The Wind Training Center will provide the GWO Basic Safety Training (onshore) over four days, the training will provide 28 hours of instruction in four areas (First Aid, Manual Handling, Fire Awareness, and Working at Heights.) Training will be delivered in the Wind Training Center at Atlantic Cape Community College’s Worthington Campus in Atlantic City, NJ.
The training program and supporting facility will be the first in the State and is a grant program administered by the Office of the Secretary of Higher Education with the support of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA).
The first step to any career in the wind industry is ensuring you have the certifications required. GWO sets the international standard for safety training and emergency procedures in the wind industry. Upon completion, certification(s) are valid for two years.
GWO (Onshore) Basic Safety Training
The Global Wind Organization Basic Safety (onshore) Training consists of four modules.
- First Aid: This BST Module aims to enable participants to administer safe and effective First Aid in the wind turbine industry/WTG environment in accordance with GWO First Aid training through theoretical and practical training. Furthermore, this training will enable you to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use an automated external defibrillator (AED).
- Fire Awareness: This module aims to give the participants the basic knowledge and skills through theoretical and practical training. Participants should be able to prevent fires, make appropriate judgments when evaluating a fire, manage personnel evacuation, and ensure all are safely accounted for in an unmanageable fire. Supposing the incident is judged to be safe, the participants should be able to extinguish an initial fire using handheld firefighting equipment efficiently.
- Manual Handling: This module aims to encourage positive Manual Handling and ergonomic behavior, encourage participants to consider alternatives to manual handling through planning, and train participants’ ability to perform Manual Handling tasks safely in the wind turbine industry/environment.
- Working at Heights: Through theoretical and practical training, this module aims to qualify the participants to use basic personal protective equipment, perform safe work at heights, and provide comprehensive basic rescue from heights in a remote wind turbine environment.
WIND-100 (28 hours)
Cost: $1,935 (Tuition: $1,900, Campus Safety Fee: $25 Registration Fee: $10)
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Along with the GWO training program, the grant will help prepare New Jersey workers for jobs in the state's growing offshore wind industry, as well as establish a Sea Survival module at Historic Gardner's Basin.
The Wind Training Center is scheduled to open in 2023.
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