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Training Records
Supervisors and employees can now track their safety training records with ease through Safety Spectrum’s new
SFU employees
| Training | Audience | When is it offered? |
Valid for |
How to register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFU Safety Orientation | Everyone Mandatory for new/young workers. Refresher training is recommended. |
Ongoing enrollment | Refresher every 5 years recommended |
Complete the orientation checklist or the checklist version specifically for Laboratory workers. For SFU-affiliated personnel who do not have a SFU computing ID set up, please email labsafe@sfu.ca to register. |
| Supervisor Safety Training | Supervisors or managers | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| Respectful Working & Learning Environments | Everyone | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| Office Ergonomics Training | Mandatory for computer users | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| Safe Manual Materials Handling Training | Mandatory for employees who perform work that requires lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing, pulling, and/or gripping. | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | |
| 3D Printer Safety Training | Users, Supervisors or Managers | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| SFU Asbestos Awareness | Everyone | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once |
Research & lab safety
Use SFU Training Record for Laboratory Personnel for individual training record
General Laboratory and Chemical Safety Training
| Training | Audience | When is it offered? |
Valid for |
How to register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EHS Safety Essentials (includes SFU Safety Orientation) |
Everyone working in a lab | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | Register here |
| EHS Laboratory Safety (includes WHMIS 2015) |
Anyone working in a lab area that has chemicals | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | Register here |
| WHMIS 2015 | Anyone working where hazardous products are used, stored or handled | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | |
| EHS Chemical Storage Refresher Training |
Anyone that handles and stores hazardous chemicals in their laboratory space | Ongoing enrollment | N/A | |
| Laboratory Safety Inspection Training | Anyone participating in a laboratory inspection | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | |
| Laboratory Evacuation Procedures |
Everyone working in a lab |
Ongoing enrollment | 3 months |
Biosafety Training
| Training | Audience | When is it offered? |
Valid for |
How to register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EHS Biosafety | Anyone working with biohazardous materials | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | Register here |
| Biosafety Emergency Response Refresher Training |
Anyone listed on any biosafety permit | Ongoing enrollment | 1 year | |
| PHAC module: General Safety for Containment Labs | Anyone listed on any biosafety permit | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| PHAC module: Containment Level 2 Operational Practices | Anyone listed on a CL2 biosafety permit | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| PHAC module: Containment Level 3 Operational Practices | Anyone listed on a CL3 biosafety permit | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| Biosafety Training for Principal Investigators | Anyone holding a biosafety permit | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| PHAC module: Introduction to Dual-Use in Life Sciences Research | Anyone holding a biosafety permit | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| PHAC module: Biosafety in the Classroom | Anyone teaching a lab session involving biohazards | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once |
Radiation and X-ray Safety Training
| Training | Audience | When is it offered? |
Valid for |
How to register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radiation Safety Training | Anyone using radioactive sources | Sept 2025 | Complete once | Register here |
| Radiation Safety Refresher Training | Anyone who previously completed SFU Radiation Safety Training and in need of a refresher | Ongoing enrollment | 3 years | Register here |
| Radiation Safety Training for Principal Investigators | Anyone holding a radiation safety permit | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | Register here |
| Radiation Safety Training - Sealed Sources and Portable Gauges | Anyone using sealed sources of radioactivity and portable gauges | Ongoing enrollment | 3 years | Register here |
| Radiation Safety Orientation | Available between offered semesterly training under exceptional circmstances. Full training course still required at next offering | By request | N/A | Contact Radiation Safety at rad-safety@sfu.ca |
| X-Ray Safety Orientation | Anyone using X-Ray generating equipment (e.g. X-Ray diffractometers, X-Ray fluorescent guns, X-Ray imaging equipment) | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | Register here |
Laser Safety Training
| Training | Audience | When is it offered? |
Valid for |
How to register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laser Safety Orientation | Anyone working with or near lasers | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | Register here |
Transportation of Dangerous Goods
| Training | Audience | When is it offered? |
Valid for |
How to register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Awareness | Receivers of dangerous goods shipments (e.g. front desk staff) as well as personnel who work with hazardous materials and will benefit from learning the basics of TDG. | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | |
| TDG by Ground (except Classes 6.2 and 7) |
Anyone handling, offering for transport or transporting dangerous goods by ground | Fall 2025 | 3 years | Contact labsafe@sfu.ca |
| TDG by Air (except Classes 6.2 and 7) |
Anyone handling, offering for transport or transporting dangerous goods by air | TBA | 2 years | Contact labsafe@sfu.ca |
| TDG Class 6.2 – Transport of Infectious Substances by Ground or Air | Anyone handling, offering for transport or transporting Class 6.2 infectious substances | TBA | 2 years | Contact labsafe@sfu.ca |
Research & lab safety
Use SFU Training Record for Laboratory Personnel for individual training record
| Training | Audience | When is it offered? |
