NSF International subsidiary NSF Certification, LLC has been accredited as a certification body for the Global Wind Organisation (GWO). The accreditation enables NSF to audit and certify wind-turbine training facilities to GWO’s suite of safety standards. “Our industry needs access to more standardized safety and technical training, and this means more GWO training providers in…
Up to 10% of world wind workforce now trained to GWO standards
New figures reveal that between 5 to 10% of the world’s wind energy workforce is now trained to Global Wind Organisation standards (GWO). Numbers from the GWO database WINDA, show that technicians completed more GWO training in the first half of 2018 than the corresponding half year in 2017. What’s more is the total number of people now…
17 sites added as GWO training continues worldwide growth in Q1, 2018
Global Wind Organisation Certified training providers are expanding their operations and investing in new sites around the world. New data from the GWO WINDA Database, shows that 17 new training sites opened their doors between January 1 and March 31, 2018, with sites in the Americas a particular feature during the first quarter. The GWO global…
The Global Wind Organization begins industry-wide technical training standardization
Global Wind Organization members are beginning a major technical training standardization project, certifying and meriting thousands of technicians over the coming months. GWO’s membership, which includes many of the world’s largest OEMs and operators, is starting the process of assessing the basic technical training they provided to more than 53,000 technicians. The training will align with the GWO…