Training Needs Assessment
Training Needs Assessment
Training Needs Assessment
LABORATORY WORKER SAFETY:
TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT and DOCUMENTATION
(completion and filing of this form for each supervisee is the responsibility of the laboratory supervisor)
Instructions: under CA law and UC policy, lab supervisors are responsible for ensuring that their workers have received
documented safety training. Particularly, for: new employees; employees given new job assignments for which documented
training has not previously been received; whenever new hazards are introduced, or recognized. Training can be formal or informal,
and individual or groupbased. This form serves two purposes relative to the above requirements:
1. A place to complete a “Training Needs Assessment” for each supervisee to first identify what training is appropriate for that
individual. A formal assessment is required per the 2013 UC policy: Laboratory Safety Training
2. A place to document the training as it is completed.
Laboratory Worker Name: _____________________ Supervisor Name: _______________________________
1. OnSite Laboratory Safety Orientation (“dayone orientation”, per UC policy)
A. Emergency Procedures
Topic Covered Training Topic
UCSB Emergency Information Flipchart: location/purpose – posted in every lab
Fire alarm pull station: Location of and how to activate
Emergency eyewash/shower: Location of and how to activate
First aid Kits: Locations of and contents
Building Emergency Assembly Point and routes of exit – see last pg. of Flipchart
UCSB Alert System (optional emergency texting system): purpose and enrollment process
B. Engineering Controls
NA: Chemical fume hoods: Demo proper use and instruct on alarms/controls
NA: Biological safety cabinets: Demo proper use and instruct on alarms/controls
NA: Chemical storage: Locations of and segregation rules
NA: Other engineering controls: glove boxes, gas cabinets, etc. – demo proper use
Describe:
C. Administrative Controls
NA: Laboratory Safety Manual and Chemical Hygiene Plan: location & contents. See also pg. 3: Chemical Hazards.
NA: (Material) Safety Data Sheets: Demo electronic or hard copy access to repository
D. Personal Protective Equipment
NA: Lab coat and Eye protection: UC provided/fitted starting 2/14. Proper PPE will be determined and authorized via
online Laboratory Hazard Assessment Tool (LHAT)
NA: Prescription safety glasses provided: Via optometrist (overtheglasses goggles are another option)
NA: Gloves: Provided by lab. Location of, knowledge to select correct type and how to properly don/doff.
NA: Other PPE: Lab provided. Describe:
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E. Waste Disposal
NA: Chemical/Biological/Radiological/Sharps Disposal: Demo labeling/storage/pickup
F. Other
NA: Describe:
Lab worker acknowledgement: I have been trained on, or provided with, all the above that are applicable to my work.
Lab worker signature: _____________________________ Date:_________________
Supervisor, or designated trainer signature: ______________________ Date:_________________
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2. Formal Training Classes Offered by EH&S
For those individuals doing the research noted below, the trainings noted are mandatory per regulation and/or campus policy. EH&S
regularly offer these baseline trainings or refreshers. Where needed they should be augmented by training at the lab level. For
example, training on the specifics of the lab’s Biological Use Authorization, or Radiation Use Authorization. A place to document
both lablevel and centralized training is provided here.
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Footnotes: 1. Enroll via UC Learning Center (learningcenter.ucsb.edu), 2. See EH&S Radiation Safety website
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3. Safety Training by/at the Laboratory for “Hazardous Operations”
There is no definition of what constitutes a “hazardous operation”, but common sense and what a reasonable person would expect
should be employed in defining a local training program. Below are suggestions for hazards that are probably in this category. This
is not a comprehensive list.
Noted below are training tools such as your OSHArequired Chemical Hygiene Plan, the Prudent Practices in the Laboratory book
and numerous online trainings. Those resources can supplement handson training/mentoring in the laboratory setting which is
necessary, both initially and as new hazards/operations are encountered. The tools noted below should be used as a reference during
this mentoring to ensure that the details of the process or procedure are communicated completely and accurately. Such ongoing
training can most easily be documented via a brief note by the mentor in the trainee’s lab notebook citing the subject, date/time and
followed by the mentor’s signature. For groupbased training, can use a simple signin sheet with the topic, date and mentor noted.
Chemical Hazards
Chemical User: Yes____ No_____
Train on location and contents of the lab’s OSHA Chemical Hygiene Plan and laboratoryspecific section of Plan. Most importantly,
the chemical Standard Operating Procedures for that lab.
Labspecific CHP/SOP Training date:__________ Trainer initials: ______ Worker initials:______
Supplemental online training* on chemical hazards are found as noted below under “Supplemental Training Resources”.
Physical Hazards – suggested training topics for inlab training, and/or training via online modules*
User: Training
Yes
No Date Trainer
Comments
High Pressure vessels* ____ _______ ________________________________
Gas Cylinder Use* ____ _______ ________________________________
High voltage/basic electrical hazards* ____ _______ ________________________________
High Temperature equipment ____ _______ ________________________________
Glassware handling* ____ _______ ________________________________
Cryogenics* ____ _______ ________________________________
Centrifuge* ____ _______ ________________________________
Vacuum equipment* ____ _______ ________________________________
Mechanical integrity* ____ _______ ________________________________
Equipment w/ hazardous moving parts ____ _______ ________________________________
Ergonomics for Labs/Pipette Users* ____ _______ ________________________________
Lasers ____ _______ ________________________________
Other____________ ____ _______ ________________________________
Other ___________ ____ _______ ________________________________
Biological Hazards – suggested training topics for inlab training, and/or training via online modules*
User: Training
Yes
No Date Trainer
Comments
Biosafety cabinet use* ____ _______ _______________________________
Biological Hazards* ____ _______ _______________________________
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Other:_______ ____ _______ _______________________________
Other________ ____ _______ _______________________________
Supplemental Training Resources
There are a number of online training modules to supplement inlab training. Topics above marked with a * have an associated
online training and are found at click here. EH&S makes no guarantees as to the accuracy, applicability and availability of these
external trainings. Most online training completion is not automatically documented and must be done manually above, or
elsewhere. Another valuable free training resource is: Prudent Practices in the Laboratory by the National Research Council.