This course is designed to instruct the student in the use of safety equipment, equipment inspection procedures, evacuation procedures, and rescue techniques when working at heights. This course will cover general wind turbine safety, fall protection and work positioning systems, equipment use and inspection, shock-absorbing fall arrest vs. work positioning lanyard, mitigating harness-induced suspension trauma, proper anchoring methods, rescue and evacuation protocol, automatic Descent Control Devices, personal escape and rescue systems (e.g. PDQ), load raising and transfer methods, fall recovery and rescue (e.g. from nacelle or nose cone), ladder rescue, and Hub & Yaw rescue.
Semester Offered
Offered Spring, and with sufficient demand