Training Requirements

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All UW students and employees must complete mandatory health and safety training. Several important requirements are summarized below. Additional information is provided by the Safety Office.

MEng, MASc and PhD Students

Graduate students are required to complete the following training programs and familiarize themselves and comply with the department's safety policies and procedures: 

  1. Academic integrity module: All new graduate students are required to complete the Graduate Academic Integrity Module on Waterloo LEARN by the end of the second month of their first term of registration. If this is not complete, students will not be able to add courses in their second term. 

  1. Employee Safety Orientation - SO1001 

  1. Workplace Violence Awareness - SO1081 

  1. Employee WHMIS 2015 - SO2017 

  1. Accessibility training 

  1. Safety manual: All graduate students must review the department's safety manual and comply with its policies, procedures, rules and instructions. 

IMPORTANT: You may be required to take additional training courses, depending on your research or lab access (granted by your supervisor).