COURSE AIM

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

 COURSE OBJECTIVE

The Objective of the BST Working at Heights Module shall ensure that:

• The participants are able to demonstrate knowledge of hazards and risks associated with working at heights, specific to a WTG 
• The participants are able to demonstrate understanding of current national legislation regarding working at heights. 
• The participants are able to demonstrate correct identification of PPE, including identification of European/Global standard markings e.g. harness, hard hat, lanyards, etc. 
• The participants are able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills to correctly perform pre-use inspection, service, store and correctly fit relevant PPE, e.g. harness, fall arrest lanyards, guided type fall arrest lanyards and work positioning lanyards.  
• The participants are able to demonstrate correct use of the relevant PPE, e.g. harnesses lanyards, fall arresters and work positioning equipment. This includes correct densification of anchor point and correct ladder conduct. 
• The participants are able to demonstrate correct use of evacuation devices. 
• The participants are able to demonstrate how to approach rescue situations in WTGs and use rescue equipment efficiently.

 COURSE OUTLINE

• Introduction
• Legislation
• Harness
• Fall prevention
• Vertical fall arrest systems
• Fall arrest lanyards
• Dropped objects
• Self-retracting lifelines
• Measures to prevent injury during training
• Practical exercises
• Emergency procedures
• Workshop: risks and hazards
• PPE review
• Rescue devices and rigging setup
• Measures to prevent injury during training
• Rescue exercises
• Evaluation

COURSE DURATION

1.5 day

VALIDITY

2 years

MEDICAL FITNESS

All delegates must be medically fit and will be required to complete a medical declaration during the course induction. If you are in any doubt visit a Doctor prior to enrolment on the course.

COURSE AIM

 The aim of this Module is to encourage positive Manual Handling and ergonomic behavior, encourage participants to consider alternatives to manual handling through planning and to train Participants ability to perform Manual Handling tasks in a safe manner in the wind turbine industry/environment.

COURSE OBJECTIVE

 The Objective of the BST Manual Handling Module shall ensure that:

• The Participants are able to demonstrate a problem-solving approach to Manual Handling in a wind turbine environment  
• The Participants are able to demonstrate Manual Handling risk reduction techniques
• The Participants are able to identify aspects of their job tasks that could increase their risk of developing muscular/ skeletal injuries
• The Participants are able to demonstrate understanding of the importance of carrying out work duties in a safe and sound manner in accordance with the legislative requirements of their geographic work location
• The Participants are able to demonstrate understanding of safe practises of Manual Handling, including the correct handling of equipment
• The Participants are able to identify signs and symptoms of injuries related to poor Manual Handling techniques and have knowledge of reporting methods

 COURSE OUTLINE

 Introduction

• Legislation and behavioral safety
• Spinal anatomy and posture
• Planning manual handling
• Measures to prevent injury during training
• Manual handling: risk controls & proper manual handling techniques
• Evaluation

COURSE DURATION

0.5 day

 VALIDITY

2 years

 MEDICAL FITNESS

All delegates must be medically fit and will be required to complete a medical declaration during the course induction. If you are in any doubt visit a Doctor prior to enrolment on the course.

COURSE AIM

 The aim of this BST Module is to enable Participants to administer safe and effective First Aid in the wind turbine industry/ WTG environment, in accordance with GWO First Aid training through theoretical and practical training. Furthermore, this training will enable the delegate to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use an automated external defibrillator (AED).

