How Wind Turbine Technicians Risk Their Lives to Keep Blades Spinning

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In Portugal, technicians risk their lives every day to repair the wind turbines that provide energy across the country. They rappel down from turbines as high as 360 feet with only climbing rope and a harness keeping them safe.
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What It's Like To Climb A 400-Feet Wind Turbine | Risky Business

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@InsiderNews Жыл бұрын

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@DestroyAllDemocrats Жыл бұрын

Do a report on how inefficient wind energy is vs the cost and how they are powered by diesel generators when the wind isn't blowing. Also discuss the dead bird graveyard at the base of windmill farms. The worst of the fake green energies

@kylear6120 Жыл бұрын

I’m a cell tower climber in upstate NY

@boohere2 Жыл бұрын

I would have like to seen how they put one of these up. Like how they are assembled

@elye3701 Жыл бұрын

Repeat this but for offshore wind turbines.

@elye3701 Жыл бұрын

The cameraman who filmed this. That's got to be a risky business.

@dariussmith9846 Жыл бұрын

Truck driver here and I'm so fascinated with the drivers who haul these windmill blades. They usually travel in groups of 3. Much respect for these guys. I love driving thru windmill farms during my daily travels 💪💪💯💯

@lrn_news9171 Жыл бұрын

I've seen that while living in Ontario canada when a wind farm was being built. Trucks transporting pieces of these massive things were going by everyday. They're bigger than they look

@lrn_news9171 Жыл бұрын

Btw being a trucker is much more dangerous than this job, even though it doesn't look like it

@TroopsofDoom666 Жыл бұрын

@@lrn_news9171 fatique is scary...

@ahmeddhere1154 Жыл бұрын

@@lrn_news9171 you’re insane

@lrn_news9171 Жыл бұрын

@@ahmeddhere1154 Why?

@CJ-kw8vc 2 жыл бұрын

Just got my contract, waiting to find out which wind farm I’ll be heading to end of this month cannot wait!!!!!

@dani.mughal2438 2 жыл бұрын

How u apply

@lukekennedy6394 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck mate you'll love it! What firm you with?

@dani.mughal2438 2 жыл бұрын

Where

@lukekennedy6394 2 жыл бұрын

@@dani.mughal2438 A lot of companies won't accept people without previous experience or the right certification. You may need to self fund these first. Many guys in the industry are self-employed

@honesty_-no9he 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you !! ABC ! Always Be Careful.

@darel2911 2 жыл бұрын

Glad we have these kind of people who risk life and limb for this kind of work, I install roof framing on houses just 5-6 meters and at times I get light-headed when I'm on the edge of the roof frame.

@m0r73n Жыл бұрын

It's just what you are used to, I was the same as you in the beginning, 5-6 meter was scary, but I eventualy ended up working up to a few hundred meters above ground.

@daveyjoseph6058 Жыл бұрын

the only people who actually risk their lives are the ones dumb enough to not ensure their safety

@lexbeltran1354 Жыл бұрын

It looks like a fun job, better than being in an office or warehouse 😅

@Ballen1182 Жыл бұрын

And these don't have edges though, which for me is super scary

@habesha6883 6 ай бұрын

Men*

@a9s2w5 Жыл бұрын

Dang, I have climbed up various broadcast towers and things like that, but nothing like this, even in decent shape you don't realize how difficult it is. If you don't do it all the time or even if you do….your legs go. Your hands quit functioning. It's a rough go. It seems so simple and easy, it's not. Nothing but a lot of respect for people like this.

@mirandahotspring4019 Ай бұрын

Easy job. I did it for years, sitting in a comfortable Petzl Podium and charging a great per hour fee.

@dr.octogan1656 4 күн бұрын

@mirandahotspring4019 I agree. Been doing it for 12 years now. It's not particularly hard at all.

@Fractal227 2 жыл бұрын

I could never do this, i dont even want to look over the edge from 6'th floor and feel my stomack "sink". Respect to those who can.

@fredfreddy8684 Жыл бұрын

Very scary stuff for me too. I don't mind some things that drive others bonkers, but heights are tough.

@highimshadow6367 Жыл бұрын

@@repentandbelieveinjesuschr9495Will Jesus fap with me?

@believer1056 Жыл бұрын

@Repent and believe in Jesus Christ Allah is one

@alasiri2275 Жыл бұрын

with time you get used, personally hated this job now am an engineer working relatively the same thing

@victorjatogetherijusthadto2701 Жыл бұрын

Same here 😅😂

@pk-fb2yr 2 жыл бұрын

They don't get paid enough to be risking their lives like this .Bravo to all the brave hard working men .

@tasiociafancelli9912 2 жыл бұрын

@John Clemens The think is that this job is safer than driving your car on the street IF things are done right all the time, without never ever overlooking the safety aspects. One of those aspects also is that the company and bosses have to do everything for the safety of their workers, and in Spain and Portugal these companies take advantage of the workers: they pay less for the same job than in northern european countries, put you in distress and hurries, don't check the mandatory safety equip revisions, etc. It's a pity cause in spain for what i have seen the workers are really strong and go above and beyond in safety issues also creating a sense of community, but hey who could tell that capitalism tries to lowkey kill the workers...

@heliumfreak5364 2 жыл бұрын

They dont pay the portuegues enough thats for sure, at least when compared to say UK techs, cause portugal is actually really poor. UK blade techs earn in 3 months what they earn in a year

@nobull772 2 жыл бұрын

@@heliumfreak5364Can’t you move to another country in the EU for work?

