FACTSHEET Sept.2017

TrainingandLaboratoryAccessPoliciesatPrinceton

Environmental Health & Safety 262 Alexander Street Princeton, NJ 08540 T: 609-258-5294 E: ehs@princeton.edu

New to Princeton? If youwork in a lab orwith hazardous materials, there are somebasicpoliciesyoumustknow.SafetyTrainingAll faculty, staff, students, and visitingresearchers performing research inlaboratories must attend the University’sLaboratory Safety training, regardless ofprevioustrainingandexperienceelsewhere.In addition, any individual working withhazardous chemicals in workplaces otherthan laboratories must attend HazardCommunicationTraining.If you conduct researchwith recombinant/syntheticnucleicacidmoleculesthatarenotexempt from the NIH Guidelines and/orbiosafetylevel2materialsyoumustattendIntrotoBiosafetytraining.EHSoffersmanytrainingprogramstomeetthe needs of the university community,including radiation safety, laser safety, andrespiratoryprotectiontonameafew.ManagingYourTrainingTheUniversity’strainingmanagementsiteisavailableatprinceton.edu/training.Despitethename, theEmployeeLearningCenter isintendedforstudents,facultyandstaffandprovides the campus community with asinglelocationforalltrainingneeds.Individuals may review their own traininghistory (record) as well as view upcomingtraining sessions offered by severalUniversity offices, including Human

Resources, OIT, General Council, and EHS.Individualsmayenrollintrainingsessionsastheywish,rightfromtheEmployeeLearningCenter.ToregisterforanEHStrainingsession,goto:princeton.edu/training.On themainnavigationbar, directly underthe Princeton University shield, positionyourmouse over “Training by Departmentandselect“EnvironmentalHealth&Safety”.TheEHS training calendar is postedon thesite and new sessions are added regularly.Simply‘click’onthetrainingtitletoenrollinthetrainingsessionofyourchoice.Ifyoudonotseeatrainingsessionthatyourequire, please contact EHS at 8-5294 toinquire as to the next session date, or toschedule a special session for your lab orgroup.LaboratoryAccessBecause Princeton faculty, staff, students,and visiting researchers must take

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FACTSHEET Sept.2017

TrainingandLaboratoryAccessPoliciesatPrinceton

Environmental Health & Safety 262 Alexander Street Princeton, NJ 08540 T: 609-258-5294 E: ehs@princeton.edu

LaboratorySafetyTrainingprior toworkingin laboratories, EHS routinely receivesquestions regarding lab access prior to thenextavailabletrainingdate.Inordertoeasilyanswerthesequestions,EHShasdesignedaquickreferencechart(below).

For more information, see AccessRecommendationsatehs.princeton.edu.Please contact Kyle Angjelo via email atkangjelo@princeton.edu or phone at 609-258-2711withanyquestionsorconcerns.

LaboratoryAccessReferenceChart