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POLICY: Employee Safety Training |
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| Category |
Requirements |
| New full time employees |
New employees should observe the requirement for safety training via the Employee Safety & HazCom Class. This class is presented at least every other week and is scheduled to coordinate with the New Employee Benefit Orientations sessions. This class is required under NMSU policy and is slated to help NMSU comply with EPA and OSHA obligations. This requirement is noted on the employment letter to new full time employees. Previously hired employee are also welcome. |
| Temporary, part-time, student, graduate,
& post-doctoral employees |
Department heads and other supervisors should be aware that all NMSU employees, that work with hazardous materials are required, at a minimum, to attend the Employee & HazCom Safety class. This includes temporary, part-time, post-doc, graduate, student and any other employees that work with these materials in instructional, research, shop, or agricultural settings. |
| Other employee (& dept.) obligations
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In addition to the above, many departmental work areas require additional training (e.g. radiation, bloodborne, biosafety, asbestos awareness, lab standard, forklift, respirator, lockout, etc) on annual or periodic basis as well as documents (e.g. chemical inventory, MSDSs, chemical hygiene plan, infection control plan) to operate within the law. EH&S provides the initial training and requires annual document updates. |
Training schedule - The NMSU safety training schedule is posted
on the web at
- - - - EH&S Safety website
- http://www.nmsu.edu/~safety
Class registration - Employees should register for safety training online
via the web at
- - - - http://www.nmsu.edu/~safety/training