COURSE OBJECTIVE

 The objectives of the First Aid Module are to ensure that:

• The Participants are able to demonstrate understanding of the importance of carrying out First Aid in a safe and sound manner, in accordance with the legislative requirements of their geographic location and according to the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) hereunder the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) and American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines
• The participants are able to identify and explain normal function, normal signs and symptoms of serious and minor injuries and illness related to the human body.
• The participants are able to demonstrate understanding and correct order of management in an emergency in a WTG environment.
• The participants are able to demonstrate correct use of lifesaving First Aid using the Primary Survey “C” A–B–C including the use of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)
• The participants are able to demonstrate correct use of the Secondary Survey  
• The participants are able to demonstrate correct use of first aid equipment in a first aid scenario

COURSE OUTLINE

 Introduction

• Legislation/Risks/Hazards
• Anatomy
• Management of an incident
• Lifesaving First Aid using primary survey (“C”-A – B – C)
• Scenario-based training including the use of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)
• Evaluation

COURSE DURATION

01 day

 VALIDITY

2 years

 MEDICAL FITNESS

All delegates must be medically fit and will be required to complete a medical declaration during the course induction. If you are in any doubt visit a Doctor prior to enrolment on the course.

COURSE AIM

 The aim of this course is to give the Participants the basic knowledge and skills through theoretical and practical training. Participants should be able to prevent fires, make appropriate judgments 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 hand held firefighting equipment.

COURSE OBJECTIVE

 The objectives of The BST Fire Awareness Module shall ensure that:

• The participants are able to demonstrate knowledge of the development and spread of fire.
• The participants are able to demonstrate knowledge of the causes of fires in wind turbines and the dangers related to this.
• The participants are able to identify any sign of a fire in a wind turbine environment.
• The participants are able to demonstrate knowledge of the contingency plans in a wind turbine environment including smoke detection and emergency escape procedures.
• The participants are able to demonstrate correct actions on discovering a fire including correct operation and fire extinguishing by means of the firefighting equipment in a WTG.

COURSE OUTLINE

 Introduction

• Legislation
• Fire combustion and fire spread
• Fire extinction
• Fire Prevention
• Firefighting equipment in a WTG
• Practise and scenario based training
• Evaluation

COURSE DURATION

0.5 day

 VALIDITY

2 years

 MEDICAL FITNESS

All delegates must be medically fit and will be required to complete a medical declaration during the course induction. If you are in any doubt visit a Doctor prior to enrolment on the course.

COURSE AIM

 The aims of this BST Sea Survival course are, by theoretical and practical training to give the participants the basic knowledge and skills to act safely and take the correct preventive actions in all aspects of offshore operations from shore to installation vessel or WTG and vice versa, both during normal operation and in an emergency in an offshore wind energy environment.

COURSE OBJECTIVE

 The Participants can demonstrate the needed awareness of the site organisation and relevant legislation to ensure that the candidates are aware of the roles, responsibilities and rules that apply to offshore wind farms.  

• The Participants can demonstrate the needed knowledge to understand the importance of correct clothing and conduct in an offshore wind farm environment. Further to enable skills of detecting and treating stages of cold shock, hypothermia and drowning related to exposures to the human body in an offshore wind environment.
• The Participants can demonstrate the needed knowledge and skills to recognise the advantages and limitations of personal LSA and PPE and usage in a correct and safe manner. The Participants can demonstrate the needed knowledge related to GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems) and SAR (Search and Rescue).
• The Participants can demonstrate the needed skills individually and collective to enhance the chance of survival in an emergency at sea.
• The Participants can demonstrate the needed knowledge to recognise the hazards and risks of transfer and take the correct preventive measures into account by following procedures and use the available LSA and PPE in a correct and safe manner.
• The Participants can demonstrate the needed knowledge to ensure safe conduct on installations, vessels and WTG´s during normal operations and in case of emergencies and evacuation. The Participants can demonstrate the needed skills to conduct safe transfer of themselves and equipment between dock and vessel and WTG and vessel. Furthermore, to give the Participants skills to assist in MOB situations.
• The Participants can reflect on and process their learning outcome and key takeaways from the module, aiming to achieve a high learning transfer from the module to his/her way of work. Additionally, the aim is to give the Participants the opportunity to conduct an open-minded written and oral formative evaluation of the training.

