Aberdeen

Aberdeen is our offshore height safety centre, serving clients from the offshore, oil & gas, rope access and fire industries.
Courses can be booked online, see upcoming courses.

Accredited training available:

• GWO
• EUSR & MATS Group
• ARQIVA

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The new Aberdeen training venue is located in Westhill and within access of main rail and road links.

 This centre offers clients based in the north easy access to specialist height safety and rescue training as well as technical equipment for ascent, descent, work positioning, fall arrest and rescue.

Address:

Unit 3, Enterprise Drive
Westhill
Aberdeen
AB32 6TQ

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Sat nav: AB32 6AB (input this postcode for pinpoint directions)

heightec’s Aberdeen Height Safety Centre provides training for industrial work at height and rescue industries and is aimed at the renewables, offshore, oil & gas, rope access and fire industries.

Our Aberdeen training venue located in Westhill is within easy access of Aberdeen’s main rail and road links. The centre offers clients based in the north east convenient access to specialist height safety and rescue training as well as UK manufactured technical equipment for ascent, descent, work positioning, fall arrest and rescue.

Aberdeen boasts approximately 3,000 square feet of training facilities and classrooms, with a comprehensive range of training structures including a wind turbine simulator, elevated platforms, scaffolding, suspended steel work, a large range of ladders and both internal and external towers.

Our training portfolio now includes more Global Wind Organisation (GWO) training, Industrial Rope Access Trade Association (IRATA) courses, EUSR & Mast & Tower Safety Group (MATS) telecoms courses, ARQIVA Gateway approved training for telecoms, Confined Space courses, Advanced Hub Rescue and WTG lifting courses.

heightec has successfully completed another GWO scope extension and are now approved training providers for the delivery of a host of additional GWO accredited courses designed for the wind industry.

NEW GWO courses in Aberdeen:

Training structures specific to Aberdeen:

  • Indoor lattice towers
  • Wind turbine tower & hub simulator with yaw, hub and roof apparatus
  • Range of high exposed platforms
  • Interior flat roof
  • Suspended lifting beams
  • Telecoms rigging dishes and antennae
  • Vertical ladders with a variety of fixed protection systems
  • External telecom tower

Distances to our Height Safety Centre:

  • Montrose – 41 miles
  • Dundee – 67 miles
  • Inverness – 97 miles
  • Edinburgh – 124 miles
  • Glasgow – 146 miles

Parking is available but there maybe a charge.

Upcoming Course Dates

Course Current Next Future More Dates
Rigging, Lifting & Emergency First Aid at Height (EFAW Certified) 02/02/2026 02/03/2026 30/03/2026
MATS Roof & Rescue from Height
(incl. EUSR Registration)
08/01/2026 05/02/2026 19/02/2026
MATS Rooftop Worker – Safety & Access
(incl. EUSR Registration)
11/12/2025 15/12/2025 08/01/2026
GWO Basic Safety Training Refresher – Onshore Package 26/01/2026 23/02/2026 23/03/2026
GWO Basic Safety Training – Onshore Package 12/01/2026 09/02/2026 09/03/2026
GWO Advanced Rescue Training Refresher (ARTR) 26/01/2026 23/02/2026 23/03/2026
GWO Advanced Rescue Training (ART) 16/02/2026 16/03/2026 13/04/2026
GWO Working at Heights Refresher (WAHR) 19/12/2025 09/01/2026 14/01/2026
GWO Working at Heights (WAH) 12/01/2026 27/01/2026 09/02/2026
GWO Manual Handling (MH) 16/12/2025 16/01/2026 28/01/2026
GWO Fire Awareness (FAW) 16/12/2025 15/01/2026 28/01/2026
GWO First Aid Refresher (FAR) 23/12/2025 16/01/2026 27/01/2026
GWO First Aid (FA) 16/12/2025 14/01/2026 26/01/2026
GWO Slinger Signaller (SLS) 15/01/2026 12/02/2026 12/03/2026
GWO Enhanced First Aid Refresher (EFAR) 22/12/2025 19/02/2026 19/03/2026
GWO Enhanced First Aid (EFA) 16/02/2026 16/03/2026 13/04/2026
GWO Working at Heights with Manual Handling Refresher (WAH & MH) 19/12/2025 15/01/2026 26/01/2026
GWO Working at Heights with Manual Handling (WAH & MH) 12/01/2026 09/02/2026 09/03/2026
MATS Telecom Climber Roof & RF Hazards – New Starters
(incl. EUSR Registration)
05/01/2026 02/02/2026 02/03/2026
MATS Initial Basic Tower Climbing & Rescue (inc. EUSR Registration) 05/01/2026 19/01/2026 02/02/2026
Height Safety & Rescue After A Fall 10/12/2025 19/12/2025 22/12/2025
Harness Fitting & Use 10/12/2025 28/01/2026 25/02/2026
Wind Turbine Lifting Hoist Operations 29/01/2026 26/02/2026 26/03/2026
Emergency First Aid at Height – EFAW Certified 17/12/2025 07/01/2026 04/02/2026
Inspection of PPE - Competent Person 15/12/2025 23/12/2025 08/01/2026
Rigging and Light Lifting 22/12/2025 05/01/2026 02/02/2026
MATS Tower Climbing and Rescue Reval (inc. EUSR Registration) 12/12/2025 19/12/2025 22/12/2025
Tower Crane Rescue 12/12/2025 16/12/2025 30/01/2026
Advanced Hub Rescue for Wind Turbines 14/01/2026 30/01/2026 11/02/2026
RF Hazards - Awareness and Monitoring 16/12/2025 24/12/2025 08/01/2026
Using Height Safety Equipment 12/12/2025 15/12/2025 20/02/2026
Rescue from Height – Stretcher Lowering 12/12/2025 09/01/2026 06/02/2026
Evacuation by Descent 23/12/2026