GWO Advanced Rescue Training (ART)
The GWO Advanced Rescue Training standard elevates foundational safety configurations into specialized extraction and rescue maneuvers from isolated areas within a wind turbine generator.
Course Overview
This training enables technicians to perform advanced rescue actions as a team member, covering complex casualty packaging, spinal immobilization, and mechanical lowering device operations in confined setups.
Core Modules Included
- Hub & Spinner Rescue: Advanced extraction techniques to safely retrieve incapacitated colleagues from tight spinner configurations.
- Nacelle & Basement Rescue: Packaging casualties inside rescue stretchers and organizing horizontal or vertical exit movements.
- Single Rescuer Operations: Focused training enabling a lone technician to engineer and complete complex high-altitude extractions.
Course Duration
The standard multi-module advanced program is delivered across 3 continuous days of highly practical rig simulations.
Certification Validity
Successful validation updates your active WINDA registry. Certification remains valid for 2 years and must be renewed via GWO ART refresher modules.
Course Entry Requirements
- An active GWO WINDA profile registry account.
- Valid, in-date certificates for GWO Working at Heights, GWO First Aid, and GWO Manual Handling.
- A current medical fitness profile validating extreme high-altitude practical work.
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