GWO Advanced Rescue (ART) Training Program

Course Information

GWO Advanced Rescue (ART) Training Module 5 - Combined Advanced Rescue Techniques

Date of Next Course: Wednesday 12th August

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Venue: HFR Solutions Training Centre, Hessle, Nr Hull

Duration: Three Days 

Validation: 2 Years

Awarding Body: GWO (Global Wind Organisation)

(WAH14) Course Syllabus

The GWO Advanced Rescue (ART) training module covers all rescue and single-rescuer elements, allowing delegates to undertake all four modules together in a three-day intensive program. The syllabus covers:

Hub spinner and inside blade rescue (HSIBR)	Nacelle, tower and basement rescue (NTBR)
Single rescuer: hub, spinner and inside blade rescue (SR:HSIBR)	Single rescuer: Nacelle, tower and basement module (SR:NTBR)

Control risks associated with rescue and deliver best practice rescue training

The GWO Advanced Rescue (ART) training combined modules aim to mitigate and control the risks associated with rescue operations undertaken in and from wind turbines to facilitate better emergency preparedness and response within the renewables industry. The course syllabus has been developed around risk assessments, industry-related accident and incident statistics during the installation phase as well as during the operations, service and maintenance work on wind turbine generators and wind power plants.

Practical Course Scenarios

Module: Hub, spinner and inside blade rescue (Both HSIBR & SR:HSIBR) modules	Module: Nacelle, tower and basement rescue (Both NTBR & SR:NTBR) modules
Rescue from blade	Rescue up
Rescue from spinner	Rescue down
Rescue from hub	Advanced stretcher work
	Advanced use of CRD's
	Power-driven devices
	Mechancial advantage systems

Your considerations

Accounting from the high-risk environments your offshore teams operate in, you shoud consider the following:

• Your team will be working in a remote location and require advanced rescue knowledge and capabilities
• Operating in an environment with high-risk
• Increased emergency service response times
• Your team will need to display increased skills and levels of competency
• There is limited help within this operational environment

Entry requirements

Delegates looking to undertake these modules, need to hold a valid GWO Working at Height, GWO First Aid and Manual Handling certificates.

The GWO Advanced Rescue Hub, spinner and inside blade and Nacelle, Tower and Basement modules form part of the overall range of advanced rescue stands recently developed by the Global Wind Organisation (GWO) in-order to train your teams in advanced rescue scenarios and capabilities within an offshore environment.

GWO pre-requisite

For any delegates wanting to book on the Enhanced GWO ART (Advanced Rescue Course), we require the following documentation:

• Full medical fitness
• In-date GWO Basic Safety Work at Height, First Aid, Manual Handling certificates.

In-order to follow guidelines, we will need to verify these on the WINDA system.

Course Benefits

Your delegates will receive the following course benefits;

• Industry-standard - Recognised GWO accreditation and is valid for two years
• Competence - Delegates will be able to display advanced rescue capabilities from a high-risk working environment
• Skills - Highly skilled workforce
• Qualified and experienced trainers - HFR Solutions CIC instructors are specialists in working at height and GWO standards
• Real-incident experiences - our instructors have handled rescue, at height, fire, medical and incident response scenarios in real-life 
• Peace of mind for you– we have successfully delivered numerous working at height courses to the renewables sectors
• Increased confidence - your delegates will be trained in best practice processes for working at height and rescue in an offshore environment
• Increased capabilities – qualified employees and contractors
• Mobile training units - our working at height training can be delivered at your site (In-situ)
• ISO accredited business - ISO9001, ISO14001 & ISO 18001
• Purpose-built working at infrastructure - both internal and external unrivalled working at height training infrastructure in the region

Candidates who successfully complete the GWO Advanced Rescue Training Combined Training modules will receive a certificate to confirm they have met the level of competence required. 

Learning Outcomes

Delegates will learn best-practice skills for delivering advanced rescue capabilities in a renewables environment including:

• 5-day advanced training program – delegates can block book all GWO advanced rescue training & GWO enhanced first aid modules combined
• Undertake advanced rescue capabilities from a high-risk working environment
• Perform these rescue operations in teams acting as the rescue team coordinator or as a single rescuer
• Competency to rescue a colleague from the blade, spinner and hub within a wind turbine
• Perform descending and ascending rescue operations from an enclosed space within a wind turbine to an assembly area (i.e. ground, transition piece or vessel)
• Display competency in the use of equipment in the rescue scenario outside the norm (i.e. creation of suspended aerial rope to safely and effectively transfer the casualty from the spinner to nacelle)  
• Use power-driven CRD’s in an active role for rescue up scenarios
• Use equipment in the rescue scenario outside the norm (i.e. creation of suspended aerial rope to safely and effectively transfer the casualty from the spinner to nacelle) 
• Prepare an injured person for helicopter rescue from a wind turbine
• Develop specialised knowledge – such as assess and determine a rescue strategy for various rescue scenarios as well as an evacuation strategy during a rescue operation

The GWO Advanced Rescue Training (ART) Module aims to empower and provide delegates with the competency, skills and theoretical and practical knowledge to access and rescue an injured person from the hub, spinner, inside the blade, nacelle, tower and basement sections to an assembly point until emergency responders arrive on-scene.

Relevant Legislation

This 3-Day intensive program GWO Advanced Rescue (ART) program will provide delegates with the competency, skills and theoretical and practical knowledge to access and rescue an injured person.

Useful resources

It is paramount your delegates have an in-depth understanding of working at height legislation and how it may impact your organisation;

Working at Height

GWO Advance Rescue	GWO Standards - Working at Height
Work at Height Regulations 2005	Puwer (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998)
Loler (Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998)	General Health & Safety Legislation
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974	Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

First Aid

GWO Standards - Advanced First Aid	GWO EFA Standards
The Health and Safety (First-Aid) Regulations 1981	General Health & Safety Legislation
Health and Safety at Work Act 1974	Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
Resuscitation and First Aid Guidelines 2015

 

Testimonial

“I found the GWO advanced rescue training recently delivered by HFR Solutions professional, informative and to the highest of standards. The new training areas used to facilitate this course, give delegates the opportunity to carry out rescue scenarios in wind turbine environments. As always the instructors at HFR were professional and very knowledgeable. The facilities, equipment and instructors at HFR are second to none, I cannot recommend highly enough.”

William Garrett-Millar, Health & Safety Supervisor, Ecotricity