GWO Sea Survival Training Course Refresher
Designed for professionals working in the wind energy industry who need to refresh their current Sea Survival certificate
Interested in attending? Have a suggestion about running this event near you?
Register your interest now
Description
The aim of this refresher course is to review and update participants' understanding of the risks and hazards associated with offshore operations within a Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) environment.
Combining theoretical and practical training, the programme ensures delegates maintain the essential skills required to act safely and take correct preventative actions.
This training covers all aspects of offshore operations, including transit from shore to installation vessels or WTGs, and vice versa, during both normal daily operations and emergency situations.
This BST Sea Survival Module shall ensure that the delegates are able to demonstrate:
- -Knowledge of dangers and symptoms related to hypothermia and drowning
- -Understanding of the advantages and limitations of the different Life Saving Appliances (LSA), Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Personal Fall Protective Equipment (PFPE) commonly used in the offshore wind energy industry, and are able to wear and use them accordingly
- -Knowledge of risks related to transfers (dynamic/static – static/dynamic)
- -Safe transfer from vessel to dock and vessel to foundation
- -Knowledge of the emergency and safety procedures on installations, vessels and WTG
- -Knowledge of Search and Rescue (SAR) and Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Recovery and First Aid treatment of a “man over board”
- -Evacuation from a mock WTG to the water by means of rescue device
- -Individual and collective survival techniques at sea
The course will include videos, group discussions, design exercises, trainer led presentations, practical cold water entry techniques, cold water swimming, launching and inflating a life raft, boarding and leaving a life raft, assisting others into a life raft, righting an upturned life raft and a final ship abandonment exercise with environmental effects.
Delegates will be assessed throughout the course.
Trainer to delegate ratio of 1:4
Certification
Valid for 2 years.
Overview
heckmate Safety Training hold the GWO accreditation for this course
Please note that this course is run at Checkmate Safety Training , New Rd, Sheerness, ME12 1PZ
training@checkmatesafety.co.uk
+44 (0) 1795 580 333
Prerequisites
A valid WINDA ID
A valid Sea Survival or Sea Survival Refresher certificate.
