Occupational Safety

WEA Working at Heights – Basic Course according to DGUV-R 112-198/199

Rescue Training Basic Course – Course Content

Day 1 – Theoretical Part

  • Introduction
  • Legal basics

  • Personal protective equipment (PPE)

    • Helmets

    • Protective footwear

    • Gloves, etc.

  • Personal fall protection equipment

    • Full-body harness

    • Shock absorbers (operation and fall forces with/without shock absorber)

    • Lanyards

    • Rope-guided fall arrest devices (fixed and mobile)

    • Fall-protection systems: design and function

    • Carabiners

    • Inspections

    • Cleaning

    • Maintenance of PPE

    • End-of-service life criteria for harnesses/ropes/helmets

  • Practical exercises:

    • Recognizing damaged PPE — each participant must be able to identify defective PPE

  • Safe work in and on a WEA
  • Correct use of PPE
  • Anchorage points

  • Safe behavior depending on the work location

    • Inside the tower

    • Inside the machine house

    • Spinner, rotor blades and associated areas

    • Outside on the tower

  • Special authorized work

    • Live electrical work

    • Switching medium-voltage systems

    • Work at control cabinets

  • Accidents and rescue

    • Rescue devices / abseil devices

    • Abseil devices with hoist function

    • Overview of rescue procedures

    • Rescue from ladders

    • Abseiling from machine house

  • Post-accident behavior

    • Reporting

    • First aid

    • Suspension trauma (countermeasures)

    • Accident statistics and case studies

    • Introduction to the Wind Turbine Emergency Information System (WEA-NIS)

Day 2 – Practical Part

Briefing

  • Travel to the wind farm and general behavior rules
  • Correct donning of harness and PPE

Practical exercises:

  • “Suspension exercise” test for all participants
  • Climbing and behavior inside the tower
  • Behavior when leaving ladders
  • Behavior inside the machine house
  • Explanation of emergency stop / shutdown
  • Safe conduct with open hatches
  • Instruction on access systems (if available)

Rescue drills:

  • Rescue from ladder
  • Abseiling from machine house

Final Debriefing:

  • Participants’ questions
  • A few practical tips and recommendations

Target Group

Employees who have not yet received safety training for working in and on wind turbines.

Duration & Costs

  • Duration: 2 days
  • Price: €3,200 / entire course
  • €475 / individual participant (open course)
  • Currently no catering provided by Triowind

Cancellation costs

For cancellations made up to 7 days before the scheduled training date, we charge 50% of the course fee. For cancellations made up to 2 days before the scheduled training date, the full price will be charged.

Safety Briefing according to DGUV-R 112-198/199 and VDSI (Personal Fall Protection Equipment)

After registration, you will be informed in good time of all necessary details, such as the location, directions, and further organizational information, without the need for a separate request.

  • February 3–4, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • March 3–4, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • April 7–8, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • May 5–6, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register

WEA Working at Heights Refresher (1 Trainer) – DGUV-R 112-198/199

Rescue Training Refresher – Course Content (1 Instructor)

Theoretical Part (approx. 3 hours):

  • Legal fundamentals
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE)
    • General PPE
    • Helmet, safety footwear, gloves, etc.
  • Personal fall protection equipment
    • Full-body harness
    • Shock absorbers (function, fall forces with/without shock absorber)
    • Lanyards
    • Guided type fall arresters on fixed and flexible lines
    • Ladder and fall-protection systems: design and function
    • Carabiners
    • Inspection, cleaning, and maintenance of PPE
    • Criteria for removal from service of harnesses, ropes, and helmets
  • Safe working in and on a wind turbine (WT)
  • Proper use of PPE
  • Safe behavior depending on the work location
    • Work inside the tower
    • Work inside the nacelle
    • Work on the roof of the nacelle
    • Work in a man basket
  • Behavior in exceptional weather conditions
    • Behavior after accidents
    • First aid
    • Suspension trauma
    • Countermeasures
    • Accident scenarios
    • Accident statistics
    • Accident case studies
  • Wind Turbine Emergency Information System (WT-NIS)

Practical Part (approx. 5 hours):

Pre-briefing

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

Rescue exercises:

  • Rescue from a ladder

Final Debriefing:

  • Participants’ questions
  • A few practical tips and recommendations

Target Group

Employees who are involved in work on wind turbines (WT) and who have already completed the initial safety training for working in and on wind turbines.

Duration and Costs

  • Duration: 1 day
  • Price: €1,950 / full course
  • €340 / individual participant (open course)
  • Currently, no catering is provided by Triowind

Cancellation Fees

For cancellations made up to 7 days before the scheduled training date, we charge 50% of the course fee. For cancellations made up to 2 days before the scheduled training date, the full price will be charged.

Safety Briefing according to DGUV-R 112-198/199 and VDSI (Personal Fall Protection Equipment)

After registration, you will be informed in good time of all necessary details, such as the location, directions, and further organizational information, without the need for a separate request.

  • February 4, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • March 3, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • April 8, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • May 6, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register

WEA Working at Heights Refresher (2 Instructors) according to DGUV-R 112-198/199

Rettungstraining Refresher (2 Trainer) – doppelte Praxis bei gleichem Zeitrahmen!

