Environmental Training Programs

General Awareness Training

Recipients

  • All Employees

Course Material

Laboratory Safety Training

Recipients

  • Laboratory Workers

Course Schedule

  • Offered Online Anytime
  • Classroom training as requested

Course Content

  • Environmental Management System General Awareness Training
  • Campus Policies & Procedures
  • Campus Safety & Fire Safety, including fire extinguisher usage
  • Missouri S&T Laboratory Safety Program
  • Chemical Tracking
  • Proper Chemical Receipt, Storage, and Use
  • Hazardous Waste Management
  • Laboratory Safety Issues

Radiation Worker Training

Recipients

  • Radiation Workers and Authorized Users

Course Schedule

  • Course offered all year long on an as needed basis

Course Content

  • General Awareness Information
  • Radioactive Material and Waste/Handling Requirements
  • Emergency Procedures
  • Prenatal Exposure R.G. 8.131
  • Radiation Signs, Symbols, etc.
  • NRC Form 3-Notice to Employees
  • Instructions for Users of Radioactive Materials
  • Hand-Held Instrument Requirements

Asbestos Awareness Training

Recipients

  • Maintenance/Construction Technicians
  • Maintenance/Construction Supervisors
  • Custodial Workers
  • Custodial Supervisors

Course Schedule

  • New employees recieve training at time of initial job assignment
  • Annual refresher training

Course Content

  • Hazard Identification
  • Exposure Control
  • Safe Work Practices
  • Notification & Emergency Response

SPCC (Spill Prevention) Training


Recipients

  • SPCC Tank Inspectors

Course Schedule

  • Annually

Course Content

  • How oil polution occurs and why it is important to prevent
  • The SPCC rule and what it requires of regulated facilities
  • The facility SPCC Plan requirement
  • Effective practices for operation and maintaining above-ground storage facilities and equipment
  • Correct practices for oil transfer procedures
  • Effective site security procedures
  • Proper discharge procedure protocols for discovery and first response to an above-ground discharge spill

New Employee Training

Recipients

  • New faculty, staff, and student workers

Courses

  • New Employee Orientation
  • New Faculty Handbook
  • General Laboratory Safety Training

Course Content

  • Environmental Management System Overview