EH&S Training List
| Course Name | Course Code | Requirement Frequency | Description |
| 12-15 Passenger Van Training | Online assessment available after prerequisites met UF_EHS870 |
Initial | Required for all department-approved operators of UF owned, leased, or non-owned 15 passenger vans, and must be completed prior to operating a 15 passenger van. Requires approval of department and EH&S and an online assessment. 15 Passenger Van Policy. Email vantraining@ehs.ufl.edu for enrollment request. |
| Aerial-Lift Training | UF_EHS849 | Required at least every two years for any individual assigned job duties involving an aerial lift. Email Tom Ladun for details. | |
| Asbestos & Lead Awareness | Online Class UF_EHS800 |
Initial & Annual | Required annually for all maintenance personnel with the potential to come into contact with asbestos-containing material during their normal work assignment. Email Tom Ladun for details. |
| Active Shooter Training | UF_DEM827 | How to Respond to an Active Shooter Situation and Law Enforcement’s Response Techniques. Contact University Police Department for department specific training. | |
| BEC Fire Extinguisher Training | UF_DEM828 | Overview for Building Emergency Coordinators of basic fire safety, as well as guidance on proper use of a fire extinguisher. Includes Classroom instruction and hands-on fire extinguisher training in an outdoor setting. Contact Department of Emergency Management for department-specific live class. | |
| Biomedical Waste Training | Online course UF_EHS851 |
Initial & Annual | Required upon hire and annually thereafter for all UF faculty and staff who generate biomedical waste. Training is required by State of Florida law. Email Biosafety Office for details. |
| BBP/BMW Training (Clinical Audience) |
Online course UF_EHS850C |
Initial & Annual | Content specific for work in the Clinical Setting. Required upon hire and annually thereafter for all faculty and staff who may come into contact with human blood or other potentially infectious materials. This course satisfies the Biomedical Waste training requirement (there is no need to take UF_EH&S851). Visit the Bloodborne Pathogen Program or Email Biosafety Office for details. |
| BBP/BMW Training (General Audience) |
Online course UF_EHS850G |
Initial & Annual | Content specific for work in the General Setting. Required upon hire and annually thereafter for all faculty and staff who may come into contact with human blood or other potentially infectious materials. This course satisfies the Biomedical Waste training requirement (there is no need to take UF_EH&S851). Visit the Bloodborne Pathogen Program or Email Biosafety Office for details. |
| BBP/BMW Training (Dental Audience) |
Online course UF_EHS850D |
Initial & Annual | Content specific for work in the College of Dentistry. Required upon hire and annually thereafter for all faculty and staff who may come into contact with human blood or other potentially infectious materials. This course satisfies the Biomedical Waste training requirement (there is no need to take UF_EH&S851). Visit the Bloodborne Pathogen Program or Email Biosafety Office for details. |
| BBP/BMW Training (BBP Trng Coords) |
Online course UF_EHS850T |
Initial & Annual | Content specific for BBP Training Coordinators. Email Biosafety Office for details. |
| Bomb Threat Guidelines for BEC | Online course UF_EHS824 |
Guidelines for UF Building Emergency Coordinators (BECs) on handling bomb threats. Contact Department of Emergency Management for department-specific live class. | |
| Chemical Hygiene Plan | Online course UF_EHS861 |
Initial | Required for anyone working or supervising work in a laboratory setting where chemicals are used. |
| Confined Space Entry | UF_EHS837 | Initial & Annual | Required annually for any maintenance worker required to enter a confined space as part of their work assignment. Email Tom Ladun for details. |
| Controlled Substances | Online course UF_EHS900 |
Initial & Every Three Years | Required for anyone working or supervising work with DEA controlled substances. |
| Disruptive Building Occupants | UF_EHS822 | Provides information to Building Emergency Coordinators on recognizing disruptive, disturbing or troubled building occupants. Contact Department of Emergency Management for department-specific live class. | |
| Diver Training | Live Class | Provides training to achieve completion of the 100 hours required for the Scientific Diver classification. | |
