Recognizing the impact of training providers and instructors
The GWO Safety & Training Awards is the world’s first program of its kind recognizing the skills and impact of training providers and instructors keeping the wind energy workforce safe on site.
About
Welcome to the GWO Safety & Training Awards 2021, the world’s first program of its kind recognizing the skills and impact of training providers and instructors keeping the wind energy workforce safe on site.
Every year, GWO training providers teach vital safety and technical skills to tens of thousands of wind energy workers across the world, helping them stay safe on a turbine before returning home to their families at the end of an assignment. It’s not about one individual, but the team.
How does your team go the extra mile? Does your company train the most realistic scenarios that accurately replicate a wind turbine environment? Are your instructors always up to date with the very latest learning objectives and how to teach them? Has your company delivered GWO courses in a new and innovative way that helps students learn better? Perhaps your business has contributed to the industry’s safety overall?
If you think your company deserves to stand out from the crowd then don’t delay! Awards are open for entries from all GWO Certified Training Providers. Show us how you deliver value beyond the standard, enter the GWO Safety & Training Awards 2021 now!
Why Enter
All GWO Certified Training Providers are essentially “the same”. They must deliver a standard and meet the requirements for training providers. But they can of course go beyond the standard, and a great many do so.
In a competitive market with over 370 training providers in 42 countries, employers have a lot of choice and if you’re an award winner, this may just tip the balance in your favour. Winners of a GWO Safety & Training Award are judged by a panel of experts who know what it takes to deliver value beyond the standard.
GWO Certified Training Providers should enter because:
– A GWO Safety & Training Award is the mark of quality
– Generate long-term value for your training site by showing how you deliver value beyond the standard
– Winners, runners up and highly commended entries receive authorized use of the title and logo for marketing purposes
The Event
The GWO Safety & Training Awards 2021 ceremony will take place on Wednesday April 28th at the Wind Europe Electric City Conference & Exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark. The ceremony will form the centerpiece of the theatre programme at the GWO Safety, Skills and Training Zone, a unique 600m2 area dedicated to the safety of our workforce. Obviously in these uncertain times, there remains a possibility that physical events are not possible. In this event, we will ensure the awards will continue as a digital event.
Judges
John Barrie
John has worked in senior training roles within the renewable energy and industrial sectors for a number of years. At GWO he helps co-ordinate the development of new standards alongside the secretariat.
Neil Pickthall
Neil had a long and distinguished career in the Royal Air Force before working first in academia and today as Competency and Development Team Manager at SSE. His key focus areas are recruitment, development and mentoring of trainees.
Lisa C Mallon CMIOSH
Lisa has 20 years’ EHS experience having held various advocacy roles within the UK. She joined GE in 2009 and is currently leading EHS in its Wind Projects and Service business.
Jesper Hansen
Jesper is a specialist in incident management and compliance in the wind industry. Before joining the sector, Jesper worked with the Danish Safety Technology Authority as a specialist, with focus on compliance and auditing against EU standards and directives.
Elisabeth Mygind
Elisabeth has been with MHI Vestas since 2014 and is an active participant on the GWO Training Committee. She regularly represents the OEM in relation to its global training development activities and played an instrumental role in the delivery of today’s case study on digitalisation – the Safety ‘N’ Mind mobile application, which her company deploys as part of the market’s first ever blended learning solution for GWO Basic Safety Refresher Training.
Ann Duedahl
Ann has been with SGRE and its predecessor Siemens Wind Power since 2006, holding a variety of roles in training execution now as head of Global Training Excellence. She also plays and active role with global Wind Organisation, supporting the body’s training standards development programme.
