Health and Safety

We require mandatory health and safety training for everyone in the Department of Systems Design Engineering.

All Faculty, Staff, Students (Undergraduate and Graduate), Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Personnel MUST complete the following computer-based training courses:

• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) - Employees excluding undergraduates
• WHMIS - for undergraduate students only
• Employee safety orientation 
• Workplace Violence Awareness

In case of emergency call:

• Fire/Ambulance/Police 911
• Fire alarms pull station for fire department
• UW Health Services ext. 33544
• UW Police ext. 22222
• Plant Operations ext. 33793
• Poison Control Centre or 1-800-268-9017
• Director of Safety - Kate Windsor 35814
• SYDE/BME Health and Safety Coordinator - Zivojin Pantic  43836

For campus Health Services, please visit https://uwaterloo.ca/campus-wellness/.

Important Health and Safety Documents and Forms

SYDE Health and Safety Manual

SYDE Employee Training Matrix

Incident Management Program (NEW)

Incident and Investigation Form V.1 January 2017

Hazard Report V.2.0 February 2017

Annual Health, Safety and Environment Report 2016

Annual Health, Safety and Environment Report 2017