Training

EHS conducts training to ensure MSU personnel follow safe work practices and to ensure compliance with local, state and federal requirements in lab and occupational safety and environmental health.

Help weekdays: train@ora.msu.edu or 517-884-4600
Your activity is tracked & reportable to relevant agencies.

 

• What training am I required to complete?

  See course & track guide or Lab Safety Training Checklist (PDF), or contact Environmental Health & Safety at 517-355-0153 or ehs@msu.edu.

  Supervisors are ultimately responsible for ensuring employees have received appropriate training.

• What about site-specific training?

  Supervisors are responsible for completing annual site-specific training with their employees.

  Resources for Laboratories

  • Laboratory Site-Specific Training Checklist (PDF)
  • Fact Sheet for Supervisors (PDF)

  
  Resources for Clinics

  • Bloodborne Pathogen Site-Specific Training Checklist (PDF)

  
  Specific requirements for site-specific training vary depending on the training subject and associated hazards. Contact EHS for requirements and guidelines in other work settings or for specific hazards.

• How do I get help with Ability LMS?

  Visit the Regulatory Affairs website for user guides, video walkthroughs, and more assistance.

  Contact the help desk at train@ora.msu.edu or 517-884-4600.

COVID-19 Training

For Lab Workers: COVID-19 Safe Return to Laboratory Work
For Healthcare and Veterinary Clinic Workers: COVID-19 Safe Return to Clinics
For Other Workers: COVID-19 Safe Return to Work
Non-MSU affiliates are not currently required to take MSU's COVID training. Follow your own employer's recommendations and/or check with MSU site for specific COVID safety requirements.

Updates on Instructor-Led Training

• Interim Measures to Conserve Supply of N95 Respirators
  MSU has implemented CDC and OSHA strategies for optimizing the current supply of N95 respirators and prioritizing their use. Annual fit-testing is temporarily suspended. Initial fit-testing is still required for anyone wearing a respirator to protect against COVID-19. What to do if due for annual N95 fit-test...
• Radiation Safety
  Radiation Safety training will temporarily be moved to Zoom. If you are enrolled, you will receive Zoom information from the instructor as the date approaches.
• Worker Protection Standard
  Worker Protection Standard training will temporarily be moved to Zoom. If you are enrolled, you will receive Zoom information from the instructor as the date approaches. Registration Information