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GWO Working Groups have made significant progress in developing new standards, with the completion of three pilot tests during May.
GWO Working Groups have made significant progress in developing new standards, with the completion of three pilot tests during May.
The Advanced Rescue Training Working Group conducted the tests at three GWO independent training provider sites. The first, with Tesicnor in Navarro, Spain; secondly with Skylotec in Neuwied, Germany and finally, Falck Safety Services in Esbjerg, Denmark.
The pilots were designed to rigorously test the standard modules’ duration, lessons, learning objectives and facilities prior to their scheduled release in Q4 2018.
ART’s sister project, Enhanced First Aid will make similar progress during June, when the standard undergoes similar testing, after which GWO will update stakeholders on the latest developments.
Meanwhile, GWO’s Blade Repair Standard continues to move forward on schedule. Following a two-day workshop at Vestas’ facility in Videbæk, the GWO Blade Repair Working Group completed its ‘Diff analysis’ and has created a design specification. The Group now has a draft structure of the training itself including practical exercises.
The working group’s next steps will be to complete the draft structure before moving onto a full first draft of the Blade Repair standard.
Sea Survival is BST first module put out for consult
Finally, the Basic Safety Training (Sea Survival) module was put out to consultation today, with a questionnaire published for feedback purposes. For more information on this consultation and the GWO Training Standards Review 2018-2019, please follow this link.
The demand for wind energy continues to grow at a steady pace. By 2028, the world will need over 532,000 technicians to build and maintain wind fleets, both onshore and offshore. Notably, 40% of these roles will need to be filled by new entrants
Brazilian Association of Wind Energy and New Technologies, ABEEólica, has signed an MOU in strategic partnership with training standards body GWO. Tried and tested collaboration will provide certainty for all stakeholders, aligning Brazil’s safety regulations with globally recognised standards.
GWO and IRENA will initiate discussions of how global standards can best support skilled workforce development, in line with 2030 targets. Co-publication of the Jobs4RE Workforce Training Guidelines for the Wind Industry is set to follow in 2025.
The next generation of wind turbine technicians have a new training pathway to follow, courtesy of guidelines presented today by the Japan Wind Power Association working with GWO.
This GWO Positioning Paper provides an introduction to the key ambitions and terms of reference for a proposed expansion in opportunities to use a merit approach to safety & technical training in the wind industry
Global Wind Organisation (GWO) is pleased to announce Pattern Energy as its newest Leading Member. Pattern Energy has 29GW worth of global development and active construction projects under way, as well as 750+ commercial solar projects completed through its affiliates.