@randomly_random_0 2 жыл бұрын

All for "safe, environmental friendly" energy source

@bigetnt 2 жыл бұрын

They aren't risking there lives..... The death rate of this job is nothing compared to a welder. Or refinery worker. Your more likely to die in your car. Then on the job here

@laurenescamilla2529 Жыл бұрын

I live in suburban illinois and rural illinois is like 1-2hrs away from where I’m at. When you drive down these 1 lane roads, you see HUNDREDS of wind turbines in the fields. So many of them were broken and I couldn’t help but worry for the people who would have to climb up there to fix them.

@DavidBrocekArt 11 ай бұрын

This is one of those jobs that you would never even think exists, but when you see it, it makes total sense.

@mtiedemann11 2 жыл бұрын

Much respect and appreciation for tower workers!

@Grimmes12 2 жыл бұрын

You mean the men who risk their lives for green technology because those strong empowered women like AOC ain't trying to do these types of jobs

@mountopia77 Жыл бұрын

screw them.

@locochang6533 Жыл бұрын

No need. They get paid.

@tommytheshimigami Жыл бұрын

turbines rarely break, yeah right there are thousands if not tens of thousands of dead broken ones. this is such media propaganda

@the.communist Жыл бұрын

You should have appreciation for cleaners n fast food restos attendants. They have really grim.

@brittenyevans1101 2 жыл бұрын

I would be scared as hell to do this, much respect to these men .

@bitcoinisfreedommoney.fckt2663 2 жыл бұрын

it's not a job for non-males then again neither is any job that requires bravery, intelligence or keeping civilisation ticking over. Non males are only capable of make-work jobs like HR, primary school teaching and admin

@Grimmes12 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Britteny where are all those strong empowered fearless feminist women like AOC to do these jobs to keep green technology running

@brittenyevans1101 2 жыл бұрын

@@Grimmes12 lol 😭😭😭

@aadixum Жыл бұрын

@@Grimmes12 i aM a sTrOnG iNdEpEnDeNt wOmAn

@Grimmes12 Жыл бұрын

@@aadixum where are you and women like you to do these kinda jobs???

@joshuabaughn3734 Жыл бұрын

They deserve respect! I don't understand their job but I do understand the amount of work they have to do. Michigan has pretty crazy wind and weather due to the Great Lakes. One moment it's a calm day and the next you're holding on to your hat for dear life. There's a lot of wind farms along the coastlines of the lakes because of this.

@CFox.7 9 ай бұрын

Respect ? for what ? I guess you dont realise how many people there are out there that love heights and risky work - especially when it pays so much. I used to rock climbing and abseiling down was my favourite part. Imagine getting paid big bucks to do something you love - there are many many many ppl like me

@goingberserker505 5 ай бұрын

@@CFox.7Respect to anyone who’s willing to take a risky job, goofy ass it went over your head.

@AmandasAmazingAdventures Жыл бұрын

I do cell phone tower work, pretty similar to this. I’m curious what you’re research would bring up on this career. Top hand is my title. Thanks for the informative videos. Keep showing kids you don’t have to go to college to get great paying jobs. Instead of money you just need a lot of blood, sweat, tears and overtime.

@atlien4030 Жыл бұрын

Tower Dawgs Lead the way 💪🏾

@susiekim5728 Жыл бұрын

What is your salary? Which state are you employed at?

@b_bogg Жыл бұрын

Susie lookin for a step daddy lol

@susiekim5728 Жыл бұрын

@@b_bogg Lmao are you accepting?

@dakotaautosales9673 Жыл бұрын

What part of him saying that he is a mechanical engineer did you not catch🧁😂😂

@TechFreak51 Жыл бұрын

These folks deserve a tonn of money and respect !!!

@babybecz 8 ай бұрын

My brother works on wind turbines ❤ much respect to you guys this looks so difficult!! Stay safe out there.

@steveperry1344 22 күн бұрын

i worked as a lineman for a municipal power company for 42 years and our poles only ranged from 30ft to 60ft but these things are mega huge.

@teguharifandi3489 2 жыл бұрын

Palm sweating, heart pounding, feet tingling, this is too intense even watching this while seating on the ground

@Doodoovessel 2 жыл бұрын

It really isn’t

@Hebdomad7 2 жыл бұрын

There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti

@ChrisJohnson-db2ts 2 жыл бұрын

Hes nervous but he looks calm and ready

@climatechangedoesntbargain9140 2 жыл бұрын

agree

@huskiehuskerson5300 2 жыл бұрын

You first world over privileged parasites better appreciate this

@aoyamaprivacc 2 жыл бұрын

Here i am in my room, watching this video on a phone in portrait mode and my hands are sweaty just from the opening scene. Even being watched in a small resolution, the idea of men dangling on a rope at that height is still intimidating.

@jamesbilalourenco448 Жыл бұрын

I am from Angola and I am mechanical engineer.I am in Portugal since 2020 and don't not have residence yet.I speak English and French fluently beside portuguese. I expect to work in this area as soon as possible.I am just waiting for my residence and some courses that I have to get as BTT and BST from GWO. I wish you guys a great job.

