Training is an important component of being Mean Green! See below for training topics offered by our areas in Risk Management Services or click the links below to go directly to a specific section:

Environmental Health & Safety training     Emergency Management & Safety Services training

Can't find a training you need? Email us at AskRMS@unt.edu or call us at 940-565-2109.

Environmental Health and Safety

All faculty, staff, employees, and students paid by the University should enroll in the Bridge trainings. All students who are not also paid employees of the University should enroll in the Canvas trainings. (How to know which training to take)

Animal Biosafety, General Biosafety BSL-1 and BSL-2, Bloodborne Pathogens, NIH Recombinant DNA Guidelines, and other Biology related trainings

Biosafety trainings are conducted through the Research Integrity and Compliance Department. Find more information at this link.
 
Engineering Lab Safety Training

Welcome to the UNT Risk Management Services Engineering Lab Safety Training. This is a comprehensive safety training for engineers at Discovery Park covering hazard communication, gas cylinder, electrical, chemical, and general lab safety training. This is a self-paced, online training. Read and comprehend the information contained in each module as fully as possible before proceeding to the next module.

General Lab Safety Training

Welcome to the UNT Risk Management Services General Lab Safety Training. This is a comprehensive safety training for everyone working with hazardous chemicals in a lab on Main Campus covering hazard communication, gas cylinder, chemical, and general lab safety training. This is a self-paced, online training. Read and comprehend the information contained in each module as fully as possible before proceeding to the next module.
Compressed Gas Cylinder Training

Welcome to the UNT Risk Management Services Compressed Gas Cylinder Training. The online learning modules provide greater awareness concerning compressed gas cylinder equipment and safety processes. If you have taken the Engineering Lab Safety Training or the General Lab Safety Training, you have completed trainings on compressed gas cylinders and do not need to enroll in this training. This is a self-paced, online training.

Electrical Safety Training

Welcome to the UNT Risk Management Services Electrical Safety Training. The course provides basic understanding of what electricity is, how to prevent injury to yourself and others, and the types of injuries that can occur from electrical incidents. If you have taken the Engineering Lab Safety Training, you have completed trainings on electrical safety and do not need to enroll in this training. This is a self-paced, online training. Read and comprehend the information contained in each module as fully as possible before proceeding to the next module.
Hazard Communication Standard (HSC) Training

Welcome to the UNT Risk Management Services Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) Training. The information contained in these learning modules provides greater awareness concerning chemical safety and hazards in the workplace. The training illustrates how various existing systems provide information regarding the identities and hazards of chemicals in a form that must be available and understandable to workers. If you have taken the Engineering Lab Safety Training or the General Lab Safety Training, you have completed trainings on hazard communication and do not need to enroll in this training. This is a self-paced, online training. Read and comprehend the information contained in each module as fully as possible before moving to the next module.
Hazardous Waste Training

Welcome to the UNT Risk Management Services Hazardous Waste Training. This program provides information for everyone who deals with chemical waste in labs and hazardous waste elsewhere on campus. It's essential to understand the chemicals used in labs, classrooms, research, and workspaces, as well as the rules and regulations that apply. Course is designed for all personnel who generate, handle, manage, or require disposal of chemical waste on campus. This is a self-paced, online training. Read and comprehend the information contained in each module as fully as possible before moving to the next module.

Bridge  Canvas

Laser Safety Training

Welcome to the UNT Risk Management Services Laser Safety Training. The training is designed to ensure the safe use of lasers and laser systems and applies to personnel working with or around laser systems. The training program helps prevent and minimize injuries to faculty, staff, students, and visitors and promotes awareness of the safety requirements when using lasers and laser systems. This is a self-paced, online training. Read and comprehend the information contained in each module as fully as possible before moving to the next module.

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Radiation Safety Training

Welcome to the UNT Risk Management Services Radiation Safety Training. The information contained in these online learning modules provides greater awareness concerning materials usage, safety processes, and waste disposal and cleanup. This is self-paced, online training. Read and comprehend the information contained in each module as fully as possible before proceeding to the next module. 

Emergency Management and Safety Services

Emergency Management & Safety Services offers several FREE training opportunities to the UNT campus community. Keep reading to learn more about our current training opportunities.  Email our Training & Exercise Coordinator, Hannah Taylor, with your request for training at Hannah.Taylor@unt.edu.

Emergency Readiness Training

Emergency Readiness Training (a collaborative effort between the UNT Police and Emergency Management & Safety Services) is our signature preparedness training for the UNT campus community. The training covers basic response actions for emergencies of all kinds. The information contained in this training is applicable no matter where an emergency takes place.

Emergency Preparedness Excellence Series

Emergency Management & Safety Services has created the Emergency Preparedness Excellence Series that allows learners the ability to earn an Emergency Preparedness Excellence certificate for successful completion of several emergency preparedness primer courses. Courses may also be taken individually. Courses available via UNT Bridge include the following:

Hands-Only CPR and AED Training

When a person experiences Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) they must be swiftly provided aid. This course will provide learners basic knowledge about how to perform hands-only CPR and utilize AEDs that are available across the UNT campus.

Safety Coordinator Orientation
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Join us for a Safety Coordinator Orientation training session. This orientation session is required for all Safety Coordinators. Please plan to attend if you have recently registered to be a Safety Coordinator, or if you simply want a training refresher.
Severe Weather Readiness

North Texas is susceptible to many kinds of severe weather. Given it is one of UNT's greatest risks, Emergency Management & Safety Services has designed this training to help you know exactly what to do when faced with severe weather, whether on or off the UNT campus. 

Stop The Bleed

STOP THE BLEED training is to prepare individuals to recognize life-threatening injuries and equip them to know how to assist injured persons. Massive bleeding from any cause can result in death. STOP THE BLEED teaches individuals proper bleeding control techniques, including how to use their hands, dressings, and tourniquets to help keep someone alive.

Custom Training

 If an individual or department has enough persons with an interest or need to learn more about a particular topic, Emergency Management & Safety Services may develop custom training to fit the needs of the office. Interested departments should contact Emergency.Management@unt.edu to learn more about customized learning opportunities.