What Training Do I Need?
Login to the EH&S Training Decision Tree to help determine the EH&S training course(s) you need to complete. Information provided is determined by your Blazer ID. Lab personnel, please see the EH&S Training Chart for help on which training to take.
See also the training matrix below.

If you need more information about your Occupational Medicine Form, please contact EH&S.
Training Matrix
If You: | You Need: | How Often? |
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If You: | You Need: | How Often? |
Are a UAB employee who chooses to ship a package using dry ice | BIO200 - Shipping with Dry Ice | Every 2 years, or if regulations change |
Are a UAB employee who handles or offers for transport a Biological Substances, Category B substance | BIO201 - Shipping Category B, Infectious Substances | Every 2 years, or if regulations change |
Are a UAB employee who handles, or offers for transport, a Biological Substances, Category A substance | BIO202 - Shipping Category A, Infectious Substances | Every 2 years, or if regulations change |
Generate, handle, pack, sign for the pickup of, or operate a transport vehicle for medical waste in research laboratories at UAB | BIO301L – Medical Waste Management for Labs | Every 3 years, or if regulations change |
Work in a laboratory that uses BSL1 or BSL2 containment, practices, or procedures | BIO303 - Basic Biosafety | Once |
Use a biosafety cabinet, fume hood, or clean air station, it is recommended | BIO304 - Biosafety Cabinets & Fume Hoods | Once |
Are involved in research involving recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules | BIO305: NIH Guidelines for Recombinant and Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules | Once |
Are a UAB employee with the potential for exposure to bloodborne pathogens in your workplace environment | BIO500 - Bloodborne Pathogens | Annually |
Generate, handle, pack or sign for the pickup of hazardous chemical waste in research laboratories at UAB | CS055 - Hazardous Waste Handling and Packing | Annually |
Handle, store, pack and/or manifest universal waste | CS056 - Handling, Storing, Packing, & Manifesting Universal Waste | Once |
Work in a lab that uses chemicals | CS101 - Chemical Safety | Once, annual refresher recommended |
Use controlled substances in research, teaching, and/or veterinary care at UAB and/or are a PI that will be applying for a Controlled Substance Use Authorization (CSUA) Number | CS245 - Using Controlled Substances in Research, Teaching, and Veterinary Care | Once, or if regulations change |
Use, store, or disposed of pyrophoric/water reactive chemicals at UAB | CS305 - Working Safely with Pyrophoric Chemicals at UAB | Every 2 years |
Operate a UAB car or van as part of your regular duties (does not apply to police) | DD101 - Defensive Driving Training | Within 30 days of hire then every 2 years |
Handle oil products | ES001 - Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) | Annually |
Are a building administrator and/or department head, or their designees | GS400 - Building Life Safety | Once |
Operate or go up in scissor lifts as part of your regular duties | GS600 - Scissor Lift Safety Policy | Once |
Operate a golf cart | HS001 - UAB Golf/Utility Cart Operation Program | Once |
Required for all lab personnel, recommended for everyone | HS200 - Hazard Communication | Once |
Work around nanomaterials | HS250 - Safe Handling of Nanomaterials at UAB | Once |
Work with or around anything considered a sharp | HS255 - Working Safely with Sharps | Once |
Would like to participate in an in-depth review of laboratory safety practices, UAB policies and procedures, regulatory compliance, as well as legal and liability issues | LSW2001 - Laboratory Safety Workshop | |
Strongly recommended for individuals working with or around hazardous materials or substances | OHS101 - Using PPE in the Laboratory | |
Strongly recommended for all UAB Faculty, Staff, and Students | OHS102 - COVID-19: Methods of Protection During a Pandemic | |
Handle, use, and/or transport compressed gas cylinders | OHS200 - Managing Compressed Gas Cylinders | |
Use or handle Radioactive Materials (RM); maintain records associated with RM use, handling, transfer, disposal, storage, etc.; or work in an area that is in very close proximity to spaces where RM are used, handled, received, transferred, disposed of, stored, etc. | RS102 - Radiation Safety Initial Training Sessions | Once, with a refresher every 5 years |
Work with radioisotopes as a part of your job, or are a Licensee or Alternate | RS103 - Radiation Safety Refresher Course | Every 5 years |
Wish to become a UAB Radioactive Materials (RM) Licensee who oversees the conduct of RM use, handling, transfer, disposal, storage, etc., under that respective license | RS104 - Radiation Safety Licensure & Management Course | Once |
If you handle, pack, or manifest radioactive waste materials. | RS105 - Radiation Safety Waste Handling & Packing | Once |
Work in a lab, maintenance, ARP, UAB Police, environmental services, or groundskeeping | UAB Employee Health | Initially AND every 2 years OR as determined by EH&S Employee Health |