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Please refer to the ESH Training Course Catalog for course details and registration information.

Non-Hazard Workers

ES&H  Core Courses

Employee Orientation to Environment, Safety, and Health (EOESH) training is mandatory for all SLAC employees*. EOESH  is a prerequisite for General Employee Radiological Training (GERT).

* SLAC employees who work full-time at other laboratories are not required to complete an ETA.

GEN01 (EOESH)

"Employee Orientation to Environment, Safety, and Health," Course 219

All personnel working at an accelerator facility are required to attend a general environment, safety, and health orientation. This orientation covers the hazards present at the facility and recommended health and safety practices.

Personnel are required to complete this course by taking the Instructor-Led course, or the computer-based training (CBT) before they can obtain their SLAC ID.

Note:  Personnel who have previously completed this course may take a challenge exam instead of taking the training when it is time to renew their ID badge.

Prerequisite Training:  None

Retraining: Refresher training is required every two years.

ES&H Resource Courses

Resource courses are not mandatory, but may be required by a supervisor and are available to SLAC employees.

Industrial/Radiological Workers

Employee Orientation to Environment, Safety, and Health (EOESH) training is mandatory for all SLAC employees*. EOESH  is a prerequisite for General Employee Radiological Training (GERT).

* SLAC employees who work full-time at other laboratories are not required to complete an ETA.

GEN02 (EOESH)

  •  "Employee Orientation to Environment, Safety, and Health (EOESH),"  Course 219

All personnel working at an accelerator facility are required to attend a general environment, safety, and health orientation. This orientation covers the hazards present at the facility and recommended health and safety practices.

Personnel are required to complete this course by taking the Instructor-Led course, or the computer-based training (CBT) before they can obtain their SLAC ID.

Note:  Personnel who have previously completed this course may take a challenge exam instead of taking the training when it is time to renew their ID badge.

Prerequisite Training:  None

Retraining: Refresher training is required every two years.

Supervisors should review each topic to determine the appropriate training for their group or an individual employee. The topics are:

Electrical Safety

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ES02

"Electrical Safety for Non-Electrical Workers," Course 239, is mandatory if you:

  • Work near potential electrical hazards (that is, exposed energized electrical conductors) at or above 50 volts AC or DC, but you are not a qualified electrical worker.
  • Directly supervise an employee who performs any of these tasks.

Job Classifications
Painters, carpenters, mechanics, building managers, operators, and their supervisors.
Equipment Examples
Exposed energized electrical conductors in equipment or distribution systems such as junction boxes.

ES03

"Electrical Safety for R&D Equipment," Course 251, is mandatory if you:

  • Are a physicist or scientific staff member who works with, on, or near Research and Development (R&D) equipment operating at or above 50 volts (AC or DC).  Perform maintenance on or installation work with such equipment.
  • Directly supervise an employee who performs any of these jobs.

Job Classifications
Physicist; engineering physicist; engineering scientist; technicians from the Power Conversion, Controls, and Vacuum Departments; direct supervisors of these employees.
Equipment Examples
Power supplies, capacitors, modulators, lasers, ion pumps.

ES04

"Electrical Safety, Low and High Voltage," Course 274, is mandatory if you:

  • Perform maintenance on or installation of any electric power generation, distribution, control or transformation lines or equipment that operates at greater than 50 volts AC.
  • Directly supervise an employee who performs any of these tasks.

Job Classifications
Electricians who install, maintain, or repair the described energized or de-energized systems or equipment, and their direct supervisors.
Equipment Examples
120 and 480 volt motors, transformers, breakers, switches, distribution panels, and installation and modification of wiring, 12.47 kV switchgear, transformers, high voltage cables.

ES07

"Lock and Tag Program for the Control of Hazardous Energy," Course 157, is mandatory if you:

  • Provide service or maintenance of machines and equipment in which the unexpected energization or start-up of the machines or equipment, or the release of stored energy could cause injury to employees.
  • Are involved in developing or writing lock and tag procedures.
  • Directly supervise an employee who performs any of these tasks.

*OSHA requires that this machinery or equipment be de-energized and the energy source(s) locked out before maintenance or service. SLAC has a Lock & Tag Program in place to meet this OSHA requirement.

ES07A

"Lock and Tag Awareness for Affected Employees," Course 136, is mandatory if you:

  • Operate any machinery or equipment that may be locked or tagged out during maintenance, but you do not apply the lock and tag yourself.

