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Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) course frequency and registration varies based on the training needs of each department and the delivery method of the course.
Please follow the below instructions for Online training.
Instructions to take a vivid Course:
| Course Title | Frequency | Registration |
|---|---|---|
| Aerial Lift | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Asbestos Awareness | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Biomedical Waste Management | Online |
Please see the above instruction for Online access |
| Full Boodborne Pathogens | Online |
Please see the above instruction for Online access |
| Bloodborne Pathogens Awareness | Online |
Please see the above instruction for Online access |
| CPR/AED | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Ergonomics | Enrollment upon request / Online |
Please see the above instruction for Online access/contact EH&S |
| Fall Protection | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| First Aid | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Forklift (Powered Industrial Trucks) | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Golf Cart | Enrollment upon request | Contact Facilities for additional information |
| Hand and Power Tool Safety | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Hazard Communication: Global Harmonizing System (GHS) | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Hazardous Waste Management: Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) | Enrollment upon request / Online | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| International Air Transport Association (IATA) Dangerous Goods | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Ladder Safety | Enrollment upon request / Online |
Please see the above instruction for Online access/contact EH&S |
| Laser Safety | Enrollment uoon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Lockout/Tagout | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| OSHA 10-hour Construction | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| OSHA 30-hour Construction | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Personal Protective Equipment (Facilities) | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Respiratory Protection (Fit Testing) | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC): Clean Water Act (CWA) | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Department of Transportation (DOT) Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) Transportation | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Electrical Safety | Enrollment upon request | Contact EH&S for additional information |
| Hand and Power Tool Safety | Online |
Please see the above instruction for Online access |
| Hazardous Communication Webinar | Online |
Please see the above instruction for Online access |
Required per OSHA for any individual assigned job duties involving an aerial lift. Only trained and authorized persons are allowed to operate an aerial lift. Contact Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) for additional information.
29 CFR 1910.67, 29 CFR 1910.269(p), 29 CFR 1926.21, 29 CFR 1926.453, 29 CFR 1926.502.
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The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of asbestos in excess of the standard.
Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral fiber, and historically, it has been used in thousands of distinct building materials. Due to the potential health effects of an asbestos exposure, Federal regulations and University policy require that asbestos-containing materials be identified prior to any demolition, renovation, repair, maintenance or other activities that could disturb the materials. Building occupants must not disturb any building material without first determining whether or not asbestos is present. EH&S is responsible for asbestos management in all University facilities.
Asbestos awareness training is required for all building services and maintenance staff who have the potential to come into contact with an asbestos-containing material during their assigned job responsibilities.
The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of asbestos in excess of the standard.
29 CFR 1910.1001; 29 CFR 1926.58
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The purpose of this training is to ensure that proper management of handling, storing, treating or transporting biomedical waste at the Florida Tech Campus is in order and in compliance with all Federal and/or State laws, as well as Chapter 64E-16 of the Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.). The BMW plan includes information on training, procedures for segregating, labeling, packaging, transporting, storing, and treating biomedical waste; procedures for decontaminating biomedical waste spills and a contingency plan for emergencies.
Outline of Training:
BMW training is an annual training.
This training module is designed to provide information of bloodborne pathogens, common modes of their transmission, methods of prevention, and other pertinent information. Our program is designed to meet the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) Bloodborne Pathogen Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1030.
If you can reasonably anticipate facing contact with human blood and/or other potentially infectious materials as part of your job duties, you are required to take this training. Training includes instruction in defining bloodborne pathogens and why they are dangerous, exposure risks, prevention and in handling exposure issues such as needlesticks.
Please note: Once you pass your completion exam you will receive a certificate via email. Print the certificate and contact Environmental Health & Safety(EH&S) to schedule your CPR and First Aid Training. You will receive additional training from your instructor or supervisor including an opportunity for interactive questions and answers. The instructor will sign your Bloodborne Pathogens certificate.
The bloodborne pathogens standard applies to all employers that have employees who can reasonably anticipate coming in contact with human blood or other potentially infectious materials as a result of performing their duties. Employers are required to minimize the risk of occupational exposure to potentially infectious material.
Florida Tech provides training to high risk employees, and the training is reviewed on an annual basis. Training includes instruction in defining bloodborne pathogens and why they are dangerous, exposure risks, prevention and in handling exposure issues such as needlesticks.
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Direct Course Registration: full Bloodborne Pathogens training with First Aid and CPR
This training module is designed to provide an awareness or basic understanding of bloodborne pathogens, common modes of their transmission, methods of prevention, and other pertinent information. Our program is designed to meet the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) Bloodborne Pathogen Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1030.
Please note: In this module you will not receive additional training. The Bloodborne pathogens awareness training should be taken when your CPR+First Aid Training certificate is still valid. If you are taking this course for the first time and still require CPR+First Aid Training make sure to take the full Bloodborne Pathogens training with First Aid and CPR.
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Direct Course Registration: Bloodborne Pathogens Awareness Training
The CPR course is designed to provide lay rescuers the fundamental skills and confidence to perform CPR on adult, children, or infants. This course will teach participants in how to recognize and alleviate airway obstructions, the proper use of an AED, and the signs, symptoms, and corrective action for a stroke or heart attack.
