GWO Sea Survival (SS) Training

The aims of this module are, by theoretical and practical training, to give the participants the ability to act safely and responsibly, and to take the correct preventive actions in all aspects of offshore operations from shore to installation vessel or WTG and vice

Target Audience

Personnel who will be working in the wind industry or related fields and will have their duties in a wind turbine environment, usually in physical contact with a wind turbine or an offshore wind structure.
Personnel that perform job functions that have been risk assessed by their employer or their workplace duty holder as a function, where training according to one or more modules of the BST standard may mitigate of the identified risks.

Prerequisites

Persons attending Sea Survival module should undergo GWO Working at Heights module first. All personnel participating in this training shall be medically fit and capable of fully participating. Participants’ signatures testifying to their medical fitness will be collected prior to the start of the module. Furthermore, participants shall have created a personal participant profile in WINDA and provide their own WINDA ID prior to completing the BST training.

For more details about course prerequisites please contact our administration desk.

Module Content

• Safety culture and legacy
• Cold water immersion
• Lifesaving appliances and PPE
• SAR and GMDSS
• Practical sea survival
• Safe travel and transfer (theory)
• Installations, vessels and WTGs
• Transfer practical