| Emergency Shelter Management | Online UF_EHS826 |
Overview of UF policies and procedures for setting up, running and closing a shelter during a disaster or other emergency. Contact Department of Emergency Management for more information. | |
| Excavation & Trenching Safety | UF_EHS812 | UF policy and hazards related to excavation work, work practices and selection of protective systems and methods of evaluating the site and of conducting inspections. Email Tom Ladun for details. | |
| Fall Protection Training | UF_EHS813 | Required for employees who may be exposed to fall hazards to recognize the hazards and procedures to follow to minimize the hazards. Email Tom Ladun for details. | |
| Fire Safety for BECs | Online course UF_EHS823 |
Appropriate actions for UF Building Emergency Coordinators (BECs) to take during a fire alarm activation along with fire safety issues. Contact Department of Emergency Management for department-specific live class. | |
| Forklift Instructor Training | UF_EHS835 | Completion qualifies participants to train, evaluate and certify others who are assigned to operate forklifts. Email Melissa Crowder for information on how completion is recorded in myTraining. | |
| Forklift Training | UF_EHS839 | Initial & Every Three Years | Required initially and every three years thereafter for anyone assigned to operate a forklift as part of their duties. Completion includes written and practical skills exam. Email Melissa Crowder for department-specific live class. |
| General Biosafety Training | Online Course UF_EHS853 |
Initial | Anyone working with or near synthetic/recombinant nucleic acids, infectious agents, biological toxins must complete this training. |
| Hazard Communication Training | Online Course UF_EHS814 |
Initial | Hazard Communication Program explanation of labeling system and material safety data sheets. For participants handling chemicals in a non-lab setting. |
| Hazardous Energy Control | UF_EHS844 | Initial & Annual | Hazardous Energy Control (Lock out/Tag out) Policy requires initial and annual training for affected employees, supervisors and principal investigators. Email Tom Ladun for details. |
| Hazardous Waste Management | Online course UF_EHS809 |
Initial & Annual | Required initially and annually for all employees who generate or manage hazardous waste in labs and satellite areas on UF’s main campus as well as at IFAS Research and Education Centers (UF_EHS809A_OLT). Email Matt Doty for more details. |
| Hazardous Waste: Building Services | UF_EHS810 | Initial & Annual | Required upon hire and annually thereafter for custodial staff working in UF’s Building Services. Email Matt Doty for details. |
| Hazardous Waste: Facilities / Vehicle Maintenance | UF_EHS811 | Initial & Annual | Required upon hire and annually thereafter for all maintenance staff working in the Physical Plant Division (with the exception of the Building Services Department), Housing, and on-campus IFAS facilities. Provides a general awareness of how to properly manage and dispose of a wide variety of products, such as paints, solvents, adhesives, oil, and fuel. Email Matt Doty for details. |
| Hearing Conservation Training | Online course UF_EHS838 |
Initial & Annual | Required of all employees who are participants of the UF Hearing Conservation Program. Email Melissa Crowder for department-specific live class. |
| Heat Stress Training | Online course UF_EHS819 |
Initial & Annual | Reviews of hazards of working in high heat, how to recognize and avoid heat-related illnesses and procedures for performing first aid. Also includes off-duty situations that may increase the risk of heat-related illnesses while at work. Email Melissa Crowder for department-specific live class. |
| Hot Work Awareness Training | UF_EHS815 | Initial | How to recognize and avoid potential fire hazards associated with work involving welding, cutting, brazing and other tasks involving use of open flame. Email Tom Ladun for details. |
| Hot Work Supervisory Training | UF_EHS816 | Initial | General hot work awareness, hot work permit requirements and fire protection. Hot Work Supervisors Certificate requires at least 70% on competency test. Email Tom Ladun for details. |
| Indoor Air Quality Training | UF_EHS817 | Recommended for maintenance staff responsible for identification and remediation of problems related to mold and other indoor conditions resulting in health and comfort-based concerns. Email Tom Ladun for details. | |
