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Off-shore safety company established at Liverpool Waters

Off-shore wind training specialists Complete Site Safety, in conjugation with Peel Holdings and the City of Liverpool College, have opened a new training centre at Collingwood Dock, Liverpool Waters.

Having established itself as one of the leading training providers to the offshore and onshore renewable energy industry in the UK and wider European market, Complete Site Safety provides a range of training courses at the new, state-of-the art training centre.

Equipped with ‘real-world’ training environments, the centre also delivers training to the construction, oil & gas and general renewable energy sector.

The only such site in the North West, it includes a unique, custom built, ten metre high wind turbine structure, which enables trainees become competent in accessing the tower from a boat and to test their mettle by safely simulating a controlled descent from height into the water.

Trainees are also able to accurately recreate the scenario of being rescued from the water both by boat and also by realistically simulating helicopter rescue using a winch.

The new site complements an existing training facility at Brunswick Dock in Liverpool city centre, where courses accredited by major governing bodies such as Global Wind Organisation, City & Guilds, CITB, NEBOSH and IOSH are delivered.

Ian Pollitt, development investment surveyor at Peel Holdings, owners of the Liverpool Waters site said: “The whole renewable energy sector is a very important one to the Liverpool City Region and it is really positive that we have secured this important training facility at Liverpool Waters.

“With our colleagues at Cammell Laird and Peel Ports, we are helping the region become one of the prime hubs for offshore wind in the UK.”

Paul Williams director at Complete Site Safety said: “With the ability to deliver the GWO Sea Survival course, we are now one of only a few training centers in the UK to offer the complete GWO Basic Safety Training package.

“We recognise our responsibility to the local community in providing opportunities to both students and the public by providing training and qualifications enabling them to begin their journey on their chosen career paths.

“We have quickly established ourselves as one of the lead training providers for the offshore industry and are already working with major clients in the energy sector such as RWE, DONG energy, Dawson Energy, Total Wind, Global Wind and many more. Collingwood Dock offers us a fantastic location to undertake this important training for the future economy.”

Dave Murray, maritime director of Glaciere Maritime Academy added: “We are delighted to welcome Complete Site Safety to Collingwood Dock. It marks the expanding nature of our company. We now offer a wide range of maritime courses from beginner level all the way up to advanced. Our courses are expertly designed to provide the best education for its students and give them a platform to find employment in top jobs in the maritime sector.

“We also have ten full time staff and over a dozen volunteers that help build Glaciere Maritime Academy.”

Complete Site Safety specialises in offshore health and safety training, and thanks to the new facility made available to them at Collingwood Dock, are one of the few training companies in the UK which can offer the complete GWO Basic Safety Training package.

This will allow both members of the public and local college students to sit the five core modules of the GWO Certificate. These are: First Aid, Manual Handling, Fire Awareness, Sea Survival and Working at Height.

Each of which is designed to ensure workers operate safely when working on wind turbines and are competent in rescue situations.

With a rapidly increasing job market in the renewable energy sector both locally in Liverpool, due to the extension of the Burbo Bank Windfarm in Merseyside, and nationwide in wind farm projects up and down the country, the training made available through this new partnership with will give people the opportunity to equip themselves with the essential qualifications needed to enter the renewable energy industry.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Robert Allat .