GWO is looking for certified training providers to support its review of standards from April 2024 to the rest of the year. Join us in shaping the future of safety standards in the global wind industry!
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GWO is looking for certified training providers to support its review of standards from April 2024 to the rest of the year. Join us in shaping the future of safety standards in the global wind industry!
Global Wind Organisation (GWO) is making its annual call for training providers to join its crucial working groups. This vital work ensures the standards are relevant to the safety of our workforce and it is hugely important that GWO's community of training providers is included, alongside the GWO membership, in this process. The input directly influences the enhancement of our standards ensuring the highest level of safety for all.
GWO is commencing the review of several modules:
• Hand Tool Awareness and Dropped Objects – kicking off April 2024
• Solar PV (project approved) – due to start end of Q2 2024
• Manual Handling Review – due to start Q3 2024
• Control of Hazardous Energy (CoHe) Review – due to start Q3/Q4 2024
Training providers with relevant expertise and experience in delivering training within the subject areas mentioned. For Solar PV, we are keen to engage training providers with experience delivering safety and technical training to industry at both the industrial and residential scales of the sector.
• Hand Tool Awareness and Dropped Objects: 9 online meetings & 2 in-person pilots
• Solar PV: 6 meetings (1 day each) - 2 in person & 4 online in the period from May to Nov, and 3 pilots of approx. 1 week duration each in the Oct - Nov period
• Manual Handling Review: 2-4 online meetings & 1 in person meeting with 1 pilot
• Control of Hazardous Energy (CoHe) Review: 2-4 online meetings, 2 in-person, 1 pilot
If you are interested in joining any of the working groups, please contact our project managers to learn about next steps:
For Hand Tool Awareness and Dropped Objects, email Thomas Grønlund: tgr@globalwindsafety.org
For Solar PV, email Thomas Redmond: tr@globalwindsafety.org
For Manual Handling Review, email Julie Brown jub@globalwindsafety.org and Willemijn Schmidt ws@globalwindsafety.org
For CoHe Review, email Peter Wiingaard: pw@globalwindsafety.org
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