Introducing the U of California Center for Laboratory Safety:

Training Consortium

Michael B. Blayney, Ph.D.Executive Director

Office for Research Safety

Northwestern University

Introduction

A little context to begin the story. . . Why a consortium? What will it work to achieve? How is it structured? Who can belong? How will it be governed? Why would anyone be interested? How can you learn more about us?

The OSHA Laboratory Standard after 25 Years: Has Anything

Really Changed?

Michael B. Blayney, Ph.D.Executive Director, Office for Research Safety

Argonne National Laboratory

7/15/2015

A little context. . .

I am 54 today!

I was 29 in 1990

Why a Consortium?

The mission of the Safety Training Consortium is to improve researcher safety by developing high quality, engaging and cross-certifiable safety training for the research community.

What will it work to achieve?

Actively develop and maintain a large, self-sustaining community of higher education organizations and corporate research partners that share the Consortium’s vision for leveraging the economics and innovation of common enterprise training.

Simply stated: work together to create high

quality shared resources !

What will it work to achieve?

Enable and stimulate discussion of strategic directions for the Consortium by taking advantage of innovative training methods used by Members to develop online course material to be produced by one or more vendors.

Establish and maintain a training development schedule based upon the priorities of the Members.

Examples of Modern Media

How is it Structured?

Academic organizations are eligible to join as System Members, Contributing Members,

Voting Members, or Non-Voting Members.

Academic organizations with seven (7) or more autonomous campuses are eligible to join as System Members. System Members designate one (1) System Member Representative and have the same benefits as Contributing Members. System Members are given one (1) vote.

Membership Levels, Benefit and Annual Dues for Academic Institutions

BenefitNon-Voting Voting Contributing System

Member Member Member Member

Access to the complete Consortium library during the time of the membership

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Access to course updates during period of membership

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Will receive Laboratory Safety Fundamentals course

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Can contribute previous works to the Consortium to aid in training course development

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Membership requires 3-year initial commitment

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Voting rights to set the priority for future course development

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Allows access and rights to all campuses under a central administration

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Annual Membership Cost $7,500 $10,000 $15,000 $100,000

1System member is represented by one (1) assignee and given only 1 vote

Who Can Belong?Essentially everyone with a higher education affiliation, need or role

How will it be Governed?System & Contributing Members work with voting members to assemble Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to outline and develop content that is produced by a qualified vendor(s)

Current Board Members

Bruce Backus, U of Washington St. Louis

Ken Smith, U of CA System

Patty Olinger, Emory University

Jay Frerotte, U of Pittsburgh

Michael Blayney, Northwestern University

Why Would You Want to Belong?

Standardized courses improve consistency across institutional lines.

Reduce resource and organizational demands to create duplicate content that may vary widely from school to school.

An opportunity to share the “best of the best” in existing content with other schools independent of any commercial interest.

An opportunity to work with government and international partners

A Common ApproachCreating a training certification market place

that allows value in certifications

Thank you!

Please let me know if I can answer any questions during

the conference