Are you new to Bowdoin?
If you will be working in a lab as a Professor, Researcher, Lab Instructor, Lab Tech, or Visiting Professor, then you n
STUDENTS:
Are you a student participating in an Honors Project or Independent Study?
You will need to complete at least TWO trainings: Hazardous Waste Management Training and Laboratory Safety Training -both are accessed through Canvas. Visit the "Lab Safety" page for instructions . These See below for instructions These trainings are required by OSHA and EPA and each training must be repeated annually. If you will be working with live animals you may need additional training. Contact the Animal Care Supervisor (Marko Melendy 725-3517, mmelendy@bowdoin.edu ) for further information and to schedule a training.
Are you a student
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Lab Assistant or are you doing glassware washing or other peripheral work in a lab?
You will need to have a blue card showing completion and currency of the full Laboratory Safety Training or of the abbreviated Lab Safety Awareness Training. These trainings are accessed through Canvas. See below for instructions.
FACULTY / STAFF:
Are you new to Bowdoin?
If you will be working in a lab as a Professor, Researcher, Lab Instructor, Lab Tech, or Visiting Professor, then you will need to complete at least TWO trainings: Hazardous Waste Management Training and Laboratory Safety Training - both are accessed through Canvas. Visit the "Lab Safety" page for instructions These See below for instructions . These trainings are required by OSHA and EPA and each training must be repeated annually. If you will be working with live animals you may need additional training. Contact the Animal Care Supervisor (Marko Melendy 725-3517, mmelendy@bowdoin.edu ) for further information and to schedule a training.
Are you a
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You will need to have a blue card showing completion and currency of the full Laboratory Safety Training or of the abbreviated Lab Safety Awareness Training. Lab Safety Awareness Training is a short, self-paced training that involves viewing a Powerpoint and completing a short quiz on paper. This abbreviated training is not suitable training for those students doing normal lab work in research labs. You may complete the training on your own and email an image of the completed paper quiz along with a completed training attestation card (re text in RED, below) to the Office of Laboratory Safety to receive a blue card. Click here to get the Powerpoint and Quiz .
Are you a Faculty or Staff person working with vertebrates or cephalopods?
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Look at your Training Certification Card (or “Blue Card”) to see when your current trainings expire. If your training expiration date is approaching you will need to renew your training. Most laboratory workers will need to repeat at least TWO trainings: Hazardous Waste Management Training and Laboratory Safety Training - both are accessed through Canvas. Visit the "Lab Safety" page See below for instructions These trainings are required by OSHA and EPA and each training must be repeated annually. If you will be working with live animals you may need additional training. Contact the Animal Care Supervisor (Marko Melendy 725-3517, mmelendy@bowdoin.edu) for further information and to schedule a training.
How do I access online trainings?
All trainings are accessed through Canvas. Visit the "Lab Safety" page for instructions. Both the online Lab Safety Training and Hazardous Waste Training are set up in a single Canvas course The following steps will get you to the Office of Laboratory Safety Canvas training site
1 - Visit this page to enroll in the Canvas Lab Safety Training course-https://bowdoin.instructure.com/enroll/RATJ7F
2 - Click on the ‘Enroll in Course’ button:
3 - Click on the ‘Go to the Course’ button:
You will then be placed in the organization and can begin the training.
The Office of Laboratory Safety organization will henceforth be available to you via your Canvas Dashboard upon login.
When finished with the on-line trainings, submit a training attestation form (See Covid 19 Procedure"How do I get a Blue Card?", below).
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How Do I Get a Blue Card?
In order to get a Training Certification Card (aka: Blue Card) please complete and “sign” the attached training attestation form (below) and email it to dtesfaga@bowdoin dtesfaga@bowdoin.edu. . I Your attestation form will be put it on file , prepare and your Blue Card , and deliver the card will be prepared and delivered to your lab or your lab advisor.
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Training Attestation Form
(click on form below)
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Training Attestation Form.pdf
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What is "Laboratory Specific Training?
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