 | Siemens expands cooperation with wind safety provider OffTECBase | • | Two SWT-3.6-130 wind turbines delivered |
| • | Safety training expanded at Enge-Sande |
| • | Training for technicians on latest systems |
Keeping up with the latest standards can be vital to ensuring safety when work is being performed on wind turbines. OffTECBase, a safety and technology training course provider in Enge-Sande, Schleswig-Holstein, has worked closely with Siemens’ Wind Power and Renewables Division since 2010. Now the two companies want to take their collaboration to a new level. To be able to offer practical training courses, OffTEC ordered two of the latest Siemens SWT-3.6-130 direct-drive wind turbine systems, to be installed in the wind farm close to the training site. The principle is to work together to develop the content of future training courses and to train technicians using real wind technology. Greater sharing benefits both companies: OffTEC benefits from Siemens’ leading role in introducing industrial safety standards throughout the industry. In turn, the company can have a good proportion of its assembly and service technicians trained using the latest systems at OffTEC. The two new wind turbines round out a fleet of systems comprising all the key Siemens models. The two SWT-3.6-130 units are expected to be in place by the summer of 2017.
“We are very pleased that our long-standing cooperation on projects with Siemens is moving to a new level,” says Andreas Rauschelbach, CTO of OffTEC. “Now we can expand our training modules and offer real, state-of-the-art wind technology.” His colleague Klaus Loesmann, OffTEC’s commercial manager, adds: “Working as a state-of-the-art technician in the wind industry requires maximum industrial safety. That’s why we’re rigorously expanding our basic principle of holding all our training sessions for offshore and onshore technicians at a single location and under real-life conditions. Extending our training field to include the latest generation of plant therefore represents an important step for us.”
“We’ve been working successfully with OffTEC since 2010 in implementing the best-possible standards of industrial safety at wind turbines and training our employees,” says Markus Tacke, CEO of Siemens’ Wind Power and Renewables Division. “The training sessions add an important element to our activities in northern Germany: the locations in Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein represent not only the latest in wind turbine technology, but also leading safety standards for maintenance on land and at sea.” This press release and a press picture are available at:
www.siemens.com/press/PR2016100031WPEN
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Since 2011, the “Offshore Trainings- und Entwicklungs-Cluster” (OffTEC) has offered comprehensive training under close-to-real conditions for professionals in the wind energy and maritime sectors, and service providers such as helicopter and rescue companies. At its own training and professional development center in Enge-Sande, in the district of Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, OffTEC provides all relevant safety and technical training sessions with a focus on safety and rescue activities, in addition to wind turbine technology, both on land and at sea. OffTEC maintains a state-of-the-art maritime training center, a tower for safety and rescue training involving tall structures, and its own guesthouse accommodating 36 people, making it the first company in its sector to provide a genuine full service. Its educational services include a wide range of training opportunities based on current and international standards, adapted to suit individual customer requirements. OffTEC is a certified provider of all safety training courses in accordance with the standards of the Global Wind Organization (GWO). www.offtec.de | |
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