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Wind Turbine Technician interview scorecard

Evaluate Wind Turbine Technician candidates across 4 weighted areas: hands-on competence, safety discipline, fault finding, and reliability and conduct. Hands-on competence leads at 35%, so check turbine platforms worked on, mechanical and electrical scope, and current GWO or equivalent certification. Use the rubric to compare role-specific evidence consistently. Record evidence before choosing each rating.

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TL;DR
For hands-on competence, look for evidence the candidate current GWO or equivalent tickets, with hands-on scope across the turbine platforms you operate. For safety discipline, look for evidence the candidate rigorous on height, rescue, and lockout procedure, and firm on wind and weather limits under schedule pressure. Apply the written 1–5 anchors to every answer, record the evidence behind each rating, and use the factor weights to reach a consistent overall assessment.
Complete evaluation framework

What to assess and how to score it

Review the evidence signals before interviewing. Then use the anchored descriptions—not instinct alone—to choose the score that best matches each answer.

01
Evaluation factor

Hands-on competence

35% weight

Check turbine platforms worked on, mechanical and electrical scope, and current GWO or equivalent certification.

Evidence to listen for

  • Names the equipment, materials, and tolerances they work to
  • Can describe a job start to finish without hand-waving the hard parts
  • Holds the tickets, licences, or certifications the work requires, and they are current
  • Knows what they are not qualified to touch

Five-point scoring guide

1
Poor

Cannot describe the work concretely; lacks required tickets or licences.

2
Needs Improvement

Basic familiarity; needs supervision on routine tasks.

3
Satisfactory

Competent on standard work; slower or unsure on unfamiliar jobs.

4
Very Good

Skilled and independent across the normal range of the role.

5
Excellent

Current GWO or equivalent tickets, with hands-on scope across the turbine platforms you operate.

02
Evaluation factor

Safety discipline

30% weight

Test working-at-height and lockout discipline, and their judgement on weather and wind-speed limits.

Evidence to listen for

  • Treats procedure as protection rather than paperwork
  • Can describe a time they stopped work and why
  • Knows the specific hazards of this trade and the controls for each
  • Reports near misses instead of hiding them

Five-point scoring guide

1
Poor

Casual about safety; describes shortcuts with pride.

2
Needs Improvement

Follows procedure when watched; cannot name the hazards that matter.

3
Satisfactory

Sound safety habits; less certain on unfamiliar hazards.

4
Very Good

Safety is instinctive; can describe stopping work over a real concern.

5
Excellent

Rigorous on height, rescue, and lockout procedure, and firm on wind and weather limits under schedule pressure.

03
Evaluation factor

Fault finding

20% weight

Assess how they diagnose a fault 90 metres up with limited spares and a closing weather window.

Evidence to listen for

  • Has a method for narrowing a fault rather than swapping parts
  • Reads schematics, manuals, or error codes and acts on them
  • Knows when to escalate rather than guess
  • Can describe a fault that took real work to find

Five-point scoring guide

1
Poor

Parts-swapper; no diagnostic method.

2
Needs Improvement

Fixes symptoms; cannot explain how they found the cause.

3
Satisfactory

Solid on familiar faults; less structured on new ones.

4
Very Good

Clear systematic method with a real hard-fault story.

5
Excellent

Diagnoses efficiently up-tower with limited spares, and knows when to descend rather than improvise.

04
Evaluation factor

Reliability and conduct

15% weight

Judge reliability for remote sites, rotation schedules, and the quality of their service reporting.

Evidence to listen for

  • Turns up, on time, prepared
  • Handles shift work, callouts, or travel as the role requires
  • Documents work so the next person can pick it up
  • Deals with customers or site staff professionally

Five-point scoring guide

1
Poor

Unreliable attendance; unprofessional on site.

2
Needs Improvement

Inconsistent; documentation is an afterthought.

3
Satisfactory

Dependable; paperwork is adequate.

4
Very Good

Consistently reliable, documents well, professional with customers.

5
Excellent

Reliable across rotations and remote postings, with service reports the next crew can actually use.

Evidence-led prompts

Interview questions for a Wind Turbine Technician

Use these prompts to surface evidence for the weighted factors above and compare candidates against the same role-specific criteria.

  1. 01

    Walk me through your hands-on experience maintaining, diagnosing, and repairing wind turbines. Name the platforms and the components you worked on.

  2. 02

    Do you hold industry-recognised certifications such as BZEE, GWO, or ISP? Tell me which modules and when each was issued.

  3. 03

    How familiar are you with turbine blade repair techniques?

  4. 04

    Describe your experience with hydraulic systems on turbines or comparable equipment.

  5. 05

    How much experience do you have working at height, and how do you feel about it at hub height?

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