@rodrigoteixeira4795 Жыл бұрын

nao sei se andas à procura de lugares para fazer o gwo mas 1 sitio onde fiz foi no jorge lozano em queluz quanto ao btt acho que encontras na area do porto

@ACL617 Жыл бұрын

Good luck to you! Much respect

@nareshaggarwal3230 Жыл бұрын

How much KW/MW is the output of one wind turbine and generator of this size.

@danny_racho Жыл бұрын

Maybe get yourself the same GoPro like this guy in the video and put your work on KZfaq and TikTok, you'll earn much more than 30k$ a month

@franciscoduarte1925 Жыл бұрын

Parabéns João 🎉🎉 seu trabalho é dose elevada de adrenalina, medo, atenção, controle, satisfação,....o sangue fica diferente.....Tem mesmo que ser muito bem compensado 💰💰💰

@keelancrowder8946 2 жыл бұрын

Brother been doing this for 4 almost 5 years. As I told him they really need to give them some type of parachute or something. Can't always trust a harness

@LiveFaustDieJung Жыл бұрын

Can’t always trust a parachute. Adds more riff raff having a pack to get caught and tangled in. In order to be safe almost putting yourself in a more risky space to “feel safe”. Nah. I could see my parachute killing me rather than saving me. That’s my luck. 😂

@nicholashaindl7940 Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool job, I used to work as a commercial diver, diving in water towers/tanks. Didn't have to climb up more than 200 feet, but respect what these guys do, anything with heights involved isn't easy.

@Kylewraps Жыл бұрын

Wait commercial diver? What all did that entail and how do you get into that line of work?

@nicholashaindl7940 Жыл бұрын

@@Kylewraps I had just graduated college in 2020, probably the worst time with covid and all. Saw an ad for underwater welding on facebook and ended up taking the plunge for commercial dive school. It was a 6 month program in NJ where I got a feel for being/working underwater. Got a job a month out of dive school and it was cool for awhile. Did the tank diving because it paid a little more for green beans in the industry and it was close to home. Diving water towers/tanks is physically demanding, climbing up 175 at the most and then hauling up all your dive gear/equipment with ropes/pulleys is tough lol. I dove the tanks for cleaning sediment/other crap on bottom, Inspections of the insides, and occasionally repair work say if there was a leak or something like that.

@Kylewraps Жыл бұрын

@@nicholashaindl7940 how much was dive school? I’m a high school dropout 26 years old and trying to find something to do with my life. Thinking about wind turbine technician classes but I need to conquer my queasiness with heights which idk if it’s realistic Gonna jump out of a plane this year I think to see if that helps my fear

@nicholashaindl7940 Жыл бұрын

@@Kylewraps anywhere from 10k-35k, their usually around the same time, 4-6 months of training. Morgan city college in Louisiana is the cheapest and DIT in seattle WA is probably the most expensive. There's also a couple in Texas, Arizona, and Florida. Theres a lot of possibilities with dive work depending on your work ethic/skills, having a mechanically lined aptitude helps. A lot of guys go offshore to work in the GOM after school. There's inland work all over the place, from dams, nuclear power plants, potable diving, salvage, general construction. Lots of options.

@Kylewraps Жыл бұрын

@@nicholashaindl7940 nice I’m in Houston Texas I’m not handy or mechanical so I feel like I would get discouraged rather quickly and quit Maybe I should try electrician trade school, I thought about Tulsa Welding school but then I realized I would have to buy a diesel truck and financially it makes no sense to buy a diesel truck to make like $60k per year

@lisianemuttimutti4220 Жыл бұрын

Muita coragem, parabéns pelo trabalho!!

@lebassdesign4850 Жыл бұрын

A couple of weeks ago I've been inside and on top of one of these. It was quite an experience and very interesting as well.

@noahc8997 Жыл бұрын

Cap

@helloimclaudio Жыл бұрын

I fixed one today actually

@redstrike88 Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, well I troubleshot one today. Beat that 🤣

@bushlovesska 2 жыл бұрын

Omg pay these men more money. I swear I almost threw up just watching this. If I made it to the top I'd be so scared I'd probably just launch myself off of the dam thing.

@nascarbilly2424 2 жыл бұрын

Wind techs makes quite a bit, especially blade techs like this. They can make over $50 an hour, plus a $150 ish per day perdiem. They can easily clear $4K in a 2 week period.

@kape28s 2 жыл бұрын

@@nascarbilly2424 who told you that? 😂

@lukekennedy6394 2 жыл бұрын

@@kape28s it's true especially in the US where you work on the more extensive damages or hold a higher qualified blade cert level and rope level (yes there are levels to your certification 🤣)

@kape28s 2 жыл бұрын

@@lukekennedy6394 i work as rope access technician

@lukekennedy6394 2 жыл бұрын

@@kape28s So do I and I was earning $44 an hour and $65 after 40hrs. So what William above said is more than possible....like I said a blade D, irata lvl 3 can earn £34 plus!

@StaggerLee68 2 жыл бұрын

Rope Access is actually quite safe and in many ways, relaxing. Ask any very good rope tech and they will tell you, every minute on the ground outside of work is far more dangerous. it's people on the ground that make this world unnerving and risky. Inspection and fiberglass repair work is pretty chill with a good team and experience. Saving turbines one blade at a time, it's good work for old big wall climbers with technical composite skills, for sure. I call it Arts & Crafts with big air under your heels. Cheers to Rope Techs around the world, Go man, go!

