New ECITB training to improve safety for workers who inspect and maintain wind turbines is now available through ECITB Global.
The ECITB has launched a new training standard for the technicians who inspect and maintain offshore wind turbine equipment. Designed in response to the statutory equipment inspection and maintenance requirements placed on developers in the UK, the new training standards deliver the skills needed to safely and competently perform maintenance and statutory inspection duties in this expanding sector.
To support industry through the energy transition, the ECITB has worked with private training provider Hexis Ltd and major offshore wind developers and supply chain companies, including Stowen, Scottish Power Renewables, Vattenfall, Worley, Equinor, SSE, Iberdrola (Scottish Power), Applus and Petrofrac to create a suite of training standards that will support the safe and effective delivery of wind turbine statutory equipment inspection and maintenance.
Denise Hone, Training Director at Hexis Ltd, based in Suffolk, UK, said: “Hexis identified this training was needed for the offshore wind sector and we’re proud to have helped develop and to deliver these new ECITB training standards.
“The ultimate goal is we are raising the competencies and reducing the risks to ensure the level of personnel going out to certify offshore equipment have been trained at an accredited level.”
The pilot, which took place at East Coast College in Lowestoft, England, saw eight delegates from Equinor, SSE, Stowen, Worley, Applus, Windhoist and East Coast College take the assessed course which covers all aspects of inspection and maintenance of wind turbine statutory equipment.
Overseas Training Providers interested in finding out more about the latest Wind Turbine Maintenance and Inspection Standards should contact ECITB Global’s International Business Development Manager Jason Riley on email to:
