Vestas Training
DWPA provide in-depth training programs for Vestas wind turbines, designed for technicians, maintenance teams, engineers, and operational leaders seeking to enhance performance, safety, and technical understanding across a broad range of Vestas turbine platforms.
The Story of Vestas’ Evolution
Vestas traces its origins back to 1898, when Hans Søren Hansen established a blacksmith shop in Lem, West Jutland, Denmark. In 1945, his son Peder Hansen founded Vestas, initially producing agricultural equipment and kitchen utensils.
By 1979, the company made a defining shift entering the field of wind energy, laying the foundation for what would become one of the most successful renewable energy companies in the world.
During the 1980s, Vestas began manufacturing wind turbines and rapidly established itself as a European market leader. By the end of that decade, the company had installed over 1,000 turbines globally.
Today, Vestas remains a global front-runner, with more than 160 GW of installed wind power capacity across 85+ countries and a workforce exceeding 29,000 people worldwide (as of 2025).
“Vestas has not only defined Danish wind engineering. It has shaped the global wind industry.”
Supported Vestas Turbine Platforms
We offer training for an extensive range of Vestas turbine platforms, including:
V44-600
V47-660 / 200
V52-850
V66-1.65 / 1.75
V80-1.8 / 2.0
V82-1.65
V90-1.8 / 2.0 / 3.0
V100-2.0 / 2.6
V105 / V110 / V112 / V117 / V120 / V126 / V136 – 2.0 / 2.2 / 3.0 / 3.3 / 3.45 MW
V117 / V126 / V136 / V150 – 4.2 MW
V164 – MHI 8 / 9 / 9.5 MW
If your turbine type is not listed, please contact us. We continuously expand our course catalog to include new and specialized models.
Delivery, Certification, and Flexibility
Hands-on training in turbine environments or realistic mock setups.
Modular and scalable programs — from single courses to complete learning pathways.
Certification — all courses include evaluation and official certification of competence.
Flexible delivery — available onsite, at customer facilities, or via remote live/virtual sessions.
Refresher and follow-up training to maintain up-to-date skills as technology evolves.
Modular training structure for Vestas Turbine Systems
At Danish Wind Power Academy, we structure our Gamesa / Siemens Gamesa training in modular levels, each building competence from fundamentals to advanced diagnostics.
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Description
Who should attend
Format and duration
Vestas Fundamentals
Overview of mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems; control and safety
New technicians and engineers
2 days – classroom / virtual
Platform Theory – Vestas Systems
Detailed study of control logic, converters, grid interface, protection systems
Maintenance engineers, field leads
3–5 days – theory + labs
Preventive Maintenance & Servicing
Scheduled inspections, lubrication, component checks, safety standards
Field service teams
Practical on turbine or mock setup
Troubleshooting & Fault Diagnosis
Fault identification, root cause analysis, interpreting error codes and SCADA logs
Senior technicians, diagnostic engineers
Hands-on with real or representative systems
Quality & Technical Inspections
Maintenance quality control, compliance, documentation review
Supervisors, QA / QC staff
Mixed classroom + field
Asset Health & Life Extension
Condition monitoring, failure mode analysis, predictive maintenance
Asset managers, reliability teams
Case studies + classroom
On-Site Field Training
Practical guidance directly on turbines, live fault simulations
All technical staff
Delivered at your wind farm
Our Programs
We take a 360° approach to operational training and have designed a range of programs to support the development of wind turbine technicians as well as off-site supporting resources and operational leadership teams to support a holistic understanding of the issues which drive operational performance.
Competency Assessment
What: Our assessment tool gives an advantage in understanding the level of the participants. This ensures that participants are attending classes and training sessions that are appropriate for their skill level, avoiding wasted time in sessions that may not be beneficial to them. And allows for more effective scheduling of daily operations.
The Assessment will clarify your current knowledge and competency gap and enable you to make informed choices when deciding what training will be needed.