Note:  Course 136 is the first lesson in Course 157 (Lock and Tag for the Control of Hazardous Energy). Employees who have taken Course 157 have exceeded the training requirements for Course 136..

ES08

"CPR/First Aid," Course 138, is mandatory if you:

  • Perform work on exposed energized electrical circuitry of 50 volts or greater (AC or DC).

    Note:  Communication circuits and DC circuits with a fault current limited to 5 milliamps, if the energy is less  than 10 joules, are exempt from this requirement.

    Also see IH12

  • Perform Safety Watch1 duties.
  • Work in a high hazard2 area.

1Safety Watch: This is an employee whose specific duties are to observe the worker(s) and operations being performed, prevent careless acts, quickly de-energize the equipment in an emergency, and alert emergency rescue personnel.

2High Hazard Area: A high hazard area is defined as a Severe Class B Hazard Situation, such as working on equipment energized during manipulation, observation, and monitoring, with guards removed. See the SLAC ES&H Manual, Chapter 8 (Electrical Safety), Table 8.1 (Personnel Requirements) for more information.

Hazardous Waste Management

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HWM01

"Hazardous Waste Management," Course 105, is mandatory if you:

  • Handle hazardous materials that become hazardous waste.
  • Handle any hazardous waste as part of your job.
  • Are involved in the management or storage of hazardous materials or waste. That is, as a result of your job, you are able to affect the amount and type of hazardous materials used or waste generated.
  • Are a designated Hazardous Waste and Materials Coordinator (HWMC3).
  • Are assigned to handle hazardous waste stored inside a Radioactive Materials Management Area (RMMA4).
  • Directly supervise an employee who performs any of these tasks.

Prerequisite Training

  • None

Retraining:

  • Refresher training is required annually.

3HWMCs are designated for all groups that generate hazardous waste. They are appointed by line management to ensure that the generation of hazardous waste is performed in compliance with SLAC policy. HWMCs shall be trained as necessary to carry out their responsibilities.

4An RMMA is any area at SLAC where there is potential for radioactivation of materials resulting from beam exposure.

HWM02

"Stormwater Awareness Training," Course 298, is mandatory if you:

  • Manage or maintain storm drain systems.
  • Are a University Technical Representative (UTR) who oversees outdoor construction activities.

HWM04

"Hazardous Materials Transportation Training," Course 259 (offsite training), is mandatory if you:

  • Are identified as a Hazmat employee5.
  • Directly supervise an identified Hazmat employee.

Note:   Selected modules of Course 259 are available at SLAC as computer-based training programs. This training is designed for annual refresher training, not initial qualification.

5You are defined as a Hazmat employee for the purpose of answering this survey question if you are involved in offsite transportation of hazardous materials by air, water, ground, or rail. You may be classified as a Hazmat employee if you:

  • Load or unload hazardous materials; test, recondition, repair, modify or mark containers, drums, or packages in preparation for offsite transportation

  • Prepare hazardous materials for shipment offsite

  • Are responsible for the safety of hazardous materials during transportation

  • Operate a vehicle used to transport hazardous materials offsite

HWM05

"Hazardous Waste Operator Refresher Training (HAZWOPER)," Course 285, is an eight hour off-site training course. It  is mandatory if you:

  • Work at a hazardous waste facility as defined under RCRA (Resource Conservation Recovery Act).
  • Enter or work in areas designated as environmental remediation areas.

Contact the EPR Department, Ext. 3019 to register for this course.

Note: This training requirement applies to employees in the ES&H Hazardous Waste and Environmental Protection and Restoration Departments, specifically Hazardous Waste Technicians and Environmental Remediation Workers.

HAZWOPER Medical Exam (285ME) -

  • It is mandatory that EPR personnel involved with environmental remediation activities as well as their immediate line supervisors participate in the medical surveillance program.

HWM05 A

"DOT HazMat Security Awareness", Course 408 is mandatory if you are required to take Course 259, "Hazardous Materials Transportation Training". Course 408 is supplemental to Course 259 and addresses security risks related to the transportation of hazardous materials to and from SLAC.

HWM06

"Pesticide Worker Training" is mandatory if you apply or handle pesticides as part of your work activities.