@jb6712 Жыл бұрын

I believe it. When one is up in the air, as long as there are no morons around to play stupid games with the ropes down below, nobody can really do much to the person up there. If I was young again, I'd love to learn how to do this job, and would willingly travel wherever I was needed in order to do it. Maybe they don't want women, though. I'm far too old now to find out.

@StaggerLee68 Жыл бұрын

@@jb6712 I've trained and do work with women although they are clearly the minority in this trade. This goes for all dangerous or blue collar (dirt collar) industrial jobs. They are normally every bit as good as their male counterparts. I've a new dear friend and workmate who was thrown into blade repair unknowingly after her 47th birthday. She's become a team lead in two years. Never underestimate your ability when inspired correctly.

@notastone4832 Жыл бұрын

@@StaggerLee68 lol... on average they cannon do the same job men can do.. thats why they are the minority in any industrial setting (the only women where i work are in the office.. they only work with documents.. yknow like paystubs)

@StaggerLee68 Жыл бұрын

@@notastone4832 In the U.S. the women ARE at least as masculine as any man! In fact, it's a;most impossible to classify them as female anymore. Haha. It is absolutely true that the vast majority of industrial jobs are performed by men. In the U.S. at least, the women are far too entitled and prefer to be paid by men to do nothing but shop and drink wine with other pampered slobs.

@m.m.m.m.4648 Жыл бұрын

I am a female working as rope access technician in London and looking forward to do my GWO soon 🙂 This is my dream job.

@sarahs7489 11 ай бұрын

I love this mans positive attitude and passion for his work!

@smartguyray3372 2 ай бұрын

I just completed a Capstone course and I wrote on wind turbines/wind farms. This is great for Portugal!

@NunoFlyer Жыл бұрын

Fantástico, um orgulho ver tugas nestes videos. Um sonho, um desafio esse trabalho! Parabéns, somos fortes, somos uma equipa!

@chrisbranton1290 2 жыл бұрын

I work on these and i feel his pain climbing them ladders 🙈🤣

@esevicho 2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah brotha! Fellow wind tech here.

@tannerchew2033 2 жыл бұрын

Where do you start to get into this kind of work!? I'm graduating soon with a ME degree and I climb so this seems like a dream job!

@honesty_-no9he 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all you do !

@rawlvee Жыл бұрын

How do I apply

@TacSav253 4 ай бұрын

How old were you guys when you got into this work?

@OrangeMan652 8 күн бұрын

Respect to these Men and Maybe Women who work in this field. You all have Balls of Steel.

@isaiasguerrero2047 Жыл бұрын

I used to work on wind turbines, it was a good experience the view never gets old

@Shaman196 Жыл бұрын

They're a waste of time......

@isaiasguerrero2047 Жыл бұрын

@@Shaman196 agreed

@Shaman196 Жыл бұрын

@@isaiasguerrero2047 I honestly believe that they have been put in place to satisfy the minority and their agenda. The big picture is this.......... "You Will own nothing and be happy." ~ Klaus Schwab ~ The World Economic Forum

@Shaman196 Жыл бұрын

@@isaiasguerrero2047 It's like saying..... "Let them eat cake".

@sergiopolanco9073 2 жыл бұрын

This is really nice Joao, I leave in chicago USA and I use this equipment to wash windows in the high rises building. Tu trabajo es muito bom, cuide-se.

@itachi1165 Жыл бұрын

Never doing that

@eligreg99 Жыл бұрын

Respect. That’s an even scarier job than this I feel. I’ve seen window washers with nothing but a scaffold to stand on.

@belmermolano1539 14 күн бұрын

I’m a truck driver and I just dropped crane equipment to a wind farm in Franklin Ohio , honestly pretty fascinating stuff, and those boys working on these turbines are some tuff hard workers. They work in all the elements, in remote areas. This type of work sets the boys away from the men .

@themasklessraccoon8266 Жыл бұрын

So excited to start working on wind turbines. I go to school in a couple months to become a technician

@TacSav253 4 ай бұрын

Did you graduate? Hows it going? Also how old are you?

@jacobdykstra8499 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, but what is 4.8 MW/Hr? We've got to finally understand the difference between energy and power as we move into electric everything. I see lots of videos still stating charge rates in KWH and battery capacity in KW.

@IvanKuckir 2 жыл бұрын

I agree, I think we should stop using Watts alltogether. For average people, it is even more confusing than a lightyear ("omg he must be a million lightyears old"). We should only use Joules (kJ, mJ, gJ) for energy (capacity), and Joules per hour for power. We already do it for distance (km, km/h) and data (MB, MB/s). Anybody will be able to compare a phone battery without a calculator.

@falsemcnuggethope 2 жыл бұрын

@@IvanKuckir Watts aren't confusing at all, they are just joules per second. What's confusing is that watts are sometimes converted to energy by integrating with time in hours. So you end up with something other than joules for energy because converting between hours and seconds is too difficult. To fix the root cause, we should get rid of seconds, minutes, and hours. Now imagine that happening.

@doujinflip 2 жыл бұрын

Batteries are usually measured in ampere-hours (Ah) or milliampere-hours (mAh). To find the total energy capacity you also have to multiply by the cell's voltage, which is often like 1.2V for NiMH, 3.7V for lithium, 12V for lead-acid, etc.

@IvanKuckir 2 жыл бұрын

@@doujinflip I undrestand how phyiscs work and how to calculate everything. I am just saying that it is too confusing for 90% of people. If the capacity was always in Joules, and the charging / consumption speed was in Joules per second, it would be so much clearer for everyone. I mean for all batteries, no matter what the size or the voltage is.

