WHS online training from home

Published in the Research School of Physics Event Horizon
Vol45 Issue14 6–10 April 2020

Online Training

There are a number of courses that can be completed while working from home that are available online.  Many of these courses are required learning for working in our laboratories and should be refreshed every five years.  Please consider that hazards might be present in your labs and select the course from the ANU Pulse webpage that is most appropriate.

The Online Staff Training can be found in the System Quicklinks section of the ANU Services webpage https://services.anu.edu.au/.  The Pulse direct link is https://anu.interactiontraining.net/Central/

Courses to consider include:

General WHS

• University Work Health and Safety (WHS) Induction – a module of ANU Staff Probation ANU
• WHS Risk Management Training
• Comcare Work Health & Safety
• Comcare Work Health & Safety for Managers – a good course for all, not just managers
• Figtree Workplace Safety Incident & Hazard Reporting Tool WHS Due Diligence Framework

General

• Office Ergonomics Essentials Hand Hygiene Manual Tasks

Ionising Radiation

• WHSO17 - Ionising Radiation Safety WHSO18 - Ionising Radiation Safety: Machines

Chemicals

• Introduction to GHS – Global Harmonization System (Chemical identification and labelling)
• Module 1: Chemical Toxicology
• Module 2: Chemical Toxicology – Quiz
• Module 3: Identifying Chemical Hazards
• Module 4: Identifying Chemical Hazards - Quiz

Liquid Nitrogen

• Module 1: Liquid Nitrogen
• Module 2: Liquid Nitrogen - Quiz

Laser Safety

• Module 1: Laser Safety
• Module 2: Laser Safety - Quiz

Asbestos

• Asbestos module 1
• Asbestos module 2

Now is also a good time to refresh and review the ANU Mandatory Modules:-

ANU New Staff Orientation (5 modules) ANU Staff Probation Modules (5 modules)

The Pulse site also has modules on many other subjects from personal development, indigenous affairs, IT, governance, leadership and communications.  Have a look around 😊