GWO WAH & Manual Handling Combined
Certified by GWO it supports delegates to undertake work at height and perform lifting techniques safely in an offshore environment.
The GWO Working at Height and Manual Handling Combined course is valid for 2 years and has been designed to meet the basic training and competency requirements for all personnel, contractors and employers undertaking work at height and perform safe lifting
techniques on wind farms within the renewables sector. This course ensures that delegates are competent to perform safe work at height, undertake a comprehensive basic rescue from height and encourage best practice manual handling behaviour and perform manual handling tasks safely to meet expected industry standards.
Next Available Course: Available on request
Duration: 2 Days
Validation: 2 Years (1 Year in Germany)
Awarding Body: GWO
Price per delegate: £463+VAT
Price per course (max 6): £2315 +VAT
Course Benefits
- Industry standard – recognised GWO accreditation
- Delegates will meet the required competencies for working at height and manual handling in a renewable environment
- Our instructors are specialists in working at height and GWO standards Increased confidence – your delegates will be trained in best practice processes for working at height and rescue in an offshore environment
- Delegates will be able to implement Safe Systems of Work in their environments
- Purpose built training facilities
Learning Outcomes
- Safe working at height procedures
- Able to identify unsafe working at height practices
- Improving the safety of your employees who work at heights
- Increased competence – greater insight and ability to implement best practice
- A greater understanding of rescue techniques
- Using correct manual handling techniques
- Correct use of the evacuation and rescue devices
- Using correct rescue techniques
Course Syllabus
- Legislation and behavioural safety
- Fall prevention
- Vertical fall arrest systems
- Dropped objects
- Control measures to prevent injury during training
- Emergency procedure
- PPE review
- Harness
- Fall arrest lanyards
- Self-retracting lifelines
- Practical exercises
- Risks and hazards – suspension trauma
- Rescue devices and rigging set up
- Rescue exercises
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