 COURSE OUTLINE

 Introduction

• Legislation
• Exposure, Cold Shock, Hypothermia and Drowning
• Life Saving Appliances and PPE
• SAR and GMDSS
• Practical Sea Survival
• Safe transfer
• Installations, vessels and WTGS
• Transfer Practical
• Evaluation

COURSE DURATION

0.5 day

 VALIDITY

2 years

 MEDICAL FITNESS

All delegates must be medically fit and will be required to complete a medical declaration during the course induction. If you are in any doubt visit a Doctor prior to enrolment on the course.

TARGET GROUP

 Personnel working within the wind industry conducting slinging techniques and signalling during simple lifting operations, meaning lifts conducted based on a lifting plan covering known hazards.

AIMS & OBJECTIVE

 Training in accordance with this standard will enable delegates to support and care for themselves and others while working with slinger signalling in the wind industry by possessing the required knowledge and skills to conduct assigned tasks safely and efficient

COURSE OUTLINE

 General Safety

• Role and basic Signals.
• Legislation
• Lifting equipment types
• Accessories
• Dynamic or static
• Generic routine lifting plans
• Risk assessment
• Environmental impact
• Manual handling
• Slings
• Shackles
• Lifting bags
• Load attachment point types
• Accessory storage
• Pre/post use check
• Quarantine
• Crane functions
• Load orientation devices
• Lifting angles/ Tension on slings
• Centre of gravity
• Suspended loads and dropped objects
• Lifting zones
• Roles and responsibilities
• Toolbox talk
• Hand signals
• Slinging mode
• Evaluation

COURSE DURATION

02 days

 VALIDITY

No expiry

 MEDICAL FITNESS

All personnel participating in the Slinger Signaller training module shall be medically fit and capable of fully participating. Specifically, the delegates must be made aware of the risks and hazards related to completing this course.

COURSE AIM

 The aim of this training course is to train the employees that are non-electricians to perform works on electric equipment in a safe manner, allowing them to evaluate the risks and avoid dangers, which can arise from the use of electric current.

TARGET AUDIENCE

 Employees, who have not completed any professional training in electrotechnics and whose professional duties exceed one specialty and involve actions that are related to the electric equipment. This course is also designed for those employees, who have to enter confined industrial spaces with electric equipment, for instance, painters, locksmiths, etc.. 

COURSE OUTLINE

 Basics of electrotechnics

• The effect of electric current on a human
• Safety measures and requirements in electrotechnics
• Preconditions to perform the assigned work in a safe manner
• Preventive measures in case of direct or indirect contact with electric current
• Defining the spectrum of work allowed to persons, who have had a security briefing on safe work with electrical equipment

COURSE DURATION

01 day

 VALIDITY

2 years

 MEDICAL FITNESS

All delegates must be medically fit and will be required to complete a medical declaration during the course induction. If you are in any doubt visit a Doctor prior to enrolment on the course.

COURSE AIM

 The aim of this training course is to provide key knowledge as to what constitutes good practice for assemblies with Torque Wrenches, Hydraulic Torque Wrenches, in regard to the tightening of threaded fasteners

COURSE OBJECTIVE

 Wrenches are designed for holding and turning nuts, bolts, cap screws, plugs and various threaded parts. Quality wrenches, regardless of their type, are designed to keep leverage and intended load in safe balance. 

COURSE OUTLINE

 Introduction to Threaded Fasteners

• Bolts, nuts and washers
• Types of Torque Wrenches and their Usage
• Types of Hydraulic Torque Wrenches and their Usage
• Tightening Problems and how to avoid them
• Tightening Joints consisting of Multiple Bolts
• Quality Checks– Auditing

COURSE DURATION

0.5 day

 VALIDITY

2 years

 MEDICAL FITNESS

All delegates must be medically fit and will be required to complete a medical declaration during the course induction. If you are in any doubt visit a Doctor prior to enrolment on the course.