This course also certifies the student in the proper application and use of the AED (Automated External Defibrillator), and also certifies the individual in how to manage illness and injuries across the lifespan (children and adults) in the first few minutes of an emergency until professional help arrives. Topics include personal protection, medical emergencies and injury emergencies (including bandaging and splinting).
Duration:
1 Hour
Course Purpose:
The Ergonomics Standard is an important step in combating the widespread cases of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) that now affect 1.8 million U.S. workers each year.
The purpose of this course is to educate University employees in the proper and safe lifting techniques and to create a better match between the worker, the work they perform, and the equipment they use. A good match increases worker productivity and reduces ergonomic injuries.
Who Should Attend:
Recommended to all University employees who lift, carry, or handle heavy and/or bulky materials.
Hydraulic and lattice booms, fall protection types: guardrails, safety nets, fall arrest and monitoring systems, control access zones. Types of lanyards, snap hooks and d-rings. Pre-use inspection of equipment, rescue methods.
This standard requires each employee on a walking/working surface, horizontal or vertical, with an unprotected side or edge that is four feet or more above a lower level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems or personal fall arrest or restraint systems.
29 CFR 1910.66; 29 CFR 1926.501 - .503; ANSI Z359.1
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First Aid is the immediate care given to the injured or suddenly ill person. It is the temporary assistance that is rendered until competent medical care, if required, arrives and takes over. This is a basic program that will concentrate on the first few minutes of care. Properly applied first aid can save lives, reduce recovery time, and quite possibly be the difference between temporary disability or lifelong disability of the victim.
The Basic First Aid program participants learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of injuries and sudden illness. Crucial information about how to deal with emergencies like bleeding, shock, burns, strains, fractures, allergic reaction, diabetic and seizures is shared.
At the completion of the training, employees will receive a training completion certificate which is valid for two years.
This course satisfies OSHA 1910.178 training requirements for classroom and hands-on training. Classroom discussion, videos, instructor demonstrations, a written test and driving evaluation are included. This training instructs forklift operators on how to safely maneuver their vehicles: Forklift stability, stability triangle, working with different surfaces, carrying loads properly, proper braking techniques, preventing property damage and how to move through environment safely.
The purpose of this standard is to ensure the safe operation of all Powered Industrial Trucks. All affected personnel must be properly trained and evaluated on the safe operating procedures of their specific equipment prior to operation. This section applies to all fork trucks, tractors, platform lift trucks, motorized hand trucks, and all other specialized industrial trucks powered by electricity or internal combustion engines.
29 CFR 1910.178
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Departments at Florida Institute of Technology provide Golf Cart/Utility Vehicles to employees so they may fulfill their job related duties. Golf Cart/Utility Vehicles are used to transport equipment and people, patrol the campus grounds, and for campus maintenance activities. This policy establishes consistent standards regarding:
Hand tools are powered manually and include everything from axes to wrenches. Their greatest hazards come from misuse and improper maintenance. Power tools must be fitted with guards and safety switches. Power tools are extremely hazardous when used improperly.
Employees should be trained in the proper use of all tools and be able to recognize the hazards associated with different types of tools and required safety precautions.
This program is intended to comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standards contained in 29 CFR 1910.241-244.
Five basic safety rules can help prevent hazards associated with the use of hand and power tools:
To reduce the risk of injury and illness due to exposures to chemical based products during the course of work activities at Florida Tech. This program provides information to assist staff in identifying and evaluating hazardous chemicals in their workplace. Training requirements for all staff required to use chemical containing products are also outlined.
OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, 29 CFR 1910.1200 which has been revised to align with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency requires some Faculty, staff and student workers at Florida Tech to have training EVERY year in how to handle Hazardous wastes (40 CFR 265.16).
This applies to ALL faculty, staff and student workers who:
- Handle Chemicals of most any kind (this includes paints, clays, epoxy or other glue, solvents, solder/flux, as well as any laboratory chemicals)
OR
- Are involved in the disposal of any kinds of chemicals (see above).
Florida Tech is offering FREE online training to meet this requirement.
These trainings are customized to reflect University academic background.
Instructions to take the Hazardous Waste Management Course:
Please login to course web . You will be directed to go to Brainshark to watch the training video. If you have just registered for the course please give us up to 1 business day to create your Brainshark account.
In Brainshark you are required to choose the training video matching your department/college. Watch the entire Training - at the end of the training you will be given a video verification code. Write down or copy your verification code.
Please see below to register for the online Hazardous Waste (RCRA) Training course:
Please Note: The User ID and Password will be used to access your online Hazardous Waste Training course.
The Complete Your Enrollment Page will open. Click "Complete Your Enrollment".
You will now receive a Thank You! page and will receive an email automatically to the e-mail account that you used during your account creation.
Once you have completed your course registration you will receive a confirmation email. The confirmation email will provide instructions on how to get started and access your course materials. If your registration has been completed and you do not receive an email within one business day please contact pdpregistration@fit.edu
The training seminar will include the following:
At the completion of the training, employees will receive a training completion certificate, their corrected exam, and can retain the class manual used during the training class.