| Introduction to BEC Training | Online course UF_EHS821 |
Newly appointed Building Emergency Coordinators gain basic understanding of functions and responsibilities in BEC role. Contact Department of Emergency Management for department-specific live class. | |
| Ladder Safety Training | UF_EHS818 | Recognition of hazards related to ladders including proper use, care in handling and maximum intended load-carrying capacities of ladders. Call EH&S at 352-392-1591 for department-specific live class. | |
| Laser Safety | Online course UF_EHS833 | Initial | The purpose of the Laser Safety Program is to provide guidance for use of regulated lasers and laser systems, and to provide references for those who wish to learn more about the safe use of lasers. |
| Liquid Nitrogen Training | Online Course UF_EHS866 |
Recommended | This course is designed to provide an overview of cryogen use in research laboratories specifically for the use of liquid nitrogen. |
| Local Weather Hazards for BECs | Online course UF_EHS825 |
Designed for UF Building Emergency Coordinators (BECs) and covers local weather hazards. Coordinated by Environmental Health & Safety and presented by a meteorologist with the National Weather Service-Jacksonville. Contact Department of Emergency Management for department-specific live class. | |
| New Researcher Overview of EH&S | Online course UF_EHS863 |
Recommended | Designed for UF principal investigators, lab managers and lab staff for overview of EH&S resources and programs that support all elements of laboratory safety. |
| Radiation Safety Short Course | Online Course UF_EHS830 |
Initial | Required for individuals working with radioactive materials and radiation-producing equipment. Requires on-line assessment for completion certificate. Email Cathy Sharp for enrollment. |
| Respiratory Protection: UPD | UF_EHS840 | Initial & Annual | Designed for University Police Officers. Required initially and annually and includes respirator fit testing. UF’s Respiratory Protection Program requires initial and annual 1) medical clearance, 2) training and 3) fit testing. Email Tom Ladun for details. |
| Resp Prot: Online Tight Fit | Online course UF_EHS843 |
Initial & Annual | Designed for faculty and staff required to wear a tight-fitting respirator as part of their job duties. Required initially and annually. In addition to this online course, participants must contact Environmental Health & Safety to make a fit test appointment. UF’s Respiratory Protection Program requires initial and annual tight-fitting 1) medical clearance, 2) training and 3) fit testing. Additional information: Respiratory Protection Policy or email respirators@ehs.ufl.edu for a fit test appointment. |
| Resp Prot: Online N95 | Online course UF_EHS846 |
Initial & Annual | Designed for individuals required to wear an N95 respirator as part of their job duties. Required initially and annually. In addition to this online course, participants must contact Environmental Health and Safety to make a fit test appointment. UF’s Respiratory Protection Program requires initial N95 1) medical clearance, 2) training and 3) fit testing; annual 1) training and 2) fit testing. Additional information: Respiratory Protection Policy or email respirators@ehs.ufl.edu for a fit test appointment. |
| Safe Lifting in the Workplace | UF_EHS841 | Instruction on how to properly lift heavy objects encountered in various workplace environments. Covers dangers of back injuries caused by inappropriate lifting techniques. Email Tom Ladun for department-specific live class. | |
| Shipping and Transport of Biological Materials | Online course UF_EHS852 |
Initial & Every two years | Required for all individuals involved in transport of dangerous goods or preparation of dangerous goods for transport. Please email the Biosafety Office for enrollment in course. Include your First Name, Last Name and UFID number. |
| Tractor Safety | Online course UF_EHS820_OLT |
Initial & Annual | Required for all employees who operate an agricultural tractor and covers operating practices and any other practices specific to the work environment. Email Melissa Crowder for department-specific live class. |
| Waste Anesthetic Gas | Online course UF_EHS884 |
Initial | This course is required for all users of anesthetic gas for animal procedures. |