Available: Via email with 2 weeks of employment state date
Format: Web-based link provided in email
Length: 1-1.5 hours
Frequency: When assigned & during Annual Compliance
Contact: Audit and Compliance @ 706-721-2663
Initial Chemical Safety Training
Required for anyone working with chemicals in a laboratory
Complete By: Before working in a laboratory
Available: Monthly, last Wednesday or Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. (Registration Required)
Format: Didactic
Length: 2 hours
Frequency: When assigned by supervisor and during Annual Compliance
Contact: Division of Environmental Health and Safety @ 706-721-2663
Shipping of Biological Substances and Support Materials
Required for anyone shipping dangerous good, potentially infectious substances, or
using dry ice (Clinical/diagnostic/biological samples, anything on dry ice)
Complete By: Before shipping dangerous or infectious goods
Available: As needed
Format: Online
Length: 2+ hours
Frequency: When assigned by supervisor and during Annual Compliance
Contact: Division of Environmental Health and Safety @ 706-721-2663
Initial Biosafety and Blood Borne Pathogen Training
Required for anyone working with hazardous biological materials, including human specimens
Complete By: Before working with biological specimens or before being involved in an IBC protocol
submission or amendment
Available: Assigned by Biosafety Office
Format: Online after assignment is made at
Length: 2+ hour
Frequency: When assigned by supervisor and during Annual Compliance
Contact: Division of Environmental Health and Safety @ 706-721-2663
Radiation Safety Initial Training Course
Required for anyone working with radioactive material or radiation emitting equipment
Available: Offered monthly on the 2nd Friday at 8 am (Registration Required)
Format: Classroom lecture
Length: 6 hours
Frequency: Initially and then with Annual Compliance
Contact: Environmental Health and Safety Office @ 706-721-9826
Additional Training
Other training as assigned by study sponsors, including training for Interactive Voice
Response Training (IVRS) and remote data entry (RDC), vendor-specific training, investigator
meetings, and on-site training with monitors.