Description

 

GWO FIRE AWARENESS & FIRE AWARENESS REFRESHER

 

Course Time:
9am – 1pm on Fridays
1.30pm – 5pm on Wednesdays

Duration: ½ Day
Assessment: Theory and Practical
PRE-REQUISITES
Medical Questionnaire
WINDA I.D
Over 18
Photographic Government I.D
Work boots
In date GWO Fire Awareness certificate (Refresher courses only)

 

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

Anyone looking to begin or continue working in the offshore renewable energy industry. Everyone is expected to hold a valid, in date GWO fire awareness certificate which must be refreshed every 2 years by sitting the GWO Fire awareness refresher course.

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES
The aim of this BST (R) Fire awareness module is to give basic knowledge and skills to prevent fires and conduct initial and appropriate judgement when evaluating a fire to review and build on previously gained knowledge and skills through theoretical and practical training so that delegates can prevent fires, make initial and appropriate judgement when evaluating fire, and, if it is judged to be safe, to efficiently extinguish an initial fire by using basic hand-held firefighting equipment in accordance with the GWO Refresher Training.

At the end of this course you will be able to:

• demonstrate knowledge of the development and spread of fire
•  demonstrate knowledge of the development and spread of fire
•  identify any sign of a fire in a wind turbine environment
•  demonstrate knowledge of the contingency plans in a wind turbine environment including smoke detection and emergency escape procedures.
• demonstrate correct actions on discovering a fire including correct operation and fire extinguishing by means of the firefighting equipment in a WTG.

 

GWO WINDA DATABASE

All delegates sitting the GWO courses must now register onto the GWO WINDA database, for further information about GWO’s WINDA Database please click here. ABOUT WINDA

To register onto the WINDA Database CLICK HERE

 

CERTIFICATION

On successful completion of the GWO Fire Awareness Refresher Training, you will receive a certificate valid for 2 years, this is uploaded onto your WINDA Account within 10 days of course completion. A pdf version of your WINDA GWO Certificate will also be emailed out to you.