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Training Standards and Accreditation

RenewableUK has made a commitment to ensuring that Health & Safety is given top priority in the wind energy and marine renewables sector. Promoting and delivering best practice health and safety training and competence standards is central to this commitment.

RenewableUK training standards have been developed by the RenewableUK Health & Safety Training Sub Group. This process is undertaken at the request of RenewableUK member organisations and stakeholders, and is overseen by the RenewableUK Health & Safety Strategy Group. Consultation with all member organisations and key stakeholders is sought at each stage of the development of training standards.

The RenewableUK training standards are only intended to address the most significant health and safety training issues as they relate to the relevant subject area. The standards apply to renewable energy activities subject to the jurisdiction of UK health and safety law. The standards are intended to ensure a common approach to basic training delivered by an approved training provider under controlled conditions.

Due to the variety of the equipment used in renewable energy activities, the variability of renewable energy industry equipment design and the differing operating protocols that may be adopted by organisations, duty holders including employers must regularly review the suitability and adequacy of any training provided. This would typically arise out of the risk assessments performed to address renewable energy activities. Where these identify any new or revised risks that could have a significant impact on the safety of renewable energy activities, the adequacy of training provision should be formally addressed by the duty holder.