@retrogamer2503 2 жыл бұрын

Megawatt per hour i think

@someguywithamustache7235 2 жыл бұрын

Respect 🙏 I'm scared of heights, Watching this just gives me anxiety

@jogmas12 Жыл бұрын

The only anxiety I feel is when they are at the top outside and I see no guard rails

@Miltonfrank39 Жыл бұрын

These guys are awesome and don’t get enough credit insane job👍🏼👍🏼

@zulfikaregzikutor5561 Жыл бұрын

This is fairly very safe job as a structural ironworker i erected many wind turbines , very nice work...

@mrkokolore6187 2 жыл бұрын

All that risk for a few megawatts. Nuclear power plants are way safer to work in while producing gigawatts of power.

@honesty_-no9he 2 жыл бұрын

WRONG ! Wind Energy in the UK produces more than twice as much energy as nuclear for far less money and is far safer to the public.

@drefrazier4266 Жыл бұрын

That's ridiculous. You're talking one guy falling to his death vs the potential for something like Chernobyl. Not to mention all the waste these plants create.

@mrkokolore6187 Жыл бұрын

@@drefrazier4266 1. Chernobyl according to the WHO caused about 4000 deaths due to delayed action taking and poor health care in the Soviet Union. Over 60-70 years of operation nuclear energy is therefore still the safest energy source there is. 2. What about the waste? There is not a single person who has died from nuclear waste.

@lordbucketheadiii3435 Жыл бұрын

@@drefrazier4266 Think of where technology was in the 80s and where it is now… we can definitely expand nuclear energy. Look at France for example

@AsaNole 2 жыл бұрын

I could've sworn I watched this yesterday 🤔

@Landmasters Жыл бұрын

I'll stick to flying my Alta drone for inspections, thanks lol Props to these brave souls

@semperfi210 Жыл бұрын

I used to climb 300 ft towers but this is a whole different level much respect

@TheDrumminguy 2 жыл бұрын

4,8MW per hour... come on people, thats not a thing...

@vincesmith1906 2 жыл бұрын

It’s very real. The latest in onshore plants are capable of 6MWh. Some offshore units can produce upwards of 15MWh. Of course that’s only in full production winds. Between 11-14 m/s or approximately 35-38 mph and start producing as low as 3.5 m/s or 8 mph. The ones I work on are smaller and make only 1.65MWh. They generate millions of ft lbs of torque. Truly amazing machines

@polterp 2 жыл бұрын

@@vincesmith1906 MW is a unit of power. MWh is a unit of energy. MW per hour is not a thing, that's what Robert was pointing at

@akyhne 2 жыл бұрын

@@polterp That totally doesn't make sense, as MWh (or more correctly MW/h) is the same as MW per hour.

@polterp 2 жыл бұрын

@@akyhne MWh and MW/h are very different things, I suggest you look it up

@akyhne 2 жыл бұрын

@@polterp OH really? I'm sure you can tell me what the difference is.

@Tresla 2 жыл бұрын

Only $36k for that? I'd expect at least $100k considering they're putting themselves in harms way on a daily basis.

@danielemerson6833 2 жыл бұрын

That's worth 100000 plus in local economy. Like Idaho to downtown NY city. 18.00 big mac.

@Xdarkstar07X 2 жыл бұрын

36k Euros in Portugal. Average salary in Portugal is ~17-18k. Cost of living there is cheaper.

@honesty_-no9he 2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@louiearmstrong 2 жыл бұрын

@@danielemerson6833 Mcdonsalds app 6/13/22: Big Mac in Times Square: $5.59, Big Mac in Boise: $4.29. I'd love to know where these mythical $15+ BigMacs are that (mostly anti-min wage increase conservative) complain about

@ratadedallas1 2 жыл бұрын

@@Xdarkstar07X True. They said that is the average salary for that job in Portugal, but he makes more, I am guessing 2x the $36x is still a hard NO for me. Heck NO!

@adog3129 Жыл бұрын

those drone shots of the guys on the tower are so cool, good stuff!

@TomTom-xp2jb 2 жыл бұрын

I knew they were tall but 35 stories! Wow. Good viddy. Thx. 👍

@cyrusol 2 жыл бұрын

Offshore ones are reaching almost 300m in height, taller than many skyscrapers. Over 100m length of the blades.

@JohnSmith-zv8km 2 жыл бұрын

I would be too scared to do this sort of thing but as long as you are harnessed it should not be a dangerous job.

@noluck33 Жыл бұрын

You have to be crazy to do that work, but we thank you for doing it!

@petracollins8623 Ай бұрын

Fantastic job you guys do. Safety first a priority at all times. Amazing.

@tm9184 Жыл бұрын

They improved the landscape with 30 story windmills!

@bryanmannoia8410 Жыл бұрын

said no one ever.

@HalfWarrior Жыл бұрын

These guys are awesome! I worked on wind turbines for Bonus Wind turbines in Tehachapi,CA. in 1988-89. Not a good job if you’re afraid of heights;thankfully I wasn’t.

@ATLTraveler Жыл бұрын

No one is afraid of heights, they are afraid of falling.

@William971 Жыл бұрын

insane blood you have, im in the fetal position watching this vid

@henryc1000 Жыл бұрын

My question is… what kind of money did you make?

