and lanyards.
Rescue Drills: Practical exercises for self-evacuation and rescuing a distressed colleague from height.
Advanced Ergonomics: Reviewing manual handling techniques to prevent injuries when moving heavy loads in confined turbine spaces.
Equipment Inspection: Updated guidance on identifying wear, tear, and “red flags” in safety gear.
Legislative Changes: Briefing on any new international safety standards or updated GWO protocols.
Key Benefits
Stay Certified: Renews two mandatory GWO BST modules (WAH & MH) in a single, time-efficient session.
Safety Continuity: Ensures that life-saving habits remain “muscle memory” for veteran technicians.
Compliance: Mandatory for maintaining valid access to on-shore and off-shore wind farm sites globally.