Note: This requirement does not apply to employees handling consumer products that are for the general public as long as the employee’s exposure is not greater than expected consumer exposure.

Industrial Hygiene

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IH01

"Hazard Communication General Training ," Course 103, is mandatory if you:

  • Use any potentially hazardous chemicals (including cryogens) in the workplace.
  • Could be exposed to potentially hazardous chemicals during a foreseeable emergency in your workplace.
  • Directly supervise any employee who either uses potentially hazardous chemicals in the workplace or may be exposed to these chemicals during a foreseeable workplace emergency.

It is not mandatory for office workers who handle only normal office supplies to complete this training.

Also see IH09

Note: Cryogens are liquefied gases such as liquid nitrogen, helium, and argon.

IH02

"Beryllium Safety," Course 296, is mandatory if you:

  • cut, solder, or machine Beryllium metal in any way

IH03

"Permit-Required Confined Space Safety," Course 144, is mandatory if you:

  • Plan to enter a Permit-Required Confined Space (PRCS). For example, if you:

    • Act as "entrant."

    • Act as attendant for a PRCS entry.

    • Act as "entry supervisor" to supervise work in a PRCS.

IH04

"Plating Shop Medical Exam," Course 299ME is mandatory if:

  • you work in the Building 25 electroplating shop.

IH05

"Hearing Conservation," Course 222 (computer-based training) and "Hearing Conservation Medical Exam," 222ME are mandatory if you:

  • Work in high noise areas. (Areas with sound levels at 85dB (8 hour time weighted average) or greater are designated as High Noise Areas. In addition, noise hazard may be defined by other qualifications.) If you have questions, please contact the SLAC Industrial Hygienist (Ext. 4105).

IH06

"Lead Safety," Course 240 is rmandatory if you:

  • Handle or stack lead bricks for more than 30 minutes on any given day.

Lead Safety Baseline Medical Exam (240ME)

  • Is mandatory for those who handle or stack lead bricks for more than 30 minutes on any given day and who perform this task for fewer than 30 days per year.

Lead Semi-Annual Exam (406ME)

  • Is mandatory for those who handle or stack lead bricks for more than 30 minutes on any given day and who perform this task for 30 days or more per year.

Specialized work, such as welding or machining of materials containing lead, handling of lead waste, etc. requires an industrial hygiene survey to determine medical surveillance requirements.  Contact the SLAC Industrial Hygienist (Ext. 4105) to schedule an industrial hygiene survey.

IH07

"Asbestos Awareness," Course 150, is mandatory if you:

  • Come in contact with but do not remove asbestos-containing materials.

Example:  A janitor who waxes and buffs the floor, but does not remove floor tiles.

IH08

"Asbestos Worker - Class 2," Course 151 is mandatory for Site Engineering and Maintenance (SEM) personnel who disturb small amounts of asbestos containing materials such as repairing or removing small amounts of floor tiles, or handle transite or wall board material.

IH09

"Hazard Communication General Training ," Course 103, is mandatory if you:

  • Work with, or in the immediate vicinity of, an open chemical tank (liquid or vapors) that contains chemicals used to clean, alter the surface, or add a finish to material added to the tank (such as degreasing, washing, electroplating, anodizing, or stripping).

IH10

"Laser Worker Safety," Course 253 (computer-based training) and "Laser Worker Baseline Medical Exam," 253ME are mandatory if you:

  • Routinely work with or around a Class 3b or 4 Laser.

Job Classifications
Alignment personnel, laser technicians, graduate students, visiting researchers and others who operate a Class 3b or 4 Laser.

The Laser System Supervisor determines which personnel need eye examinations related to laser use and refers such personnel to the SLAC Medical Department (Ext. 2281).

IH12

"CPR/First Aid," Course 138, is mandatory if you:

  • Perform maintenance or repair on a Laser such that you may be exposed to a high voltage electrical hazard.

IH13

"Respiratory Safety," Course 241 (computer-based training) and "Respirator User Medical Exam," 241ME, are mandatory if you:

  • Are required to use an air-purifying respirator (dust masks excluded) to perform any of your tasks.

Note:   Medical clearance and all steps outlined in the Respirator User's Form (RUF, SLAC-I-730-0A9R-001) must be completed before using a respirator. Annual refresher training and fit testing are mandatory for personnel who are required to wear a respirator.  A fit test must be done before you take Respirator Safety computer-based training.  Fit tests are performed by an ES&H Industrial Hygienist.