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@ogolakay Жыл бұрын

Sometimes when I see these documentaries, I ask myself what have I contributed to the world before I exit.

@houstoner Жыл бұрын

Rappelling down the blades looks terrifying, but I would be totally content working in/on the nacelle. I love heights, but the dangling part would be where I draw the line. I've thought about going to build them, or be one of the guys climbing towers to change bulbs and whatnot. I would love it. I just need my feet planted on something to feel safe.

@japark85 Жыл бұрын

In my experience, there is a rigging system that is specifically designed to access the blades. Either this video is really old or these guys are taking unnecessary risk by accessing them like this.

@browningchris3 Жыл бұрын

@@japark85 Nah Mate. We still use ropes to access blades when platforms and lift trucks dont make make sense to for various reasons. The two rope system is very safe. Possibly more safe than a lift truck.

@japark85 Жыл бұрын

@@browningchris3 I’m not talking about equipment. I’ve seen it done using a system involving ropes and a box platform thing to stand in. I can’t remember the name of the company we hired, but they were there specifically to touch-up the rotor paint after install. It was cool.

@japark85 Жыл бұрын

@@browningchris3 I’ve used the system shown in the video. What I’m talking about looks a whole lot more comfortable.

@browningchris3 Жыл бұрын

@@japark85 Yeah Ive worked around those types of platforms but not on one. They kinda cool I guess but I wouldnt say theyre safer. Id honestly rather be in my harness and work seat than those because Im in way more control of all the variables.

@SeattlePioneer 2 жыл бұрын

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@dennisconrad6124 Ай бұрын

People might not like seeing these wind turbines. But you have to admit, they are impressive.

@nicky9589 2 жыл бұрын

Respect. That is some crazy work.

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@silverjay4455 Жыл бұрын

All my respect towards these guys serious. To have a job that youre not sure you can return home in one piece isnt for everyone 🤗🤗

@robertgoss4842 16 күн бұрын

Who can not salute the courage of the guys who do this kind of work? You couldn't get me up one of windmill towers if you had me hogtied and blindfolded. And heavily drugged. Or worse, how about those guys who work on top of those 2,000-foot TV towers? No mattter. Those guys are nuts.

@martijnvisser5164 2 жыл бұрын

Good job windmill technicians!!

@theferalfarmer6706 2 жыл бұрын

Big difference between turbines and windmills

@humanimal5527 2 жыл бұрын

It's a wind turbine.

@fariaemportugal8057 Жыл бұрын

Trabalho em uma fábrica de pás eolicas, já fiz reparações e hoje trabalho com as movimentações das pás. Gostava de saber como trabalhar dessa forma.

@alisandetavares2102 Жыл бұрын

Eu também vou trabalhar no mesmo e podes te inscrever no centro de formação onrope

@gkdj395 Жыл бұрын

Se você fizer o curso de irata vai te abrir muitas portas!

@dieterrolf 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting and clearly explained. I have never seen a system like this before. One can only hope that more people are interested in building such systems

@valseyer4486 2 жыл бұрын

These men have guts, my respects homies!!!

@farright118 2 жыл бұрын

The average wage in Portugal is €18,000? Im shocked its so low.

@MAKRON66 2 жыл бұрын

It is low, but the cost of living is a bit lower than average iirc.

@athanassioszotos1713 2 жыл бұрын

Mine is much lower..

@AlldaylongRock 2 жыл бұрын

average is actually more like 1500/month or something. Lots of minimum wagers, and a few big ones .. These dudes clearly on the higher side... While having a job that shouldnt have as high demand as it has, but Portuguese politicians are dumb

@ValentinG23 2 жыл бұрын

In mu country of Romania is 5000€ per year!!!!

@xFlyingFlip Жыл бұрын

I work for a company that manufactures the gearboxes inside the turbines. I work with some of the cats who go up in the towers to inspect & repair, they're a different breed altogether. I just work in the office doing the logistics side... much safer, much less cool.

@A_78939 Жыл бұрын

Safer? Those level of dread and stress gotta be tough though

@henryc1000 Жыл бұрын

My question is… what kind of money do these guys make?

@atomix2933 6 ай бұрын

I would LOVE this job! Doing maintenance work is awesome! I will do this when I am older. 👍 👍

@samsonsoturian6013 2 жыл бұрын

I worked making wind turbines for a week but ditched that trash. I believe the term for it is "crunch culture" where there were six 12-14 hour days and the nearest town was 30 minutes away. People were threatened with their jobs for asking time off or slacking off and Christmas was literally canceled for these guys. Work progressed at a snail's pace because everyone was as tired and cranky as you'd expect. Needless to say, they were constantly understaffed (only 8 out of 25 positions were filled when I got there) and ridiculously over budget and behind schedule. No idea if the guys in the video worked that way.

@mikecharvat4325 2 жыл бұрын

Zt,,,,,,, ,,,& Bn

@EliasProbst 2 жыл бұрын

Unlikely, as they're in Europe where most countries have decent worker protection laws.

@TomCat13461 2 жыл бұрын

@@EliasProbst And stronger unions.

@zedrhyx1788 2 жыл бұрын

you must be working in the US then?

@kingshit420w Жыл бұрын

wind turbines aren't the future

@lepilot8329 2 жыл бұрын

If you state that the job is very dangerous even though the technician said it's save you have to show some statistics to prove the point!

@wesleyrm 2 жыл бұрын

You don't need statistics. There is a tangible risk to die.