Valid for |
How to register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EHS Safety Essentials (includes SFU Safety Orientation) |
Everyone working in a lab | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | Register here |
| EHS Laboratory Safety (includes WHMIS 2015) |
Anyone working in a lab area that has chemicals | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | Register here |
| WHMIS 2015 | Anyone working where hazardous products are used, stored or handled | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | |
| EHS Chemical Storage Refresher Training |
Anyone that handles and stores hazardous chemicals in their laboratory space | Ongoing enrollment | N/A | |
| Laboratory Safety Inspection Training | Anyone participating in a laboratory inspection | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | |
| Laboratory Evacuation Procedures |
Everyone working in a lab |
Ongoing enrollment | 3 months | |
| EHS Biosafety | Anyone working with biohazardous materials | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | Register here |
| Biosafety Emergency Response Refresher Training |
Anyone listed on any biosafety permit | Ongoing enrollment | 1 year | |
| PHAC module: General Safety for Containment Labs | Anyone listed on any biosafety permit | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| PHAC module: Containment Level 2 Operational Practices | Anyone listed on a CL2 biosafety permit | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| PHAC module: Containment Level 3 Operational Practices | Anyone listed on a CL3 biosafety permit | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| Biosafety Training for Principal Investigators | Anyone holding a biosafety permit | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| PHAC module: Introduction to Dual-Use in Life Sciences Research | Anyone holding a biosafety permit | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| PHAC module: Biosafety in the Classroom | Anyone teaching a lab session involving biohazards | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | |
| Radiation Safety Training | Anyone using radioactive sources | Sept 2025 | Complete once | Register here |
| Radiation Safety Refresher Training | Anyone who previously completed SFU Radiation Safety Training and in need of a refresher | Ongoing enrollment | 3 years | Register here |
| Radiation Safety Training for Principal Investigators | Anyone holding a radiation safety permit | Ongoing enrollment | Complete once | Register here |
| Radiation Safety Training - Sealed Sources and Portable Gauges | Anyone using sealed sources of radioactivity and portable gauges | Ongoing enrollment | 3 years | Register here |
| Radiation Safety Orientation | Available between offered semesterly training under exceptional circmstances. Full training course still required at next offering | By request | N/A | Contact Radiation Safety at rad-safety@sfu.ca |
| X-Ray Safety Orientation | Anyone using X-Ray generating equipment (e.g. X-Ray diffractometers, X-Ray fluorescent guns, X-Ray imaging equipment) | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | Register here |
| Laser Safety Orientation | Anyone working with or near lasers | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | Register here |
| Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Awareness | Receivers of dangerous goods shipments (e.g. front desk staff) as well as personnel who work with hazardous materials and will benefit from learning the basics of TDG. | Ongoing enrollment | 5 years | |
| TDG by Ground (except Classes 6.2 and 7) |
Anyone handling, offering for transport or transporting dangerous goods by ground | Fall 2025 | 3 years | Contact labsafe@sfu.ca |
| TDG by Air (except Classes 6.2 and 7) |
Anyone handling, offering for transport or transporting dangerous goods by air | TBA | 2 years | Contact labsafe@sfu.ca |
| TDG Class 6.2 – Transport of Infectious Substances by Ground or Air | Anyone handling, offering for transport or transporting Class 6.2 infectious substances | TBA | 2 years | Contact labsafe@sfu.ca |
Campus public safety
| Training | Audience | When is it offered? |
Valid for |
How to register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal safety & security | SFU student, faculty, staff | By request | N/A | Email: safe@sfu.ca More info here |
| CPS Lab Access Safety Training | SFU Campus Public Safety Employees only | Ongoing enrollment | 3 years |
Emergency planning
| Training | Audience | When is it offered? |
Valid for |
How to register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emergency Warden & Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) Training |
SFU student, faculty, staff | By request | N/A | Register here |
| CPR, AED and Narcan Training | SFU student, faculty, staff | Biannually fall and spring | N/A | Currently Unavailable |
Travel safety
| Training | Audience | When is it offered? |
Valid for |
How to register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-departure travel briefing | Requirements vary. Visit Get started | By request | N/A | Contact the Travel Safety Program at srs_ts@sfu.ca |
Training for facilities services employees
| Training | Audience | When is it offered? |
Valid for |
How to register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFU Burnaby Contractor Safety Orientation | Contractors working at the SFU Burnaby Campus. |
Ongoing | 1 year | Orientation is now completed through the SFU Contractor Safety Management System. |
| Facilities Services WHMIS 2015 |
Facilities Services staff working with or around controlled products. | Ongoing | 3 years | |
| Facilities Services - Laboratory Access and Safety Training | Facilities Services staff who may enter a laboratory space containing hazards including, but not limted to, chemicals, biohazards, radiation sources, X-rays, lasers, super magnets, etc. | Ongoing | 3 years | |
| Safe Manual Materials Handling Training | Facilities Services staff and any other SFU employee who performs work that requires lifting, lowering, carrying, pushing, pulling, and/or gripping. | Ongoing | 3 years |
Safety committees
EHS has developed a variety of training courses to support members of the Local Joint Health and Safety Committees (LJHSCs) and the Central University Health and Safety Committee (CUHSC) in completing safety committee activities.
For information regarding available courses and registration, visit the Safety Committees training webpage.