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Enviromental Health & Safety Training

TO: All Bioengineering Faculty, Staff and Students

RE: MANDATORY Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Training for new students and annual retraining.

Penn State REQUIRES all personnel who work in laboratories to be trained in the proper handling of hazardous waste within three months of employment. Each PI is responsible for the training of their students for the laboratories in Hallowell.

New staff and students are required to attend an initial training at the EHS building.

• Initial Chemical and Chemical and Hazardous Waste Handling Training (0.5 hrs)
  Required of anyone who supervises or works in an area using flammable, acidic or basic, toxic or reactive chemicals. EHS On-line Course Registration - Sign up online for available classes. You will be asked for your ITS (CAC) ID number (same as your Penn State Access ID)

Annual retraining is required of all personnel in Hallowell in the Fall of each year.

• Refresher Chemical and Chemical Waste Training
  Required annually of anyone who has taken the initial training for chemical and chemical waste handling. Consists of a review of the training information and is available online, in pdf format. A copy of the refresher training document must be signed and maintained in respective lab offices. Chemical and Hazardous Waste Handling,

After completing the training, please fill out the training document and turn it into your respective Laboratory Safety Officer listed below NOT the department. Training documentation for each group will be collected from the group lab safety officer by 31 October of each year.

QUESTIONS or to update web information: See Prof. Smith or Gene Gerber.