@wesleyrm 2 жыл бұрын

He says it's safe because he's trained

@JunkBondTrader Жыл бұрын

imagine falling asleep inside the blade and they reattach it with you in there lol

@WLMan 2 жыл бұрын

Respect ! I did some simple rock climbing in the past but nothing like 300 ft. 4.8 mW energy generated in an hour is like 385 W x 26 solar panels in 165 days for my home ! That’s a lot of energy in an hour.

@krystalstarrett6760 Жыл бұрын

Oversized unsafe garbage that kills bird, and Eagles. Hazard on the road by rude drivers getting there.

@ashotofmercury Жыл бұрын

@@krystalstarrett6760 Hazard on the road? What??.... 🤔🤨

@krystalstarrett6760 Жыл бұрын

@@ashotofmercury You drive coast to coast much? I did, 30 years, USA Canada and Mexico. The wasteful wind mills are large hazards on the roads, with rude drivers.

@krystalstarrett6760 Жыл бұрын

@@ashotofmercury Have a safe day!

@ashotofmercury Жыл бұрын

@@krystalstarrett6760 Hey, you too! As a pro tip - not every other person on the internet is from the US! 😉

@user-jh1hc3vp6e Жыл бұрын

이런 높은곳에서 설치 및 공사를 하는 전문가가 전세계에 많이 있다는 것이 놀라울뿐.

@aemiliadelroba4022 Жыл бұрын

Wow 🤩 Breath taking job !

@Nikkk6969 Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thinking of applying

@robertf1720 2 жыл бұрын

8:21 need to work on units my friend. 4.8 MW in an hour is actually not an electricity generating rate. 4.8 MW is an electricity generating rate, 4.8 MW-hr /day is an electricity generating rate, and 4.8MW-hr per hr is... 4.8 MW. Not sure which one they meant.

@augustus331 2 жыл бұрын

Comes down to the same thing. A 4.8 MW capacity turbine produces 4.8 MWh per hour, as 4.8 MW stands for 4.8 MWsecond. Idk what the problem is?

@Ripcode2233891 2 жыл бұрын

@@augustus331 na that's not it

@thunderb00m 2 жыл бұрын

@@augustus331 Bruh, she said "4.8 MW of energy in an hour" MW is unit of power, not energy

@xnademolicious 2 жыл бұрын

@@augustus331 4.8MW works out to 4.8 megajoules per second, but MW does not have a time component - it's only an instantaneous measurement of power. The peak power of a common static electrical spark is measured in the kilowatt range but for a very short period of time. The power might be expressed as 4.8KW. It does not express 4.8 KWsecond of energy.

@honesty_-no9he 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I live in north Manchester UK, my 4.9kW Solar energy system delivers to my house energy measured in kWh that can do in Spring and Summer anywhere from 7kWh (crappy day) to 14kWh (good day) to 24kWh (exceptional day).

@PiyushAgade 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Two issues: 1. 4.8 MW / hr is not an appropriate unit. You should just say "4.8 MW, sufficient to power ..... homes". The unit of Watt is 'Joules/sec'. There already is a '/hr' embedded in a unit Watt. 2. As the unit Watt is defined as 'Energy/time', you saying 4.8 MW/hr energy is absolultely wrong.

@dannymccann1775 2 ай бұрын

On my final GWO blade repair course, halfway through hopefully get a start somewhere soon

@superrrnova1986 Ай бұрын

I have a job interview in a few weeks to become a wind turbine technician. I currently make the metal buckles you see on the safety gear of harnesses etc. I'll be measuring every bit of the buckle to make sure its safe. lol

@greenergrassgames Жыл бұрын

I am often surprised with having to run to the toilet in the worst situation. I always wondered how people that work in these type of jobs deal with that.

@13Gangland Жыл бұрын

You're either holding that crap and piss or it's coming straight down to your pants, nothing else to do. Maybe that was the "accident" the guy was talking about.

@tooreal8968 2 жыл бұрын

These folks more than earn their pay. This is something only a few would be able to do. The fear is too much for me.

@Menga213 Жыл бұрын

they get paid 36k that is not a lot of money

@henryc1000 Жыл бұрын

@@Menga213 : how do you know this?

@susiekim5728 Жыл бұрын

@@henryc1000 Watch the video lol

@garethbaus5471 Жыл бұрын

@@Menga213 the average gross salary in Portugal is is less than $25,000, so in that region $36,000 is good money, roughly analogous to being paid $100,000 annually in the US.

@walterwhite4200 Жыл бұрын

@@Menga213 for Portugal that's good

@mustang131radio Жыл бұрын

I heard on a good day they have enough power for that blinking light on top.

@adrianrodriguez9569 Жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks for letting me know That was great

@foundingtitan7 Жыл бұрын

Hats off to him and his team 🙌🙌🙌

@aaronthenorm5400 Жыл бұрын

Don't you mean: hard hats off to them!

@mrorganic13 Жыл бұрын

this man has been working for 20 years, i wonder how many homes hes been able to power in his lifetime, we trades people dont get the resepect we diserve especially the people closer to the source of everything such as wind turbine operators

@Millo0812 7 ай бұрын

Amazingly dangerous and risky! Respect to this workers!

