Day in the life of a Rope Access Wind Turbine Blade Technician

Rope Access wind turbine blade repairs offshore
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[@coreywright1604]

So friggin cool. Just got my IRATA + SPRAT dual level 1 cert. Eager to get into! Thanks for the vid.

[@Libaax00]

Hows it going? You found any gd gigs?

[@KoreaRopeAccessTechnician]

good job~ seeing the ocean...it makes me remember when I worked in offshore at Atlantic ocean...

[@epicadventure1474]

sick video - gave me great insight into work being done. Hope you make a couple more.

[@Sorecandy3E1]

Going to interview of technician tomorrow, I will try best to get the position and someday I have to see this view that you've seen

[@Wacooon]

did you get the job?

[@robertwilliams9364]

Brilliant video mate, Rob

[@JohnLivinit]

Wicked video mate

[@TexMexTraveler]

Cool video, hope you make more!!

[@commentdeleted7943]

Like a spider crawling across a web

[@operatorbadger2079]

Nice job out there tech

[@fgrio85]

I'm in the trail of offshore Blade Repair. Stated with BST planning to BR on Germany ir Portugal as soon as possível (2nd Covid wave is not helping) but still without the First experience. Can you give some orientation?!

[@fgrio85]

Do you perform any "Hull" inspection and Repair por only in blades?

[@user-zx2mm5ch6p]

What was the extent of the repair? Just leading edge erosion?

[@upstreameconomics6138]

Would love to show excerpts from this in an online lecture about offhore wind energy. Is this OK?

[@babycakes6950]

I already knew you were impressive.

[@adamt6505]

What’s the salary like if you don’t mine me asking?

[@gabegerassimov4600]

How old do you have to be to do the IRATA level 1?

[@benjones881]

18

[@OutdoorHQ]

Want to get into the industry but don’t know where to start, do blade technicians need to do the do a normal wind turbine technician course first

[@fatmanscoop8650]

Gwo blade repair course, Gwos and rope access ticket. Then alot of luck.

[@murdomcdonald9670]

How would one get a job doing this? Put yourself through all the training then apply for a job?

[@darkonlondon]

Yes thats exactly right

[@jjlovesjam]

@@darkonlondonwicked! What was the training and the costs associated?

[@darkonlondon]

@@jjlovesjam look up gwo package, Irata level 1 and gwo blade repair

[@jjlovesjam]

@@darkonlondon there a lots of different GWO packages, would you say you specifically need the BST, and do you need the ART too? There’s loads of different GWO courses

[@darkonlondon]

@@jjlovesjam the five basics , fire ,first aid,sea survival, manual handling, working at high

[@johnscott632]

No life jackets lol 😆😂😅🤣🙃😄

[@fatmanscoop8650]

What's a life jacket going to do?

[@johnscott632]

Save your life if you survive the fall

[@fatmanscoop8650]

Not sure it would do that much good with all that weight on him. Life jackets are for insurance purposes more than actually being useful.

[@johnscott632]

275 life jackets would keep you up but I know what you mean chances you survive the fall are slim but there is a chance you might