Chapter 24: Training

Overview (1)

This chapter describes the program used to ensure all personnel receive environment, safety, and health (ES&H) training appropriate for the hazards to which they may be exposed. The ES&H training program has been developed to address the ES&H training requirements established by the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) and the Department of Energy (DOE).

Hazards/Impacts

Many areas at SLAC contain hazardous equipment, chemicals, and materials used in the advanced research pursued here. Those personnel who have not been trained to recognize and mitigate these hazards pose a danger to themselves, coworkers, and to the environment.

Scope (2)

This chapter covers the management of ES&H training, including the general responsibilities of managers, supervisors, and line personnel. The training requirements associated with specific hazards and the ES&H programs for controlling them can be found in the relevant chapters of this manual and the ES&H Training Course Catalog.

This chapter applies to personnel working at SLAC who may be exposed to any occupational or environmental hazard for which specific training is required by the work smart standards (WSS) or SLAC policy.

The term personnel includes SLAC employees, contracted parties, and users. The latter two groups are known collectively as non-employees, and the formal program, a sub-set of the overall ES&H training program, is known as the non-employee safety training program (NESTP) (see Definitions). To the extent the requirements of this program differ from those of the main program, they are called out in this chapter.

The requirements in this chapter do not apply to on-the-job training (OJT) or non-ES&H-related training offered by other groups at SLAC.

Note: Supervisors and managers are responsible for ensuring that OJT is completed and documented as needed. The ES&H training program provides support for OJT through the development and identification of ES&H training standards and guidelines.

Exemptions (2.2)

The following individuals are exempt from ES&H training program requirements:

Casual visitors, emergency responders, drivers of delivery vehicles, service technicians, and others whose presence will not involve exposure to a SLAC-specific hazard or travel within an industrial/controlled/accelerator area
Employees working off site for extended periods of time, such as scientists working at distant research institutions and employees on extended leave

Note: Employees working off site will satisfy the ES&H training requirements of their host institution.

In addition the SLAC training program allows personnel to challenge and transfer courses (see Section 5.2, “Procedures and Specific Requirements”).

Implementation (8)

The requirements of this chapter are effective upon publication unless otherwise noted here.

continue to Standards (3)

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