KEAN UNIVERSITY

TRAINING MATRIX AND TRAINING TRACKING

Key:

Class 1 - Environmental Awareness/ Initial Waste Management

Class 2 - Annual Waste Management Refresher

Class 3 - Waste Management for Students

Class 4 - Emergency Spill Response

Class 5 – Department of Transportation

Course Descriptions

Class 1 - Environmental Awareness/ Initial Waste Management

This class provides basic environmental awareness training, which outlines procedures and responsibilities, and the importance of proper waste handling. This class includes labeling procedures, containment methods, hazard recognition, waste collection procedures, and emergency response. This class is mandatory for University personnel who could potentially handle laboratory chemical and/or biological waste. This course includes the training requirements specified in 40 CFR 262.34(d)(5)(iii) and 29 CFR 1910.1450(f).

This course must be completed within 30 days of working in a laboratory where chemical or biological waste could be generated. This course will be offered regularly by Kean or subcontracted to a local training provider.

Class 2 - Annual Waste Management Refresher

All University personnel who potentially handle laboratory chemical or biological waste must attend annual training to refresh the material learned in the initial waste management class. This course is the same as Class 1 and is offered monthly.

Class 3 - Waste Management for Students

This class provides basic environmental awareness training, which outlines academic laboratory procedures and responsibilities, and the importance of proper waste handling. Training for graduate and undergraduate students in academic laboratories is the responsibility of the Scientist-in-Charge of the laboratory. If appropriate, this responsibility can be delegated to teaching assistants. Student training will take place at the beginning of each laboratory course or

Class 3 - Waste Management for Studentsas new students enter a class.

Class 4 - Emergency Spill Response

All laboratory personnel have a role in emergency and spill response. Kean employees/staff responsible for coordinating response to spills will receive training on the University’s emergency plan. Those with minimal exposure to emergencies (most laboratory personnel) will receive awareness training in the waste management class. This course will be offered annually or as needed.

Class 5 – Department of Transportation

Kean personnel who prepare waste for transportation must be trained on waste hazards, proper label techniques, and waste handling. This course includes the training requirements specified in 49 CFR 172.700-704. This course will be offered annually or as needed.

Program Roll-Out

• Department Chairpersons provide a list of existing Scientists-in-Charge and Facility Personnel to F&CP.
• Members of the Laboratory Waste Management Committee are identified.
• Kean Laboratory Safety Officers are identified.
• Kean assembles a list of the existing paid laboratory personnel.
• All existing paid laboratory personnel receive Class 1 training within 30 days of program initiation.

On-Going Activities

• Any changes to the Laboratory Waste Management Committee and the Kean Laboratory Safety Officers are transmitted to Kean F&CP on an on-going basis, along with the date of their first day in the laboratory.
• Department Chairpersons provide F&CP with names of new Scientists-in-Charge and Facility Personnel, along with the date of their first day in the laboratory.
• The Scientists-in-Charge provide F&CP with names of new Laboratory Workers, along with the date of their first day in the laboratory.
• All new paid laboratory personnel receive Class 1 training within 30 days of their first day in the laboratory.
• After their first year in the laboratory, all paid laboratory personnel receive Class 2 training annually.
• All responsible Kean personnel receive Class 4 training annually.
• All Laboratory Safety Officers receive Class 5 training annually.
• Members of the Laboratory Waste Management Committee, Department Chairpersons, Facility Personnel provide Chemical Hygiene Officer with the training information for themselves and the personnel for whom they are responsible.

Each Semester

• At the beginning of each semester, the Scientists-in-Charge provide the Chemical Hygiene Officer with lists of their laboratory students.
• Within 30 days of the beginning of the semester, all laboratory students receive Class 3 training.
• Scientists-in-Charge provide F&CP with their Class 3 attendance lists and the number of students trained.