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Advanced Component Theory
What: This class is designed to provide you with critical knowledge of generic wind turbine systems and sub-systems to component level, including an introduction to technical documentation such as electrical schematic diagrams and hydraulic diagrams. It is delivered over 5 days with both individual and group interactive exercises with a formal assessment at the end of the class.
Who should attend: Any who have requirements to understand the technical aspects of wind turbine technology
Delivery Options: This class can be delivered either in-person or via the distance learning online method.
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Technical Sprints
What: Technical Sprints are designed to enhance your theoretical knowledge within one of the following topics: Controls, Hydraulics, Mechanicals, Gearbox and Electrics.
Who should attend: Technical sprints have been developed following our assessment, where we test in five different subjects: Controls, Electrics, Gearbox, Hydraulics, and Mechanicals. Suppose the assessment indicates a lack of knowledge in one or more of these subjects but high scores in others. In that case, we suggest our technical sprints instead of undergoing an entire Advanced Component Theory Training.
Delivery Options: This class is delivered via the distance learning online method.
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Advanced Platform Theory
What: This is an advanced wind turbine type-specific theory class designed to provide a deep awareness of all turbine systems and sub-systems and provides a solid foundation to support core maintenance activities and the development towards advanced troubleshooting technician status. The class is an intensive theory based class delivered over 5 days with many individual and group exercises built in to ensure that participants emerge with a deep understanding of the technology and associated systems that they are required to support.
Actual performance and fault data is used to provide real life examples and each class is tailored to participant group and any specific aspects associated with their company to enhance the learning experience.
Who Should Attend: Existing Technicians or experienced technical support staff with a requirement to fully understand the key turbine systems and sub-systems and modes of failure.
Delivery Options: this course can be delivered in-person or via the online Distance Learning method.
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Wind Turbine Maintenance Training
What: This turbine-specific course is designed to ensure that participants understand not only WHAT scheduled (preventative) maintenance tasks to undertake but WHY they need to be undertaken. It is recommended that this course is undertaken after the Wind Turbine Theory (Advanced) course to ensure sufficient underpinning knowledge
Who should attend: Technicians engaged in the delivery of scheduled (preventative) maintenance activities and any other resources involvement in the supervision of maintenance activities or the technical support of maintenance activities
Delivery Options: This course is delivered in-person within a wind turbine type that your participants will be maintaining
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Wind Turbine Troubleshooting Training
What: This class builds on the turbine specific theory delivered during the Wind Turbine Theory class and is focused on developing a deep understanding of Troubleshooting methodologies and allowing the participants to develop sustainable techniques to support troubleshooting in all scenarios.
Who Should attend: Technicians who will be involved in Advanced troubleshooting activities and any off-site technical support resources directly involved in providing technical support for field-based technicians
Delivery Options: This course is delivered in-person within the specific turbine type that your troubleshooting activity will be carried out on.
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Maintenance Quality Inspection Training (MQI)
What: This class is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the importance of preventative maintenance activities, and to allow your staff to assess the quality of preventative maintenance being undertaken on your assets. This class focusses on providing a deep understanding of ‘Why’ each preventative maintenance activity is undertaken, and the implications of these activities not being undertaken to the correct level of quality
Who should attend: Any resources involved in the management or supervision of wind turbine maintenance activities. Off-site technical support resources would also benefit from attending this class to gain a firm understanding of the importance of field-based preventative maintenance.
Delivery Method: This class is delivered in-person via a combination of classroom theory and in-turbine practical methods.
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Installation Quality Inspection Training (IQI)
What: Platform Specific Installation Quality Inspection Training is mixed classroom and onsite practical training. Focus is on Installation activities, safety aspects, common mistakes, and important checkpoints during the Installation procedures.
Evaluating the condition of the completed installation, analyzing the work quality, and ending with a snag list that includes missing points, deviations and improvements to future practices will ensure dynamic and effective installation works.
Who should attend: Any resources involved in the management or supervision of wind turbine maintenance activities. Off-site technical support resources would also benefit from attending this class to gain a firm understanding of the importance of field-based preventative maintenance.
Delivery Method: This class is delivered in-person.
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End Of Warranty Inspection Training (EOW)
What: Platform Specific End of Warranty Training is mixed classroom and onsite practical training designed for technicians, engineers, and quality inspectors.
This course is designed to focus on evaluating the current condition of the Wind Turbine to create a deviation/claim list and uncover what needs to be undertaken to ensure continued production. Moreover, we test the performance and the quality of the executed activities and logged data during the Warranty time.
Who should attend: Any resources involved in the management or supervision of wind turbine maintenance activities. Off-site technical support resources would also benefit from attending this class to gain a firm understanding of the importance of field-based preventative maintenance.
Delivery Method: This class is delivered in-person via a combination of classroom theory and in-turbine practical methods
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Gearbox Maintenance & Inspection (GMI)
What: This class covers the fundamental design and operational aspects associated with wind turbine Gearboxes. It also allows for a deep dive into gearbox maintenance considerations (including common failure modes) and includes detailed instruction on how to conduct wind turbine gearbox inspections
Who Should Attend: Anyone directly involved in conducting Wind Turbine gearbox inspections, or anyone responsible for analysing gearbox inspection reports and making gearbox related asset management decisions
Method of Delivery: In person at a specifically designed facility to support direct practical experience of inspecting wind turbine gearboxes
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Remote Operation Center
What: Provides a deep understanding of operations of turbine systems, specifically associated with, and affected by remote operation and control.
The purpose of the training is to provide an overview of wind turbine technology and wind
turbine systems and sub systems associated with (and affected by) remote operation and control.
Who should attend: anyone involved in directly in remote operations activities
Method of Delivery: this class can be delivered in-person or via the remote Distance Learning model
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Operation & Maintenance Awareness
What: A comprehensive overview of current Operation & Maintenance best practice, encompassing all elements which affect the safe and efficient operation of wind turbine assets.
Who Should Attend: Anyone who is directly involved with the delivery of windfarm operation and maintenance or who supports the activities of those directly involved in windfarm operation and maintenance
Delivery Method: In-person or Distance Learning
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Each module can run onsite, in specialized labs (where available), or via remote / live-virtual delivery, depending on logistics and client constraints.
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Our training programs combine global best practices with local turbine specific insights and expert trainers with more than 20 years of hands-on experience.
Why choose our Vestas Training
Industry-rooted expertise — decades of experience delivering Vestas-specific programs.
OEM-aligned content — consistent with Vestas systems, procedures, and safety standards.
Fleet-relevant exercises — practical fault cases based on real-world turbine operations.
Competency-driven structure — focused on deep understanding, not just task execution.
Proven track record — trusted by operators such as SSE and other major energy providers.
Participant feedback
We would highly recommend the DWPA training course to any new technicians to the industry, with guaranteed immediate positive results for any employer within the industry”
I will forever be grateful for the experience gained and relationships formed with this organization.
Training by job role
We have carefully created our Vestas training programs to support various roles associated with the operation and maintenance of wind turbines, beyond those designed specifically for field-based technicians.
Wind Turbine Technicians
We have programs to support the technical competency development of technicians from those new to industry through to experienced troubleshoot technicians with many years of operational experience
Off-site Support Resources
We have used our extensive operation and maintenance related ‘core knowledge’ to develop programs to support off-site technical resources and ensure that they have a sufficient understanding and awareness of operational wind turbines to fully to enable them to support field-based teams. These programmes have been designed to capture management and supervisory resources
Remote Operations staff
Remote operations are an essential part of achieving optimal performance from wind turbine assets and we have developed specific programs to ensure that the operational awareness of staff involved with remote operations is sufficient to support safe and efficient operations
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