Safety Education Requirements

• Biosafety Training: Biannual
 

Biosafety training is offered via the EHS Online Training Program and staff presentation. This training is required for all persons working in labs with biological materials.

• Bloodborne Pathogens Training: Annual
 

This training is offered via the EHS Online Training Program and staff presentation. This training is required for persons covered by OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard. It requires initial training prior to exposure and annually thereafter.

• Chemical Hygiene Training: Annual
 

This training can be offered by staff presentation or by the researcher’s supervisor or principal investigator. It is also offered via the EHS Online Training Program. This training is required for all persons working in research laboratories. This training should cover the specific hazards and required protective measures for the chemicals used by a researcher. Initial training is required prior to working with hazardous chemicals and whenever a new process, experiment or chemical is introduced or at least annually. Go to Chemical Hygiene Plan Training for more information.

• Chemical Waste Training: Annual
 

This training is offered in multiple formats; including the EHS Online Training Program, PowerPoint, and staff presentation. This training is required for persons who generate chemical waste. It requires initial training prior to generating waste and annually thereafter.

• Confined Space Training: Periodic
 

This training is provided by Environmental Health and Safety staff presentation. Persons entering or attending a confined space entry must be trained prior to participation. Refresher training should be provided annually.

• CPR, Automatic External Defibrillator(AED), and First Aid:
 

These training courses are provided by Environmental Health and Safety staff presentation.

• CPR/AED Training: Biannual
  Those persons trained in CPR and AED use through the AHA are certified for a two year period. This is a three hour class, depending on the discipline that trains a participant in Adult, Child and Infant CPR and Choking. Recertification is recommended.
• First Aid Training: Biannual
  Those persons trained in First Aid through AHA are certified for a two year period. This is a three hour class that trains an individual in basic first aid. Recertification is recommended.
 
• Dry Ice Shipping Training: Biannual
 

This training is offered in the EHS Online Training Program. This training is required for all persons who want to ship materials on dry ice.

• Ergonomics at the Computer Workstation: Elective
 

Ergonomics Training is offered by staff presentation once a month. This training is designed to reduce the risk of repetitive motion disorders for workers who spend 2+ hours per day at the computer. Please contact dehsafety@udel.edu or call 302-831-8475 for more information.

• Lab Ventilation Training: Initial
 

This training is offered in two formats; an in person staff presentation and online. This course is required for all personnel and students who will work with chemicals in a lab or use a fume hood or other specialized laboratory ventilation.

• Hydrofluoric Acid Training: Annual
 

This training is offered in the EHS Online Training Program and by Environmental Health and Safety staff presentation. This training is required for all persons who are using Hydrofluoric Acid.

• Laser Safety Training: Initial & Required every 2 years
 

This training is offered by an in person staff presentation and online. This training is required for all workers prior to the use of Class 3B and 4 lasers.

• New Graduate Student Orientation: Initial
 

This training is offered in multiple formats; including the EHS Online Training Program,Powerpoint for use in department presentations, and by Environmental Health & Safety staff presentation. This introduction to safety is required for all new graduate students and is available to all new members of the campus community to introduce them to the University safety program.

• Powered Industrial Trucks Safety Training: Initial and Refresher Every 3 Years
 

In accordance with the OSHA standard, all personnel who utilize powered industrial trucks must receive initial safety training prior to the use of the equipment and periodic refresher safety training every three years. Certain incidents require immediate retraining. These incidents are:

• The operator has been observed to operate the vehicle in an unsafe manner.
• The operator has been involved in an accident or near-miss incident.
• The operator has received an evaluation that reveals that the operator is not operating the truck safely.
• The operator is assigned to drive a different type of truck.
• A condition in the workplace changes in a manner that could affect safe operation of the truck.

 

Initial and refresher training is provided by Environmental Health and Safety and includes:

• Classroom instruction on the proper use of forklifts, man-lifts, and pallet trucks
• Viewing a training DVD which explains the proper lifting capacity, dangers of improper use, completing inspections, providing hazard communication and choosing the right industrial truck for the task
• Performance evaluation of each operator on the use of a forklift and pallet lift truck to assess the operator's ability to maneuver a load around obstacles in a safe manner.
 
• Radiation Safety Training: Annual
 

This training is offered by Environmental Health & Safety staff presentation and online. Initial Radiation Safety Training is required prior to the use of radioactive materials and annually thereafter.

• Recombinant DNA Research Training: Initial and Refresher Every 3 Years
 

This training is offered through the EHS Online Training Program and staff presentation. This training is required for anyone working on a Recombinant DNA project that is covered under the NIH guidelines.

• Respirator Training: Annual
 

This training is offered by Environmental Health & Safety staff presentation. This training is required for all persons wearing respiratory protection. The training is done initially accompanied by respirator fit testing. Refresher training should be performed annually.

• Safety Orientation and Right-To-Know Training: Annual
 

This training is offered in two formats; including the EHS Online Training Program, and by Environmental Health & Safety in person staff presentation. Right-to-Know training is designed for individuals who don't work with chemicals.

• X-Ray Device Safety Training: Initial
 

This training is offered by Environmental Health & Safety staff presentation and online. This training is required for all workers prior to the use of devices that produce x-rays.

For training information or availability please email EHS or call 831-8475.