Trainings Offered
- Lab Safety Training
- Bloodborne Pathogen/ Biosafety Training
- Ionizing and Non-ionizing Radiation Safety Training
- Student Team Training
- Fire Extinguisher Awareness Training
- Silica Hazard Awareness Training
Lab_TrainingLab Safety
Laboratory safety training is required by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for all laboratory personnel who work in UMass Lowell laboratories that have chemicals and/or generate hazardous waste. All faculty, staff, graduate students, teaching assistants, research assistants, researchers and other paid employees (including undergraduate students who are paid employees) must annually attend an EHS lab safety training session.
This training is offered online or face-to face by request. Lab safety training is required annually. It is the responsibility of the faculty member who oversees the lab to assure that all workers receive EHS lab safety training on an annual basis.
For questions, please contact Kathi Lamond at 978-934-2746 (internal extension: 4-2746) or email: Kathi_Lamond@uml.edu.
BBP_TrainingBloodborne Pathogen/Biosafety Bloodborne
Pre-registration is not required.
The EHS Department offers OSHA-BBP training to all employees, students, faculty and staff that will work in laboratories or potentially will be in contact with blood, body fluids, tissues, biopsies, cell lines, or other potentially infectious materials of human origin. Those laboratory workers are considered at risk for occupational exposure to BBP and other potential infectious materials. In addition, they are offered training, personal protective equipment (PPE) and Hepatitis B vaccination at no cost to them.
OSHA BBP training is offered together with Biosafety training to all laboratory workers that will handle any kind of biological agents and work at BSL-1 and/or BSL-2 laboratories. OSHA- BBP training is valid for one year. There is a refresher BBP/Biosafety for the second year and thereafter.
BBP/Biosafety Training Sessions can be found through the Biosafety Training page.
Radiation_TrainingIonizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation Safety Bloodborne
The Radiation Safety Office provides training to all employees, students, faculty and staff that will work in laboratories, or potentially will be in contact with, ionizing or non-ionizing radiation.
- Radiation Safety Training :for lab staff working with radioactive material
- Radiation Safety Awareness Training: for brief entries, such as facilities, etc.
- X-ray user training (for users of X-ray machines, or enclosed XRD, or XRF machines)
- Laser Safety Training: for lab staff working with Class 3B or Class 4 lasers
- Laser Cutter Safety and Laser Pointer safety guidelines
- Radio-Frequency (RF) Training and Policies: for lab staff working with RF generating machines
- Magnetic Field training and Policies: for lab staff working with, or around, Magnetic fields
- Ultra-Violet Light Safety Training and Policies: for lab staff working with UV sources
Team_TrainingEHS Student Team Training
- Welding Safety Training
- Electrical Safety Training
- Silica_TrainingSilica Hazard Awareness Training
- Machine Shop Safety Training for Machines in the Falmouth Annex
- Formula SAE Team Safety Training
- Steel Bridge Team Safety Training
- Concrete Canoe Team Safety Training
Extinguisher_TrainingFire Extinguisher Awareness Training
The Office of Life Safety and Emergency Management offers Fire Extinguisher Awareness Training to employees, students, faculty and staff who may need to use an extinguisher during a fire. In most cases during a fire emergency it is best for occupants to follow evacuation plans and notify the fire department. This hands on training provides awareness of the types of fires that may be encountered, the types and locations of extinguishers and procedures to operate an extinguisher. This training is offered upon request. Please reach out by email to Daniel_Stewart@uml.edu for scheduling details.
- Location: Hands-on fire extinguisher awareness training sessions are held at the Olney Science Center Loading Dock. Alternative location outside between Pinanski Hall and the Olney Science center.
- Important: Additional Training for groups can be requested by contacting the instructor Daniel Stewart by email: Daniel_Stewart@uml.edu .