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Training requirements for the Institute of Arctic Biology (updated January 8, 2024):

The Institute of Arctic Biology (IAB) requires all personnel (employees, ����ӰƬ, volunteers, and others) to complete a series of safety trainings. You may have completed many of these but we need a record of them at IAB. Please forward Dan Uliassi the completion certificate or quiz result you receive after completing each training and let him know if you have any questions. You can reach Dan at dduliassi@alaska.edu or 474-5455.

Training requirements:

1. All personnel must review the Emergency Action Plan (EAP) and take the associated quiz for any building they work in. These are found under the Safety Tab on the IAB website. This training is required annually and is valid for one year from the date of completion.

2. All lab personnel are required to take three basic trainings found on the EHSRM training webpage (not the similarly name trainings in myUA):

1. 1. UAF Lab Safety
   2. UAF Chemical Hygiene
   3. UAF Hazardous Waste Management (Refresher training is required annually)

3. All personnel need to complete the two trainings found under the tab labeled "basic UAF safety trainings required for all employees" on the training page of UAFs EHSRM website. These are required every three years.

1. 1. Combined Employee Safety Orientation
   2. Hazard Communication

4. All personnel must complete the UA Safe Title IX Training annually. More information and linkes to the training are found on the UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability's training page.

5. Protection of Minors:

• • If you are not working directly with minors (not an “authorized adult”) complete: Protection of Minors for Non-Authorized Adults found under the tab labeled "other required trainings for all employees" on the training page of UAFs EHSRM website. 
  • If you are an "authorized adult" (working directly with minors), review the protection of minors page on the EHSRM website and CONTACT THE PROTECTION OF MINORS MANAGER (474-5487 or UAF-EHSRM@alaska.edu) OR YOUR SUPERVISOR FOR GUIDANCE.

6. Employees need two additional trainings found in (Log into , click My Community, then Learning library, select Type, and then Tier 1: UA Employee Required Training.) UA’s statewide administration may change these requirements without notice.

1. 1. Workplace harassment prevention (not required if you have completed Anti-Bullying in the Workplace)
   2. Behavior based safety (not required if you have completed Hazard Communication and Injury and Illness Prevention)

7. If you are a student in the UA system, you need to complete all mandatory trainings found on the mandatory student training page of the UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability (currently this is just the Title IX training, but is subject to change).

8. You may need additional training depending on your answers to the following questions:

1. 1. Are there any hazardous chemicals or procedures you will be working with, particularly procedures with a standard operating procedure (SOP)? Trainings are mandated before using specific chemicals and substances. These include methylene chloride, phenol, benzene, chloroform, formaldehyde, silica, and hydrofluoric acid. There are additional trainings available for understanding safety data sheets and working withlab sharps that you may like to take.
   2. Will you be working with any blood borne pathogens or other biohazards? If so, you will need to have trainings arranged through Tracey Martinson, UAFs Biosafety Officer and head of EHSRM (tamartinson@uaf.edu) or UAFs chemical hygiene officer, Emily Reiter (reiter@alaska.edu).
   3. Will you be using a biosafety cabinet? If so, please contact IABs Safety Officer (dduliassi@alaska.edu) to arrange trainings.
   4. Will you be working with vertebrates? If so, you will need to have Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) trainings that can be arranged through the office of research integrity (474-7800).
   5. Will you be working with radiation? If so, you will need to have trainings arranged through Tracey Martinson, UAFs chemical hygiene officer (474-6771).
   6. Will you be working with humans? If so, you need Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Human Subjects Research training (/irb/training/). Contact the office of research integrity (474-7800) for more details.
   7. Will you be working with student educational records? If so, you will need to take the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) training available in . This is found under Tier 2 – Position Required Training or by searching for the training using the search bar in . Log into , click My Community, then Learning Library, select Type, and then Tier 2 – Position Required Training.
   8. Will you work directly with minors? If so, it is very important to review the protection of minors page on the EHSRM website and contact the POM office (474-5487 or UAF-EHSRM@alaska.edu) or your supervisor for guidance.
   9. Do you need to drive a UAF vehicle? Please review the driver information section of the EHSRM website.
   10. Do you need field safety courses? Nanook Recreation organizes field safety courses for the University (https://uaf.edu/recreation/outdoor-adventures/classes-and-safety.php#safety). We may also be able to organize additional courses, such as bear safety, for IAB personnel. Please contact Nanook Recreation (474-5886) and the IAB safety office for more information (dduliassi@alaska.edu, or 474-5455)

Here are some search terms and tips that you can use to help locate training records in your email and your myUA account.

• Quiz results from EHSRM should have "UAF EHSRM" and "quiz" in the subject line or body of the text.
• For the Title IX training, use “Title IX” along with "certificate of completion"
• For Protection of Minors trainings, search for "Shine a Light” or the appropriate name of the training you took.

You can also find a record of some trainings in by clicking My Community in the dark blue bar across the top, and then clicking Learning Library.