Theoretischer Teil, ca. 3h:

  • Rechtsgrundlagen
  • Persönliche Schutzausrüstung
    • Persönliche Schutzausrüstung allgemein
    • Helm, Schutzschuhe, Handschuhe usw.
    • Persönliche Schutzausrüstung gegen Absturz
    • Auffanggurt
    • Falldämpfer
      • Funktionsweise
      • Fallkräfte mit / ohne Falldämpfer
    • Halteseile
    • Mitlaufende Auffanggeräte an fester und beweglicher Führung
    • Steigschutzsysteme: Darstellung und Funktionsweise
    • Karabiner
    • Überprüfungen, Reinigung, Instandsetzen von PSA
    • Ablegereife von Gurt / Seilen / Helmen
  • Sicheres Arbeiten in und an einer WEA
    • Bestimmungsgemäße Benutzung der PSA
    • Sicheres Verhalten in Abhängigkeit der Arbeitsorte
      • Arbeiten im Turm
      • Arbeiten im Maschinenhaus
      • Arbeiten auf dem Dach des Maschinenhauses
      • Arbeiten im Mannkorb
      • Verhalten bei außergewöhnlichen Wetterbedingungen
  • Verhalten nach Unfällen
  • Erste Hilfe
    • Hängetrauma
    • Gegenmaßnahmen
    • Unfallgeschehen
    • Unfallstatistik
    • Unfallbeispiele
  • Windenergieanlagen Notfallinformationssystem (WEA – NIS)

Praktischer Teil, ca. 5h:

 Vorbesprechung:

  • Anfahrt zur WEA, allgemeine Verhaltensregeln im Windpark
  • Wiederholung Richtiges Anlegen des Auffanggurtes und PSA

Praktische Übungen (zustätzlich zum Refresher 1 Trainer)

  • Rettungsübungen
    • Kundenspezifische Übung, z.B.: Erläuterung und Bewältigung von Rettungssituationen im Maschinenhaus
    • Retten aus der Leiter

Abschlussbesprechung:

  • Fragen der Teilnehmer
  • Ein paar Ratschläge…

Target Group

Employees who are involved in work on wind turbines (WT) and who have already completed the initial safety training for working in and on wind turbines.

Duration and Costs

  • Duration: 1 day
  • Price: €2,450 / full course

Cancellation Fees

For cancellations made up to 7 days before the scheduled training date, we charge 50% of the course fee. For cancellations made up to 2 days before the scheduled training date, the full price will be charged.

Please contact us if you would like to book this course.
 
 

GWO Basic Safety Training Working at Heights (GWO BST W@H)

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

Target Group

Employees who have not yet completed the GWO safety training “Working at Heights.”

Duration and Costs

  • Duration: 2 days
  • Price: €3,999 plus additional expenses / full course
  • €650 / individual participant (open course)
  • Currently, no catering is provided by Triowind

Cancellation Fees

For cancellations made up to 7 days before the scheduled training date, we charge 50% of the course fee. For cancellations made up to 2 days before the scheduled training date, the full price will be charged.

Safety Briefing according to GWO Standard and DGUV-R 112-198/199 (Personal Fall Protection Equipment)

After registration, you will be informed in good time of all necessary details, such as the location, directions, and further organizational information, without the need for a separate request.

  • February 3–4, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • March 3–4, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • April 7–8, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • May 5–6, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register

GWO Basic Safety Training Refresher Working at Heights (GWO BSTR W@H)

(Duration: 1 day, 2 instructors)

Course Content:

  • Legal fundamentals (brief overview)
  • 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
  • Fall-hazard areas
  • Selection of suitable anchorage points
  • Behavior in case of fire
  • General rules for behavior in “wind and weather”
  • Work requiring special authorization
  • Permit-to-work procedures
  • General principles for working in electrical areas
    • Authorizations
    • Basic rules
  • Redundancy during exercises
  • Accident case studies

Practical Exercises:

  • Rescue from a ladder
  • Self-rescue from a hatch

Target Group

Employees who are involved in work on wind turbines (WT) and who have already completed the GWO basic safety training “Working at Heights.”

Duration and Costs

  • Duration: 1 day
  • Price: €2,650 plus additional expenses / full course
  • €450 / individual participant (open course)
  • Currently, no catering is provided by Triowind

Cancellation Fees

For cancellations made up to 7 days before the scheduled training date, we charge 50% of the course fee. For cancellations made up to 2 days before the scheduled training date, the full price will be charged.

Safety Briefing according to GWO Standard and DGUV-R 112-198/199 (Personal Fall Protection Equipment)

After registration, you will be informed in good time of all necessary details, such as the location, directions, and further organizational information, without the need for a separate request.

