Refresh your GWO manual handling skills
Advanced Blade Repair Services provides an industry-standard GWO safe manual handling course tailored to the wind-farm industry. Ideal for new-starters and as a refresher course, we teach the correct methods for handling heavy or awkwardly-shaped items, and the safer alternatives to it.
Delivered in Sunderland, our courses are ideal for renewable companies across the UK and overseas. Call today to book your place. We can provide a manual handling course as a single course or as part of a combined package .
GWO Manual Handling
This course aims to promote the correct manual handling techniques and practices. Participants enrolled for Advanced Blade Repair Services will learn to consider when there can be alternatives to manual handling by planning before acting. Where manual handling in a wind turbine environment is unavoidable, we will teach and demonstrate the correct methods which aim to prevent injury as a result of lifting.
Duration: 1 days
Price:
£83.33 – £100 inc. VAT
Course
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The course is a mix of in-class theory and practical sessions. By the end of the course successful participants will be able to:
- Understand the risks of not carrying out manual handling tasks effectively
- Understand the alternatives to manual handling where present
- Demonstrate safe manual handling techniques
Content
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The course covers eight aspects of manual handling:
- An overview of current legislation and industry
- Incident and injury reporting
- What is manual handling is and when it is needed?
- Spinal and shoulder anatomy and possible injuries from manual handling
- Equipment pre and post-use checks and certification
- Risk assessments and control measures
- Planning your operations
- Safe lifting techniques
Participants must be WINDA registered before starting a course with Advanced Blade Repair Services.
