Additional information about regulations within Wind Industry

Period of validity of the certificate

However, there is a big difference between the period of validity, which many clients in Germany demand from the people who work on or on a windmill. Working at height and first aid certification may often not be older than one year. This while the GWO has set the validity of these certificates to 2 years. Where does this come from?
As we have and follow the Working Conditions Catalog in the Netherlands, they use different guidelines in Germany. For example in the field of working at height. The guideline used for this is the DGUV 198. This guideline is made for safe working at height and the DGUV 199 is made for safe rescue at height. These guidelines recommend that working at height should be repeated every year. Clients who demand this annual repeat requirement from the contractors therefore often come from this German directive.

Winda registration

In order to check the validity of your certificate, you must register with the WINDA (Wind Industry Database). 

• In order to generate a WINDA ID, please visit: https://winda.globalwindsafety.org and choose „Register”, followed by „Delegate Registration”. After filling in your data you will receive an activation code per e-mail, which is valid for 48 hours. When you activate via the e-mail and fill in a password a confirmation will be sent via e-mail. Also, in the top right corner of the page your WINDA ID will occur. This WINDA ID is needed for registration of your certification. Please bring your WINDA ID.

• Participation in a refresher course is only possible with proof of a valid basic certificate. In order to book a refresher course please send your WINDA ID to info@deltasafetytraining.com prior to the course commencement date. If you are not in possession of a WINDA ID, please send us a copy of your valid certificate for validation purpose.

GWO Training in the Corona era

We have adapted our training center to continue to offer our training courses under the current circumstances. For example, we offer the theory part online and practical training takes place with only a limited number of participants. In this way we follow the guidelines of the government and we can guarantee the safety of the participants and our employees. We are also working on preparing our training center to be able to offer our training courses in a safe manner in class.

You can contact us for the following GWO Training:

• GWO Working at heights
• GWO Manual Handling
• GWO Fire Awareness
• GWO Sea Survival
• GWO First Aid

Compensation on certificates from  GWO

The Global Wind Organization gives employees in the wind industry, who have a GWO certificate, an extra 60 days to participate in refresher training. This means that when your certificate expires, you have an extra 60 days to complete the refresher training.

PLEASE NOTE: your certificate will not be extended by 60 days. Only the possibility to follow refresher training is extended by 60 days.

Medical examinations

DELTA Safety Training also offers the possibility to carry out a Medical examination, which is required for people working in the wind industry. The type of inspection required depends on the age of the employee. From type 2, the inspection is extended with an effort test.

The examination is carried out by a NOGEPA recognized examination doctor and is valid for 2 years. Here you will find an overview of our medical examinations.

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