  • February 4, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • March 3, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • April 8, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • May 6, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register

GWO Basic Safety Training Manual Handling (GWO BST MH) and GWO Basic Safety Training Refresher Manual Handling (GWO BSTR MH)

(Duration: 1 day, 2 instructors)

Instructors: 1
Duration: approx. 5 hours including breaks

Course Content:

  • Definitions
  • Legal fundamentals
  • Legislation / safety briefings
    • Worldwide
    • Europe
    • Germany
  • Risks and hazards
  • Anatomy and posture
  • Planned lifting and carrying
  • Safe lifting techniques
  • Safe carrying techniques
  • Risk control and lifting techniques
  • Consequences of incorrect lifting and carrying
  • Risk factors for injuries and back problems
  • Safe behavior
  • Behavior after accidents
  • Practical exercises: “Lifting and Carrying”

Target Group

Employees who have not yet completed the GWO safety training Manual Handling.

Duration and Costs

  • Duration: 0.5 days
  • Price: €1,050 plus additional expenses / full course
  • €210 / individual participant (open course)
  • The participation fee for the open course includes the following catering for participants: conference beverages

Cancellation Fees

For cancellations made up to 7 days before the scheduled training date, we charge 50% of the course fee. For cancellations made up to 2 days before the scheduled training date, the full price will be charged.

Safety Briefing according to GWO Standard and DGUV-R 112-198/199 (Personal Fall Protection Equipment)

  • February 5, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • March 5, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • April 9, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • May 7, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register

GWO Basic Safety Training Fire Awareness (GWO BST FAW)  // GWO Basic Safety Training Refresher Fire Awareness (GWO BSTR FAW)

Duration: 0.5 days

Course Content:

  • Legal fundamentals
  • Fire development, fire spread, consequences, and personal hazards
  • Types of fire classes and suitable extinguishing agents
  • Assessment of fires / fire phases
  • Preventive fire protection in workplaces
  • Firefighting in a wind turbine (WT)
  • Practical exercises

Target Group

Employees from the wind energy industry who work on wind turbines onshore and offshore.

Duration and Costs

  • Duration: ½ day
  • Price: €1,200 plus additional expenses / full in-house course
  • €240 / individual participant (open course)

Cancellation Fees

For cancellations made up to 7 days before the scheduled training date, we charge 50% of the course fee. For cancellations made up to 2 days before the scheduled training date, the full price will be charged.

  • February 5, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • March 5, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • April 9, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • May 7, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register

GWO Basic Safety Training First Aid (GWO BST FA)  // GWO Basic Safety Training Refresher First Aid (GWO BSTR FA)

Duration: 1 day

Course Content:

  • Legal fundamentals
  • Risks and hazards
  • Anatomy
  • Life-saving immediate measures
  • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) / Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
  • Wound care
  • Practical exercises

Target Group

Employees from the wind energy industry who work on wind turbines onshore and offshore.

Duration and Costs

  • Duration: 1 day
  • Price: €1,950 plus additional expenses / full in-house course
  • €320 / individual participant (open course)

Cancellation Fees

For cancellations made up to 7 days before the scheduled training date, we charge 50% of the course fee. For cancellations made up to 2 days before the scheduled training date, the full price will be charged.

  • February 2, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • March 2, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • April 10, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register
  • May 4, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register

GWO Advanced Rescue Training Hub (GWO ART Hub) // GWO Advanced Rescue Refresher Training Hub (GWO ARTR Hub)

Duration: 1 day

Course Content:

  • Hazards within critical work areas
  • Rescue devices / pulley systems
  • Handling of various rescue equipment on wind turbines (WT)
  • Various rescue exercises from the hub, rotor blade, and nacelle

Target Group

Employees from the wind energy industry who work on wind turbines onshore and offshore.

Duration and Costs

  • Duration: 1 day
  • Price: €2,450 plus additional expenses / full in-house course
  • €360 / individual participant (open course)

Cancellation Fees

For cancellations made up to 7 days before the scheduled training date, we charge 50% of the course fee. For cancellations made up to 2 days before the scheduled training date, the full price will be charged.

Please feel free to contact us regarding available dates.
 
 

Confined Space / Working in Confined Spaces

Duration: 1 day

Course Content:

  • Legal fundamentals
  • Handling of personal fall protection equipment (PFPE)
  • Securing and using PPE, use of anchorage points
  • General precautions for entering confined spaces
  • Safe behavior in confined spaces
  • Extreme conditions in confined spaces
  • Guidance on the use of crane, ladder, fall-protection, and elevator systems
  • Instruction on rescue devices
  • Behavior in the event of work accidents

Practical Exercises:

  • Donning PPE
  • Suspension exercise
  • Entering and working in confined spaces
  • Instruction on rescue chain / rescue devices
  • Various rescue exercises
  • Various rescue scenarios

Applicable Regulations:

DGUV-R 113-004, DGUV-R 112-198, DGUV-R 112-199, DGUV-I 213-001

Target Group

Employees from the wind energy industry who work on wind turbines onshore and offshore.

Duration and Costs

  • Duration: 1 day
  • Price: €1,900 plus additional expenses / full in-house course
  • €350 / individual participant (open course)

Cancellation Fees

For cancellations made up to 7 days before the scheduled training date, we charge 50% of the course fee. For cancellations made up to 2 days before the scheduled training date, the full price will be charged.

  • March 4, 2026 – Rendsburg – Register

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