@linin7446 Жыл бұрын

looks very hard but id be willing to give something like this a try

@zimjammin6330 2 жыл бұрын

This is my job, and we don't risk are lives lol 😆 its actually very safe if your trained properly 👍

@myhandlewasstolen2 2 жыл бұрын

our it's you're

@SeattlePioneer 2 жыл бұрын

@zimjammin6330 2 жыл бұрын

@@myhandlewasstolen2 thanks Karen!

@thepowerpuffgirls7914 2 жыл бұрын

Learn what a Karen is.

@thepowerpuffgirls7914 2 жыл бұрын

Learn some grammar and you won't have people correct you.

@painfull16 2 жыл бұрын

I think you need to review your logic: "...risk their lives every day... with only climbing rope and a harness keeping them safe." Well I have climbed many a place or thing using rope and harness. I can tell you now, when done correctly - as these men surely do, using rope and harness is as safe as driving your car to work. Though it could be said that we risk our lives every day driving to work :) Yes. Yes we do. But due to 'safety measures' the risk is so low, it's something we don't think that much about. Which is what these men do. Setup their safety gear, and get to work.

@markb1170 2 жыл бұрын

They know that, but clickbait titles like these bring on the clicks, so they format the videos like this. :)

@KarpralisLup 2 жыл бұрын

It is one thing to be safe while simply repelling down with a rope, but another thing is to operate simultaneously with hammers, grinders, washers and painting guns. The job is unnecessarily dangerous, as there are robots like Aerones that ensure a much safer procedure.

@lg3494 2 жыл бұрын

But if you crash your car you don't always die? If something is done incorrectly here and you fall to the ground you 10/10 dead

@basook6116 Жыл бұрын

Wind turbines costs lots of money, and maintenance costs massive....

@YTviewer118 Жыл бұрын

It's all relative to be honest, I mean we risk our lives crossing the road every day, or getting into our cars. On the whole I think what they do is actually very safe, obviously risk factors need to be considered but again, that goes with anything. I don't particularly see anything crazy in this video.

@timvandersluijs733 2 жыл бұрын

I'm an Electrician and a rope access technician. It's not all that big of a deal for these guys. You're trained trained for worst case scenarios and rescue/self rescue. Yes accidents happen, just like in any other trade. I'd rather be on ropes then other ways of access/egress.

@Ithzzz Жыл бұрын

I feel the same way I like hanging in my harness much more than I like using lifts.

@tomlorenzen4062 Жыл бұрын

Ok Rambo

@redstrike88 Жыл бұрын

Have yall ever used one of those Skylotec ACX auto climber things? They are so badass!

@Ekka007 Жыл бұрын

@@redstrike88 I got an ActSafe rope ascender, tree work.

@galfisk 2 жыл бұрын

That looks fun, at least in good weather.

@TheCurvedBullet Жыл бұрын

proud to be a Windmill technician!

@RxTerps Жыл бұрын

Absolutely AMAZING!

@maxhatty Жыл бұрын

If you've never climbed a vertical ladder like that, it is much harder than a regular tilted ladder. This kind of climb would take an average person a couple hours to recuperate from. The vertical climb is brutal.

@bubba2922 Жыл бұрын

No it ain't... tf ☠️

@_Fug Жыл бұрын

if you're 60, maybe

@bradhaines3142 Жыл бұрын

bruh its a ladder. yeah its higher, but its just a ladder

@LiborTinka 2 жыл бұрын

Wind and nuclear are relatively safe in terms of deaths per TWh (both WAY safer than e.g. black or brown coal, oil or even biomass), with the wind taking bigger toll on the life of engineers and inspectors (fires, blade failures etc.). It's a dangerous job and that is something to be considered when going "green" since the term is multifaceted and throws so many shadows as well, that are often not mentioned by the proponents (like huge amount of non-recyclable waste from decomissioned turbines/blades). Not judging, it's just something that needs to be said and considered, because the downsides grow with the number of power plants.

@platin2148 2 жыл бұрын

Yep so do nuclear reactors have waste that is even worse and doesn’t have a storage place yet. If that thing exploded nothing would happen if a explosion of hydrogen happens in these nuclear light water reactor you get a area inhabitable and that for several thousands of years.

@Vivuvuvj 2 жыл бұрын

@@platin2148 lmao Fukushima was a modern example with no instant deaths and we can just burry the nuclear waste

@platin2148 2 жыл бұрын

@@Vivuvuvj Good then you can go over there and say to them just burry it. Saying this is basically showing that you seem to not understand what kind of waste we are talking about. But have fun where ever you are with that thinking.

@jaycweingardt11 2 жыл бұрын

@@platin2148 All of the nuclear waste ever made is a fraction of the mass of the waste produced by wind, and the nuclear waste is sitting in a parking lot on site, instead of having to make vast landfills for turbine blades. And we can recycle nuclear waste from old plants and reuse it in new 4th gen plants, and then continue to refine it after use and reuse what wasnt until all of the U-235 is split and no longer high grade nuclear waste.

@platin2148 2 жыл бұрын

@@jaycweingardt11 How many of these 4th generation plant’s are online? Seems to be near Zero. For the waste sitting on site works only for a limited amount of time as it piles up it gets more dangerous. That little waste seems to be a very real pain compared to Glasfiber Compounds just being realistic here. Also it makes basically no one independent just look from where most of the nuclear fuel comes from. On the long term scale something like Evor is way more sustainable than nuclear. Not saying i’m strictly against Thorium Sodium reactors but is see these as a last resort maybe a more secure stop gap to fusion.