The EHRS Training Matrix was created to provide employees and students an easy-to-use guide to the training courses offered by EHRS. Individuals can see the classes offered by EHRS, job types that require particular training and the frequency the course needs to be repated. Please call EHRS at 2-2520 with any and all training questions.
EHRS Training DVD & Video Loan Program
EHRS now has training DVD & VHS cassettes available for loan. Click here for more information and list of holdings.
Courses Available Online
These courses can easily be accessed through the "Blackboard" function of TUPortal. Once in Blackboard, use the "Course Catalog" function to search for "EHRS" (use this exact search term). You will get a list of classes that you can enroll in and complete training for. NOTE: Make sure to click the "Enroll" button -- NOT the course name. For complete instructions read here.
These are the classes available online at this time.
Initial Safety Training (see below Initial Safety Training section )
Required Annual Refresher Training for Radioactive Material Users (Online session)
First Responder Training (Awareness Level Only)
Chemical Waste Training Refresher
Bloodborne Pathogens*
(*Please Note: People working with blood or human tissues must receive BOTH initial and annual refresher training for Bloodborne Pathogens.)
Airborne Pathogens
Select Biological Agents (SBA) Annual Refresher Training
(*Please Note: This refresher cannot replace the live classroom session Initial Training that is required for newly approved Authorized Users for SBA and their newly registered SBA workers.)
Shipping of Dangerous Goods Refresher Training: General Information
Shipping of Dangerous Goods Refresher Training: Infectious Substances
Shipping of Dangerous Goods Training: Regulated Medical Waste
MRI Safety Training for Non-MRI Staff
Refresher for X-Ray Analytical Users
Formaldehyde Safety Course
First Responder Training Operational Level (Hands on, participatory session)
To Be Announced
Initial Safety Training (formerly known as New Employee Safety Orientation)
Courses Available Online
Initial Safety Training modules are now under one Blackboard Course. Now, by enrolling in only one course on Blackboard, participants (staff, faculty, adjuncts, and students) can take all of the required initial safety training courses at one time, effective June 2009.
These six sections can now be found on Blackboard under the title Initial Safety Training. Courses include: Airborne Pathogens, Basic Radiation, Biological Safety, Chemical Hygiene, Chemical Waste/DOT Security, and Hazard Communications. Once the participants enroll in the Initital Safety Training Course, they will be able to see all six presentations and take all six required tests during one online session.
The only exception is the initial Bloodborne Pathogens course, which must be done in person. If the participants works with Bloodborne pathogen, they are asked to attend the classroom version of Initial Safety Training course. The classroom version will still take place once a month on Main Campus and once a month on the Health Science Campus. Exact training dates can be found on the EHRS website.
Initital Safety Training Reference Materials Available Online
If you had Initial Safety Training a long time ago or even just recently, a new webpage created by Environmental Health & Radiation Safety allows you to download in PDF format a number of very important and informative documents.
Examples of the many documents housed here include information on Hepatitis B and C, what to do in the event of a needlestick incident, and proper storage of compressed gas cylinders. Please note, however, that these materials do not replace the actual completion of Initial Safety Training, either in person or online.
As of July 1, 2009, all HSC EHRS training courses will be held in the EHRS Conference Room (Room B-49 of the Pharmacy/Allied Health Building). Classes will no longer be held in the Student Faculty Center.
Initital Safety Training (Classroom Training/Formerly known as New Employee Safety Orientation)
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 -- Tuttleman Learning Center 300AB (MC) -- 9 am to 11 am
Monday, December 14, 2009 -- Pharmacy/Allied Health Building B-49 (HSC) -- 9 am to 11 am (University Employees)
Please contact Kisha Grady, EHRS Training Coordinator, at kgrady@temple.edu with any questions or to register.
PRE-REGISTRATION is REQUIRED for all classroom training sessions. Please be on time -- attendees who arrive later than fifteen minutes will be required to take the course at a later date.
Radiation Safety Training
Required Initial Training for Radioactive Material Users
To Be Announced
General Annual Refresher for Radioactive Material Users (Classroom session)
Thursday, December 10, 2009 -- Pharmacy/Allied Health Building B-49 (HSC) -- 1 pm to 2 pm
***Only one session needs to be taken on this date to be considered in compliance. Course can also be taken online.***
Please contact Kisha Grady, EHRS Training Coordinator, at kgrady@temple.edu with any questions or to register.
PRE-REGISTRATION is REQUIRED for all classroom training sessions. Please be on time -- attendees who arrive later than fifteen minutes will be required to take the course at a later date.
Chemical Environmental Management System (CEMS)
Departmental trainings can be scheduled; contact Ryan Kohler at 2-9282 or kohlerr@temple.edu for more information.
Required Training for Radiation Producing Equipment Users
(Scheduled individually through departments)
- X-ray Users
- Analytical Equipment Users
- Irradiator Users
Biological Safety Training
Shipping of Dangerous
Goods Refresher Training Refresher courses now available online:
*General Information
*Infectious Substances
*Regulated Medical Waste
Shipping of Dangerous Goods Initial Training
The Hazardous Materials Act and the Department of Transportation mandate specific training that must be provided to individuals who ship or receive dangerous goods, hazardous materials, or diagnostic specimens (“dangerous goods”). Temple University policy and procedure outlining the process for complying with the law is available here.
Regulations mandate that only trained individuals can prepare or offer packages that are classified as dangerous or hazardousfor shipment. Departments that either ship or receive dangerous goods must have at least one individual who has completed the mandatory training. The Environmental Health and Radiation Safety Department will provide this training free of charge on the following dates:
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 -- Pharmacy/Allied Health Building B-49 (HSC) -- 10 am to noon
If you ship dangerous goods please attend one of the training sessions. For more information or to register, please contact Joan deVastey at 2-0106
Bloodborne Pathogens
Covered during Initial Safety Training. Please Note: People working with blood or
human tissues must receive BOTH initial and annual refresher training for Bloodborne
Pathogens.
Airborne Pathogens
Covered during Initial Safety Training.
To schedule a department specific training course
or for more information on safety courses, call
2-2520 or contact EHRS
through e-mail.
Initial Safety Training modules are now under one Blackboard Course. Now, by enrolling in only one course on Blackboard, participants (staff, faculty, adjuncts, and students) can take all of the required initial safety training courses at one time, effective June 2009. 
