Training

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:  Initial Hazardous Waste Management Training and Laboratory Safety Training.  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 participating in an Honors Project or Independent Study?

You will need to complete at least TWO trainings:  Initial Hazardous Waste Management Training and Laboratory Safety Training.  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 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. Lab Safety Awareness Training is a short, self-paced training that involves viewing a Powerpoint and completeing 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 bring the completed paper quiz to the Office of Laboratory Safety to receive a blue card. Get the Powerpoint and Quiz .

Do you need to renew your training?

You will need to repeat at least TWO trainings:  Hazardous Waste Management Training and Laboratory Safety Training.  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 these trainings?

Initial Hazardous Waste Management Training, Hazardous Waste Management Training, and Laboratory Safety Training are available on-line.  To access Laboratory Safety Training, go to the LAB SAFETY page.  To access either Hazardous Waste Management trainings go to the WASTE MANAGEMENT page.  When finished with the on-line trainings, visit the office of Laboratory Safety, 41A Druckenmiller Hall, to get a Training Certification Card (or “Blue Card”).

What is "Laboratory Specific Training?

Some labs have specialized hazards that necessitates workers in that lab to have training specific to that lab's hazards.  If you are a student working in these areas, you must obtain this training from the professor responsible for that lab.  The nature of this training must be documented and the date of completion and type of Lab Specific training should be indicated on the Training Certification Card (or “Blue Card”)