Basic Intro Lab Safety Training and Review

Every staff member engaged in laboratory work with chemicals must have Chemical Hygiene Plan training which conforms carefully to the requirements of the OSHA Laboratory Standard, and also must have PPE training that covers whatever personal protective equipment that they do or might need to use.

That training is the legal responsibility of the supervisor  --  the professor in the case of grad student and most other research staff -- and also the Department for which the staff member works.  Introductory Lab Safety Training for Lab Staff is offered by REM to help Departments and supervisors fulfill their responsibilities for staff training. 

It is not possible (or necessary) for REM to do every bit of this training for all workers for all of their work and time at Purdue.  It is not required that anyone take the REM training unless a Department or supervisor requires it.  Many Departments prefer to require some or all of the REM training.  But it is possible for the REM training to cover all of a worker's immediate chemical safety training requirements if the worker carefully follows the instructions for completing the training and information forms described here:

 

(1) online independent study in TWO parts; 
    (a) "CHP1" -- a fairly in-depth overview of the Chemical Hygiene Plan, and
          
    (b) "PPE" Personal Protective Equipment training,
          

(2) a 110-minute small group training session (called "CHP2") which covers, for each worker, the very work area specific hazards of his/her job.  (Sign-up form is below.) 

STOP
You must have completed parts (1)(a) and (1)(b) above and you must be in possession of the printed  confirmation/certification forms for them.  If you do not have (one or the other or both of) them you must return to the form(s), submit, and print it/them.

 

 

When you have completed these prerequisites, use your Purdue career account log-in to get to the registration page.  (Do NOT use someone else's.) It might be necessary to enter onepurdue\ before your Purdue username, depends on your location and system and set-up configuration.