This course presents an overview of ladder safety. It will cover basic concepts, industry safety regulations and standards, responsibilities in the workplace, the hazards of working on and around ladders, different types of ladders and their intended uses, and hazard control measures to follow when you use a ladder to accomplish job tasks in your workplace.
Duration:
1 Hour
Course Purpose:
Ladders and elevated working platforms are common ancillary tools for works at heights. Every year, a considerable number of workers are injured while working at height. Some are seriously injured or lose their lives.
Detailed analysis reveals that the accidents are either caused by workers not using these ancillary tools or workers fail to use the tools properly.
The purpose of this course is to raise workers' safety awareness in the use of ladders and elevated working platforms, thus helping to prevent injuries.
Duration:
1 Hour
Who Should Attend:
All university personnel who plan to use lasers. Completing this course along with formal authorization from the Laser Safety Officer will officially authorize you to work with laser devices on campus.
If you have any questions, please call 321-674-7715.
Lockout/Tagout procedures are an important part of workplace safety. Lockout refers to the placement of a lockout device on an energy device. Tagout refers to a tag or warning placed on an energy device. Training is useful for new employees and experienced ones.
All employees who perform maintenance and servicing of machinery and equipment need training in LOTO. The purpose of training is injury prevention through regulated safety standards and procedures.
At the completion of the training, employees will receive a training completion certificate.
This standard applies to all employees servicing and maintaining machines and equipment in which the unexpected energization, start up, or release of stored energy could cause injury to the employee. Energy sources could be electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, thermal or other energy. During servicing and maintenance, energy-isolating devices must be locked out or tagged out in accordance with written procedures.
29 CFR 1910.147
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This training program is intended to provide entry level construction workers information about their rights, employer responsibilities, and how to file a complaint as well as how to identify, abate, avoid and prevent job related hazards on a construction site. The training covers a variety of construction safety and health hazards which a worker may encounter at a construction site. Training should emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, control and prevention, not OSHA standards.
Learning objectives on some of these topics are on the CD which is distributed in all OSHA Construction trainer classes, and available for download at the Outreach Training Program website http://www.osha.gov/dte/dte.htm. Instructional time must be a minimum of 10 hours.
30-Hour Construction Industry Outreach Training Program — Designated Training Topics.
The 30-hour Construction Outreach Training Program is intended to provide a variety of training to workers with some safety responsibility. Training should emphasize hazard identification, avoidance, control and prevention, not OSHA standards. Instructional time must be a minimum of 30 hours. The topic requirements are as follows:
All lessons for the Focus Four Hazards are required to use the following terminal (TO) and enabling (EO) objectives:
TO: Given current OSHA and industry information regarding construction worksite illnesses, injuries, and/or fatalities, the student will be able to recognize [fall, caught-in or between, struck-by, electrocution] hazards in construction. Specifically for each of the focus four, the student will be able to:
Personal protective equipment, or PPE, is designed to protect workers from serious workplace injuries or illnesses resulting from contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards. Besides face shields, safety glasses, hard hats, and safety shoes, protective equipment includes a variety of devices and garments such as goggles, coveralls, gloves, vests, earplugs, and respirators.
OSHA’s primary personal protective equipment standards are in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1910 Subpart I, and equivalent regulations in states with OSHA approved state plans, but you can find protective equipment requirements elsewhere in the General Industry Standards. For example, 29CFR 1910.156, OSHA’s Fire Brigades Standard, has requirements for firefighting gear. In addition,29 CFR 1926.95-106 covers the construction industry.
This standard applies to the use of respiratory protection to control occupational diseases caused by breathing air contaminated with harmful dusts, fogs, fumes, mists, gases, smokes, sprays, or vapors. The primary objective is to prevent or reduce atmospheric contaminants in the workplace by utilizing acceptable engineering control measures. However, when engineering controls are not feasible or effective, appropriate respirators will be provided by the employer to protect the health of the employee.
29 CFR 1910.134
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If you are required to use a respirator please follow the steps outlined below.
The training will be based on each facility’s storage of petroleum products, transfer practices, precautionary measures, inspections and recordkeeping. The items to be addressed in the SPCC training will include the following:
This training meets the regulatory requirements defined in 40 CFR Part 2 112.
Under the Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, all hazmat employees must be trained in accordance with the requirements defined in 49 CFR Section 172.704. New hazmat employees are required to receive this training within 90 days of employment and recurrent training once every three years. A hazmat employee is an individual, who during the course of employment:
Safety Requirements for workers differ, depending on the level of electrical power with which the work. For those whose exposure is typical office equipment, etc., safety requirements are addressed with Electrical Awareness Training.
For those who actually work with powered circuits, safety requirements include extensive training, use of established safe work practices, use of appropriate equipment and personal protective equipment. Information can be found in the Electrical Safety Program at the EH&S web site.
OSHA 29 CFR 1910 Subpart S (1910.301 – 1910.399)
OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart K (1926.400 – 1910.499)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E, National Electrical Code
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