GWO BASIC TECHNICAL TRAINING

Anyone booking or participating in training at Optimum Academy (Optimum, Optimum RAS, Optimum Rope Access Solutions, Inc.), agrees to the following:

Payment terms:
Full payment for the course must be received upon registration. Booking is not confirmed until payment has been received unless an agreement with Optimum Academy has been approved. Optimum accepts payments by credit card, check, or wire/money transfer.



Attendance Policy:
Students are to arrive and be ready to participate in class at the scheduled time each day. If a student is late more than 30 minutes on any given day of class, then they will not be admitted to class.

Students are expected to return from each break, including lunch break, at the time designated by the instructor. If a student misses a cumulative of 60 minutes of training throughout the course they will not be allowed to continue.

Instructors will not wait for students to begin or resume classes. Please note that any amount of time missed by a student is critical to their training. Optimum is dedicated to training our students for success and at the highest standard of safety. Therefore, we have put this attendance policy in place for the benefit of all students and their companies.



Cancellations:
Optimum reserves the right to impose the following penalties: 100% for cancellations made within 5 working days of training course start time, 50% for those made between 6 – 10 working days; and 25% for those made between 11-20 working days.

Optimum is flexible to consider changes to training format but reserves the right to refuse all modifications to the training program once a training slot has been confirmed.

Changes to the student roster on the booking form fewer than 5 days prior to the scheduled training will result in additional fees of $175 per student.

A $150 fee will be required for any cancellation after payment has already been processed.



Additional conditions:
As required under Global Wind Organization (GWO) Approved Training Standard – Work at Height & Rescue – Wind Turbines (WAHR) Section 2.2.2 Medical & Fitness, all delegates must be able to provide evidence of their capability and medical fitness to undergo the training.

Training providers must demonstrate the existence of suitable systems to make explicit reference to the capability and medical fitness of the delegate to attend the training.

1) At the time of registration (booking) of the delegate into the course; and

2) At the commencement of training, prior to any practical exercises being conducted.

Suitable evidence for (1) shall include a medical certificate accepted by the delegates employing organization or a declaration by the employer stating acceptance of the medical fitness of the employee to attend the training.

Suitable evidence for (2) is the delegate’s self-declaration within the signing of the course registration form on the day of the training course.

Students are required to wear suitable clothing and work boots (with a heel if climbing). Students wishing to use their own PPE during training must bring the inspection and certification history. Students must confirm they are medically fit and aware of user weight limitations outlined under their OHS Act (Federal/State or Provincial), are within the defined limitations specified, and will be required to sign a waiver to this effect before commencing training. (Unless other local standards apply, Optimum Academy operates under Federal OSHA guidelines that a worker’s weight including PFPE and tools must be between 130-310 lbs.)

Optimum Academy, a division of Optimum Rope Access Solutions, Inc., reserves the right to suspend training at any time should the student’s medical condition be in question.

An equipment list specific to training program is available upon request as per the course synopsis.

Issuing of certifications:
Students who successfully pass the course evaluation will be issued certificates within 10 days of completing the course. Certificates will be sent digitally to the contact person designated during the booking process only. This person will be responsible for distribution of certificates to individual students should the company decide to do so. Unsuccessful students will be informed immediately, and all remediation options will be discussed with the student and his or her supervisor, as appropriate. Upon request, an electronic copy of the course registration form, training release waiver, and the student’s evaluation documents will be issued to the client training contact.

Optimum reserves the right to impose the following penalties:

100% for cancellations made within 5 working days of training course start time.
50% for cancellations made between 6 – 10 working days of training course start time.
25% for cancellations made between 11-20 working days of training course start time.

Optimum is flexible in considering changes to the training format but reserves the right to refuse all modifications to the training program once a training slot has been confirmed.
Changes to the student roster on the booking form at least 5 days prior to the scheduled training will result in additional fees of $175 per student.

A $150 fee will be required for any cancellation after payment has already been processed.