Day 1 – Theoretical Part

Legal Fundamentals

• Legislation / safety briefings
• Worldwide
• Europe
• Germany

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – General

• Helmet
• Gloves
• Respiratory protection
• Hearing protection
• etc.

Personal Fall Protection Equipment (PFPE)

• Individual components and their intended use
  • Full-body harness
  • Shock absorber
  • Lanyard
  • Connecting elements
  • Guided type fall arrester with fixed line
  • Guided type fall arrester with flexible line
• Possible impact forces

Important Information on PPE

• Service life / criteria for removal from service
• Inspections
  • Europe
  • United Kingdom
  • USA
• Proper condition
• Storage

Practical Exercise

• Identifying damage to PFPE

Safe Behavior When Working In/On Wind Turbines (WT)

• Use of radios
• Employee authorizations
• Use of PPE
• Fall-hazard areas
• Climbing the tower and working in the nacelle
• Work activities
  • On the tower
  • In/on the spinner / rotor hub
  • In and on rotor blades
  • Using aerial work platforms / man baskets
  • Work on the roof

General Principles for Working in Electrical Areas

• Authorizations
• Basic rules
• Work requiring special authorization
• Permit-to-work procedures

General Rules for “Wind and Weather”

• Behavior in case of fire

Rescue Procedures

• Rescue from ladders
• Rescue of a fallen person
• Rescue devices
  • Different devices and their intended use
  • Required components of a complete rescue kit
  • Redundancy during exercises

Accidents

• Health hazards
• Behavior
• Measures
• Statistics
• Case examples

Day 2 – Practical Training

Pre-briefing

• Travel to the wind turbine and general rules of conduct in the wind farm
• Correct donning of the full-body harness and PPE

Practical Exercises

• “Suspension test” for all participants
• Climbing and behavior inside the tower
• Behavior when leaving the ladder
• Behavior inside the nacelle
• Explanation of general safety systems
  • Emergency stop / emergency shutdown
  • Rotor locking
  • etc.
• Safe behavior when
  • hatches in the nacelle are open
  • staying on the roof
• Instruction on an access system (if available)

Rescue Exercises

• Rescue from a ladder
• Rescue from the working rope
• Abseiling from the nacelle

Final Debriefing

• Participants’ questions
• Evaluation of participants
• A few practical tips and recommendations