GWO Manual Handling (MH) Training

The aim of this Module is to encourage positive Manual Handling and ergonomic behaviour, 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.

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

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

• Legislation and behavioral safety
• Spinal anatomy and posture
• Planning manual handling
• Measures to prevent injury
• Risk controls and proper manual handling techniques