IH15

"Respiratory Safety for Supervisors," Course 405 (computer-based training) is mandatory if you:

  • Directly supervise an employee who uses any type of respirator.

There is no medical exam or annual refresher training requirement for supervisors.

Occupational Safety

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OS02

"Basic Crane Operator and Rigger Training," Course 280, and "Basic Crane Operator and Rigger Field Practical," qualification are mandatory if you:

  • Operate cranes with normal or routine loads at 75% or less than the crane's rated capacity.

"Crane Operator Medical Exam," 280ME is mandatory if:

  • You operate or renew the mobile certification for overhead pulpit or cab operated cranes, the Latourneau brand crane, or any type of crane that must be ridden in or on.

    All other hoists do not require a physical exam.

OS07

Course 283, "Fork Lift Operator" and "Fork Lift Operator Field Practical" qualification are mandatory if you:

  • Operate a forklift to perform your work.

Note:  A powered industrial truck is a mobile, power-propelled truck used to carry, push, pull, lift, stack, or tier material. This includes fork trucks, platform trucks, motorized pallet movers, and other specialized industrial trucks powered by electric motors or internal combustion engines.

OS08

"Mechanical Power Press," Course 302, is mandatory if you:

  • Operate, maintain, or inspect mechanical power-press machines.
  • Care for, inspect, or maintain any power presses that can be use in Pressure Sensing Device Initiation mode of operation.

Note:  It is the responsibility of the employer to ensure the original and continuing competence of personnel caring for, inspecting, and  maintaining power presses. The employer will train and instruct the operator in the safe method of work before starting work on any operation covered by this section. The employer will insure, by adequate supervision, that correct operating procedures are being followed.

OS09

"Single/Multi-Piece Rim Wheels," Course 303, is mandatory if you:

  • Service single or multi-piece rim wheels on large vehicles such as trucks, tractors, buses and off-road machines.

Note:  Autos, trucks and vans with tires designated as "LT" are exempt from this regulation.

OS10

"Fire Extinguisher Training," Course 108, and "Welding Fire Watch," Course 304 are mandatory if you:

  • Operate, maintain, or repair arc-welding, oxygen gas fuel welding or cutting equipment.
  • Are involved in testing preservative coatings before welding, cutting, or heating.
  • Perform fire watch duties during welding, cutting, or heating operations.

OS15

"Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)," Course 255, is mandatory if you:

  • Perform workplace analysis to determine if you supervise any employees who work where hazards are present, or are likely to be present, that would necessitate use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to protect the employee's eyes, face, head, feet, body, hands or from falls.

OS16

"Personal Protective Equipment," Course 255OJT, is mandatory if you:

  • Have been assigned by your supervisor to wear any personal protective equipment (other than a respirator6 or dust mask) to perform any part of your job safely.

6Review questions IH13 for respirator training requirements.

OS18

Only personnel who have received the manufacturer's training and have been licensed may operate powder-actuated fastening tools. Offsite Training is mandatory if you:

  • Operate any powder-actuated fastening tool.

Note:  This does not include devices designed for attaching objects to soft construction materials such as wood, plaster, tar, drywall or stud welding equipment.

OS19

Welding Medical Exam (311ME) is mandatory for personnel who weld or torch cut metal more than 20 days per year.

OS20

"Fall-Protection Harness Training," Course 415 is mandatory for personnel who work within 6 feet of an edge without guardrails on roofs, scaffolds, platforms, experimental equipment, containers, seatrains, enclosures, or other surfaces more than four feet off the ground, floor, or next level. (NOTE: Ladders are not included in the list of required surfaces.)

Radiological Safety

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The level of radiological training is based on areas to be accessed and potential yearly exposure. For qualifying statements RAD01 through RAD03, see Table 1 to help determine the level of radiological training required.

Job Classifications
Radiological workers are defined as individuals who may receive an occupational exposure to radiation in excess of 100 mrem/yr. Accelerator operators and klystron test stand operators have been identified as radiological workers. Other personnel may be classified as radiological workers based upon their specific duties. Employees identified as radiological workers must complete Radiological Worker Training I (RWT I). See RAD02.

