Renewable Energy and Offshore Wind
In 2016, Rhode Island became home to the first offshore wind project in the nation with the successful installation of the 30-megawatt, Block Island Wind Farm.
The U.S. Department of Energy estimates 43,000 new jobs will be created in the offshore wind market by 2030. It is estimated that over the next decade, offshore wind farms will create as many as 3,000 jobs in New England and generate economic impact that could reach $2 billion regionally.
The new jobs anticipated to support the offshore wind industry include: engineers, trade workers, surveyors, scientists, turbine technicians, managers and seafarers.
Global Wind Organization – Basic Safety Training
Recognizing the anticipated growth in the offshore wind sector, the Community College of Rhode Island has launched Global Wind Organization (GWO) Basic Safety Training (BST), with the first cohorts starting spring 2024. The GWO Basic Safety Training is a critical component for anyone looking to work in the offshore wind sector.
Program Location: CCRI Flanagan Campus - Lincoln, RI
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GWO BST - All 5 Modules - click button below.
If you are interested in group training or attending individual modules, please submit the Program Inquiry Form and we will contact you with more information.
GWO BST Training will include five (5) modules:
GWO Working at Heights (13 hours 25 minutes)
The aim of this module is to enable the participants, through theoretical and practical training, to use basic personal protective equipment, work safety at height and perform comprehensive basic rescue from height in a remote wind turbine environment.
GWO First Aid (7 hours)
The aim of the First Aid BST Module is to enable participants to recognize signs and symptoms of life threating situations and administer safe and effective first aid in the wind turbine industry/WTG environment in order to save lives and prevent further injury, until the casualty can be handed over to the next level of care.
GWO Manual Handling (3 hours 35 minutes)
The aim of this module is to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries for wind technicians in the wind industry and enable participants to perform their tasks and activities in the safest possible way when working in a wind turbine environment.
GWO Fire Awareness (3 hours 20 minutes)
The aim of this module is to enable the participants to prevent fires, make appropriate judgements when evaluating a fire, manage evacuation of personnel and ensure all are safely accounted for in the event of an unmanageable fire. If the incident is judged to be safe, the participants should be able to efficiently extinguish an initial fire by using basic handheld firefighting equipment.
GWO Sea Survival (6 hours 30 minutes)
The aims of this BST Sea Survival course are, by theoretical and practical training, to give the participants the ability to act safely and responsibly and to take the correct preventive actions in all aspects of offshore operations from shore to installation vessel (or WTG) and vice versa. This is both during normal operations and in an offshore wind energy environment emergency.
GWO Basic Safely Training Refresher (BSTR) courses will also be available for all of the courses listed above.
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