GWO Standards

Basic Safety Training Standard

Version 17
May 2, 2023
Basic Safety Training Standard

GWO BST training will enable participants to support and care for themselves and others working in the industry by possessing the knowledge and skills of first aid, working at heights, manual handling, fire awareness, sea survival and in case of an emergency, to be able to evacuate, rescue and provide appropriate first aid to casualties. This training standard should be read alongside GWO's Requirements for Training. The GWO Basic Safety Training is divided into the following six modules:

First Aid

Manual Handling

Fire Awareness

Working at Heights

Working at Heights & Manual Handling combined

Sea Survival

Click here to download the PDF file of the Basic Safety Training (BST) Standard Version 17

In addition to the document change log, GWO has created a downloadable pdf guide to the changes to BST V17 Working at Heights and aligned modules (ART, ART-R, BST, BSTR, BSTR-P, Lift and WLA - various version numbers)

This standard should be read alongside GWO's Requirements for Training. Download the Requirements for Training here.

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No earlier versions of BST  are valid.