American Heart Association CPR/AED

Description:

Environment, Health, & Safety (EHS) is offering HeartSaver® CPR AED — a classroom, video-based, instructor-led course that teaches adult CPR and AED use, as well as how to relieve choking on an adult. Each course is roughly four hours long.
This course teaches skills with the research-proven Practice-While-Watching (PWW) technique, which allows instructors to observe the students, provide feedback, and guide the students’ learning of skills. This course is for anyone with limited or no medical training at no cost to the student.

Environment, Health, & Safety (EHS) is also offering BLS-Health Care Provider CPR training for those within the healthcare field who are required to have the BLS-Health Care Provider card. The BLS-Health Care Provider is also about a four-hour PWW class that requires passing a written and practical test. BLS-Health Care Provider Class schedule-based demand or can be performed by appointment.

Upon completion of this courses, students receive an American Heart Association course completion card.

Register:
https://hr.wisc.edu/professional-development/courses/?Format=Online%2BIn-Person&Cost=0&Topic=&q=American+Heart+Association

Radiation Safety 103: Alpha Emitter Training

Description:

Working with unsealed alpha emitting radionuclides has specific risks that you will need to be aware of.  Monitoring frequency is increased compared to beta and gamma emitters.  The in-class course is offered on an as needed basis.

Once you have completed the course, you will be given access to the quiz.  A score of 80% is required to pass the course.

Audience

Radiation Worker

Register:

Contact Elizabeth Oseid for more information at elizabeth.oseid@wisc.edu.

Preventing Heat Illness at Work

Description:

This course offers resources to reduce heat-related hazards and illness in outdoor and indoor work environments.

View the UW-Madison training video (5 min.) and register below for more resources.

Audience

Supervisors and employees at risk for heat illness

Register:
https://canvas.wisc.edu/enroll/H7DHNK

SPLAAAF

Description:

Service Personnel with Limited Animal Area Access is an annual requirement for FP&M Physical Plant and UWPD only. The SPLAAAF questionnaire is in MyUHS.

Audience

FP&M Physical Plant and UWPD employees in surveillance group

Register:

The SPLAAAF questionnaire is in MyUHS.

Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) Awareness Training

Description:

This course is a campus-wide offering required for employees with exposures over the Action Level of 25 micrograms per cubic meter calculated as an 8 hr time weighted average.

Audience

Employees with respirable crystalline silica exposures

Register:
https://canvas.wisc.edu/enroll/9HF87M

Respiratory Protection

Description:

This course is a general campus offering for work units without a unit- or respirator-specific training. Consult your supervisor, Respirator Program Administrator (RPA), and/or exposure control plan to determine what course is required and how it is delivered for unit tracking.

Audience

Voluntary & non-voluntary respirator users

Register:
https://canvas.wisc.edu/enroll/MPGN8H

General Hearing Protection

Description:

This course is a campus-wide offering required for employees with noise exposures in 8 hours exceeding 85 dBA average. Consult your supervisor to determine if the campus offering or unit-specific is required and how it is delivered for unit tracking.

Audience

Employees with noise exposures

Register:
https://canvas.wisc.edu/enroll/YXD3G8

Formaldehyde Awareness

Description:

This course is a campus-wide offering required for employees with formaldehyde exposures at or above 0.1ppm initially, annually and with work or equipment changes. Consult your supervisor and exposure control plan for unit requirements.

Audience

Employees with formaldehyde exposure

Register:
https://canvas.wisc.edu/enroll/FPH8RP

Food Safety – ServSafe

Description:

EOH coordinates ServSafe training registration, delivery and exam proctering for Manager training. Consult your supervisor about ServSafe Manager training.

Audience

Food establishment manager per establishment and shift

Register:

EOH sends email notifications to food service supervisors for upcoming ServSafe Manager courses.

Ergonomics : Snow Removal

Description:

This course is a campus offering for work units without a unit-specific course. Content includes strategies for reducing risk of illness and injury related to snow removal.

Audience

Operations staff with snow removal responsibilities

Register:
https://canvas.wisc.edu/courses/71552/modules/items/1152784