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Timetable
1st Day 9.00-18.00
2nd Day 9.00-18.00
Intended audience
Aspiring operators/operators of companies operating in the wind sector or in sector connected to it.
Prerequisites
All participants in a GWO training course must create a WINDA profile on the Global Wind Organisation website in order to obtain an identification code (ID WINDA) which must be provided to the deed of registration.
Participants in the BST (Basic Safety Training) modules must be in good psyco-physical condition self certified. Age of majority or parental consent.
Should the health conditions change during the training, the work activities must stop immediately unless the participant presents a clearance from the doctor. The training center has the right to exclude a participant from training or examination in the event of doubts about health, fitness or safety attitude.
Objectives
The objectives of this BST module are to create the skills necessary to use PPE to perform work at height safely and carry out a rescue and to create the skills to manually move loads in a conscious way and without physical damage.
Course fee
550,00€ per participant at Kong premises (VAT exempt).
Contents
- Introduction
- Legislation and behavioral safety
- Harness
- Fall prevention
- Vertical fall arrester system
- Fall arrest lanyards
- Dropped objects
- Self Retracting lifelines
- Measures to prevent injury during training
- Practical exercises
- Spinal anatomy and posture
- Planning Manual Handling
- Manual Handling: Risk controls & proper manual handling techniques
- Emergency procedures
- Workshop: risks, hazards and suspension trauma
- PPE review
- Rescue devices and rigging setup
- Measures to prevent injury during training
- Rescue exercises
- Evaluation
PPE and Log Book
Participants are required to wear comfortable and functional training clothing, safety shoes.
At the beginning of the course, the teacher will evaluate the suitability of the footwear; if the footwear is not suitable, the participant will be excluded from the course.
Who has already the Kong Log Book, should bring it in order to update.
Checks and evaluation
Participants will be assessed on the basis of learning outcomes by direct observation during training and final written test.
Teaching material
The necessary documentation will be provided for the in-depth study of the topics covered.
Teaching methodology
The courses are conducted with an interactive method, in order to involve the participants, stimulate their interest, encourage discussion on practical cases from their experience.
This allow the course contents to be adapted to the needs of the participants themselves.
Attendance certificates and participants’ evaluation
Participants who, in addition to have attended at least 90% of the hours scheduled for the module, have successfully passed the learning tests, will be issued a certificate valid for the Global Wind Organisation (GWO) standard.
Duration of the GWO certificates of attendance
All the GWO certificates of the modules described above are valid for 24 months.
Payment procedure
Bank transfer within two days of receipt of the course confirmation.
Cancellation
In case of cancellation, Kong S.p.A. will retain:
- 50% of the course fee if cancellation is done 2 working days before the course starts
- the whole fee if cancellation is done the day of the course