We require mandatory health and safety training for everyone in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
All working (paid or unpaid) positions (including graduate students and undergraduate students) MUST complete the following computer-based training courses:
Undergraduate Students
All undergraduates are required to take Employee Safety Orientation and (WHMIS) Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems training: Employee Safety Orientation SO1001 and WHMIS 2015 SO20217
Graduate Students, Faculty & Staff
- SO1001 Employee safety orientation (requires 30-60 minutes to complete)
- SO1081 Workplace violence awareness (requires 30-60 minutes to complete)
- SO2017 WHMIS 2015 (requires 45-60 minutes to complete)
- Asbestos Awareness Online (SO1062) (requires 30minutes to complete)
- Heat Stress Awareness (SO2031) Online, 30 minutes
- Accessibility Training Module, Online, 1 hour
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Electrical Awareness (SO2033) Online, 1 hour
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Cyber Awareness Essentials, Online, 30 minutes
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Cyber Awareness for Knowledge Workers, Online, 30 minutes
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Cyber Security for Researchers (highly recommended), Online, 75 minutes
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Safeguarding your Research (highly recommended), Online, 75 minutes
NOTE: Additional training may be required if working in a lab; please see Students, Staff & Faculty Working in Labs
Supervisors
SO1100 Supervisor Safety Awareness (requires 60 minutes to complete)
Supervisors include:
- All supervisory and managerial staff
- Faculty members who supervise employees, graduate students or undergraduate students in a laboratory, fieldwork or other work setting
- Technical staff, research staff and paid graduate students assigned responsibility to supervise the work of others or the operation of a laboratory/shop
Supervisors of High Risk Work
High risk work includes work that, among other things, includes Higher Risk Field work, Laboratories, technical and maintenance shops, areas where hazardous materials are used, commercial kitchens, Custodial/housekeeping
- SO1003 Supervisor Safety Orientation
- SO1007 Inspecting the Workplace
- SO1012 Incident Investigation
- SO1019 Job Hazard Analysis
Students, Staff & Faculty Working in Labs
Anyone who will be conducting work in the CEE laboratories must:
- Submit the completed Health and Safety Documentation (PDF) to cee.assist@uwaterloo.ca before they are eligible to work in any of our laboratories.
- Complete Laboratory safety SO1010
- Complete Hazard Specific Training
- Read Policy 34
- Attend a laboratory orientation
If you are a graduate student within the Environmental Group you will also need to complete the following:
- Biosafety (SO1069), 1-1.5 hours
- Cryogenic and Compressed Gas Safety (SO1030), 1 hour
- Hazardous Waste Segregation (SO2035), 1 hour
Laboratory orientation sessions are run by the technical staff at the beginning of each term. There are different technicians for the various lab spaces as follows:
Structures:
Isabelle Graansma
Robert Kaptein
Geotechnical:
Anne Allen
Hydraulics and Hydrology:
Mark Hummel
Environmental:
Mark Sobon
Mark Merlau
Please contact the appropriate staff member to attend a lab orientation session. If you do not have the appropriate safety training, you will be denied access to the labs. You must bring a copy of your training record to this session to obtain the appropriate technologist’s signature in order to be considered lab-ready.
The following lab-specific information is also important reading as it with familiarize you with individual lab procedures:
Undergraduate Research Assistants (URA's) & Co-op Students
- SO1001 Employee safety orientation (requires 30-60 minutes to complete)
- SO1081 Workplace violence awareness (requires 30-60 minutes to complete)
- SO2017 WHMIS 2015 (requires 45-60 minutes to complete)
- Asbestos Awareness Online (SO1062) (requires 30minutes to complete)
- Heat Stress Awareness (SO2031) Online, 30 minutes
- Accessibility Training Module, Online, 1 hour
-
Electrical Awareness (SO2033) Online, 1 hour
-
Cyber Awareness Essentials, Online, 30 minutes
-
Cyber Awareness for Knowledge Workers, Online, 30 minutes
-
Cyber Security for Researchers (highly recommended), Online, 75 minutes
-
Safeguarding your Research (highly recommended), Online, 75 minutes
NOTE: Additional training may be required if working in a lab; please see Students, Staff & Faculty Working in Labs