Swapping the hot training facility for reality is an important moment for
C2's instructors. This time it was a study visit to Bösjövarden's wind power plant in Dalarna for our eight GWO instructors.
The study day at the Bösjövarden wind farm included orientation and evacuation exercises, as well as in-depth insight into problems and risks. Both new and experienced instructors take part in the study visits and on this day everyone tried climbing the wind turbine and hanging freely at a height of 100 metres. It is important to understand the problems and challenges that wind turbine technicians face in real life. During the day, the team also took the opportunity to test different equipment and methods.
- Technically, the equipment is the same whether you are at six metres or 100 metres. It doesn't really matter, and somewhere you have to rely on the equipment to work. But it's clear that you're extra exposed at really high altitudes and it's natural for your body to react. Even the ropes behave differently at very high altitudes because the length means there is more rocking. That difference from the conditions in our 18-metre-high training facilities is good to experience," says Inga Kazlauskaite, training manager at C2 and participant in the study day.
The study visit to Dalarna is part of the initiative on fall protection in wind power, as C2
expanding both the availability and range of course modules in Uppsala and in Höganäs.