Table 1. Site Access and Training Matrix

Access Requirement

Potential Exposure (mrem/yr)

Required Training Level

 

 

219—EOESH

115—GERT

116—RWT

250—RWT II

Access to Radiologically Controlled Areas (RCAs) not required.

0

X

 

 

 

RCAs

< 100

X

X

 

 

RCAs

> 100

X

X

X

 

High Radiation Areas

Very High Radiation Areas

Any

X

X

X

 

Contamination Areas

High Contamination Areas

Soil Contamination Areas

Airborne Radioactivity Areas

Any

X

X

X

X

RAD01

"General Employee Radiological Training (GERT)," Course 115, is mandatory if you:

  • Need unescorted access into Radiologically Controlled Areas (RCAs).
  • Handle radioactive materials.

Note:  GERT employees are allowed to handle radioactive material if this will not exceed their annual dose limit of 100 millirem per year.

Prerequisite Training

  • "Employee Orientation to Environment, Safety, and Health (EOESH)," Course 219

RAD02

"Radiological Worker Training I (RWT I)," Course 116, is mandatory if:

  • Your annual occupational exposure likely to exceed 100 mrem.
  • You need access into High Radiation Areas.

Prerequisite Training

  • "Employee Orientation to Environment, Safety, and Health (EOESH)," Course 219

  • "General Employee Radiological Training (GERT)," Course 115

Note: Radiation and High Radiation Areas are designated regions within a RCA. Potential Radiation, High  Radiation Areas are: Sectors 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 18, 19, 28, 29, 30; Damping Rings; Positron Vault; Beam Switchyard; North and South Final Focus dump rooms; PPS Zone 8 of the PEP Ring; Beam Dump East.

RAD03

"Radiological Worker Training II (RWT II), Contamination Control," Course 250, is mandatory if you:

  • Need unescorted access into Contamination Areas to complete your job.
  • Perform any machining operations on radioactive materials.
  • Handle radioactively contaminated materials.

Prerequisite Training

  • "Employee Orientation to Environment, Safety, and Health (EOESH)," Course 219
  • "General Employee Radiological Training (GERT)," Course 115
  • "Radiological Worker Training I (RWT I)," Course 116

RAD04

"Radiation Generating Device," Course 270, is mandatory if you:

  • Are in charge of equipment that is designed to produce x-rays for non-medical purposes (such as x-ray source machines or x-ray diffraction equipment) or other radiation generating device.
  • Are a Klystron Test Lab Operator.

Prerequisite Training

  • "Employee Orientation to Environment, Safety, and Health (EOESH)," Course 219
  • "General Employee Radiological Training (GERT)," Course 115
  • "Radiological Worker Training I (RWT I)," Course 116

RAD05

"Limited Radiological Controls Assistant Training," Course 238,   and the survey instrument modules 261, "Victoreen 450/450P/450 DE", 262, "Bicron Micro/Millirem",  and 265, "Victoreen 440" are mandatory if you:

  • Are an accelerator operator at MCC or SSRL approved by the Radiological Control Manager to perform Limited Radiological Control Assistant (LRCA) duties when an HPT is not available on-site or on-call (such as during back shifts, holidays, and weekends)?
  • Are an MCC or SSRL operator.

Prerequisite Training

  • "Employee Orientation to Environment, Safety, and Health (EOESH)," Course 219

  • "General Employee Radiological Training (GERT)," Course 115

  • "Radiological Worker Training I (RWT I)," Course 116

RAD06

"Health Physics Technician Training Core Academics," Course 275, and "Health Physics Technician Training II Site Academics and Practical Demonstration and Testing," Course 276 are mandatory if you:

  • Are an employee in the ES&H Division who is designated as a Health Physics Technician (HPT).
  • Directly supervise a designated HPT and if any portion of your supervisory duties require you to direct or replace the HPT in duties that may construed as HPT duties.

Mandatory for supervisors of HPTs, optional for HPTs only:

  • "Health Physics Technician Training III Site Academics and Practical Demonstration and Testing," Course 277

RAD07

The survey instrument Module 263 "Ludlum Model 18", is mandatory if you:

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Work in OHP and survey materials for release.

Prerequisite Training

  • "Employee Orientation to Environment, Safety, and Health (EOESH)," Course 219

  • "General Employee Radiological Training (GERT)," Course 115

  • "Radiological Worker Training I (RWT)," Course 116


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