Safety Training

Below are the online (UR Courses) training courses and mandatory workshops currently being offered by Health and Safety.  Please read the training instructions below carefully in order to ensure your timely and successful completion of the course(s) and workshop (where applicable) you requested.

Good luck in your training!

To Register:

Health and Safety only responds/sends emails to official uofr email addresses.  We do not monitor email requests sent on weekends!  Regular business hours are Monday to Friday - 8:15 am to 4:30 pm.

Safety training participants for Chemical & Lab Safety and Biosafety Awareness will be required to successfully complete the online training within three weeks from the registration date.

Safety training participants who have successfully completed the online training for Chemical & Lab Safety and Biosafety Awareness will be required to request AND complete a mandatory workshop (Chemical & Lab Safety must be completed first) within three weeks from completing the online training.

Chemical & Lab Safety Mandatory Workshops

Chemical & Lab Safety workshops have a maximum of ten (10) participants.

You must have successfully completed Chemical & Lab Safety online training no less than 24 hours prior to requesting a workshop date/time.

Chemical & Lab Safety participants are required to request AND complete a mandatory workshop for Chemical & Lab Safety within *three (3) weeks from successfully completing the online training for Chemical & Lab Safety,

If you do not request and successfully complete the mandatory Chemical & Lab Safety workshop (WHMIS exam) within three weeks from successfully completing the online training portion of the course, you will be required to repeat the online training and request another workshop.  NOTE:  ^{This may result in being denied access to teaching and research space(s) that require the completion of this course.}

Workshop dates offered during Spring 2023 term

Workshop dates offered during Summer 2023 term

^{*This does not include a workshop that has been cancelled due to low enrollment or circumstances beyond our control.
We will reschedule an alternate workshop date/time as soon as it is possible.}

 

Biosafety Awareness Mandatory Workshops

Biosafety Awareness workshops are being delivered with a maximum of six (6) participants.

You must have successfully completed Biosafety Awareness online training (CLS workshop) no less than 24 hours prior to requesting a Biosafety Awareness workshop date/time.

Biosafety Awareness participants are required to request AND complete a mandatory workshop for Biosafety Awareness (Chemical & Lab Safety Workshop must be completed first) within *three (3) weeks from successfully completing the online training for Biosafety Awareness.

If you do not request and successfully complete a mandatory Biosafety Awareness workshop (Hazardous Identification and Autoclave assignment) within three weeks from successfully completing the online training portion of the course, you will be required to repeat the online training and request another workshop.  NOTE:  ^{This may result in being denied access to teaching and research space(s) that require the completion of this course.}

if you require Autoclave Training, this information will be provided with your certificate, by email, after successful completion of the Biosafety Awareness mandatory workshop.

Thank you for keeping our university a safe place to learn, work and live!