Training programs

Safety training sessions

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Students

All undergraduates requiring Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems (WHMIS) must take:

Safety orientation/WHMIS for students (undergraduate students only)

Employees

People considered employees are;

Faculty
CUPE
Co-op Students/Unpaid Learners
Visiting Faculty/Post-Docs

Staff
Graduate Students
Teaching Assistants
Undergraduate Students Employed at uWaterloo

Mandatory training

Those "working" in paid or unpaid positions at University of Waterloo (UW) must take the following courses:

SO1081 Workplace violence awareness (requires 30-60 minutes to complete)

SO1001 Employee safety orientation (requires 60 minutes to complete)

SO2017 WHMIS 2015 (requires 45-60 minutes to complete)

All supervisors and managers are required to take:

Who is a supervisor?

A supervisor is defined in the OHSA to mean a person who has charge of a workplace or authority over a worker. This includes all uWaterloo employees who exercise a supervisory role within their duties, including:

All supervisory and managerial staff
Faculty members who supervise employees, graduate students or undergraduate students in a laboratory, fieldwork or other work setting
Lead hands, whose responsibility it is to organize and oversee the work of other employees in the workplace
Technical staff and paid graduate students assigned responsibility to supervise the work of others or the operation of a laboratory/shop

SO1100 Supervisor Safety Awareness (requires 60 minutes to complete)

Supervisors of higher risk work must also attend the following classroom sessions;

What is higher risk?

Higher risk is work that, among other things, includes;

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

Hazard specific training

The following training modules are mandatory for those working with the specific hazard or performing the specified functions. Online sessions may be taken at any time and are accessible below.

Classroom sessions are scheduled on a regular basis each term and current sessions are noted on the Safety Office Home page.

Additional sessions may be scheduled as circumstances arise.

Classroom	Course Description	Course Number	Approximate Duration
Classroom	Elevated work platforms	SO1036	4 hours
Classroom	Confined space entry	SO1023	3 hours
Classroom	Fall protection	SO1026	2 hours
Classroom	Fire extinguisher use	SO1088	1 hour
Classroom	Emergency first aid (valid for 3 years)	SO1038	8 hours
Classroom	Fork lift training theory	SO1027	4 hours
Classroom	Incident investigation	SO1012	3 hours
Classroom	Inspection of slings and chains	SO1035	1 hour
Classroom	Job Hazard Analysis	SO1019	3 hours
Classroom	Ladder Safety	SO1050	45 minutes
Classroom	Supervisor Safety Training	SO1003	3 hours
Classroom	Inspecting the Workplace	SO1007	3 hours
Classroom	Safe Chemical Handling	SO2016	3 hours
Classroom	Business Impact Analysis	SO2021	1.5 hours
Online	Course Description	Course Number	Approximate Duration
Online	Biosafety	SO1069	1.5 hours
Online	Cryogenic and compressed gas safety	SO1030	45 minutes
Online	Laboratory safety	SO1010	45 minutes
Online	Laser safety training theory	SO1066	2 hours
Online	Radiation safety open sources	SO1013	3 hours
Online	Radiation safety devices	SO1017	45 minutes
Online	Radiation safety sealed sources	SO1015	2 hours
Online	Radiation safety transportation	SO1021	2 hours
Online	Supervisor Safety Awareness	SO1100	1 hour
Online	Working in clean rooms	---------	2 hours
Online	X-ray safety	SO1011	2 hours

Federated university and affiliated colleges and UW affiliated daycare facilities

The following course is available to all faculty and staff in the above areas with a UW UserID:

Workplace violence and harassement awareness (Non-UW employees only)

Workplace violence and harassment awareness (St. Jerome's employees only)

WHMIS for St. Jerome's employees (St. Jerome's employees only)

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