Minimum Training Requirements

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At a minimum, all new hires working in laboratories are required to take this online training:

In addition, each laboratory has its own training on equipment and processes specific to that laboratory, and other training may be required. Contact the laboratory supervisor or PI to confirm what training is required.

Registration for University of Michigan Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) courses can be done through My LINC.

Other questions in regards to required safety training can be addressed to EHS staff by email to [email protected].

A student handles water samples while wearing safetly goggles and rubber gloves — Nathaniel Sculley, CEE Graduate Student, stores testing water samples from an industrial waste site inside the Cooley Building on North Campus in Ann Arbor, MI on February 6, 2020 CEE is working with John Foster, Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, to test the efficiency of plasma radiation for the destruction of PFAS Low temperature plasma efficiently uses energetic electrons to drive a reactive mix of hydroxyl radical, ozone, UV as well as ultrasound shockwaves dosing the water in a reactive species that shatters the PFAS molecules Foster’s set up with plasma exposes the contaminated water to high temperatures upward to several thousands of degrees from repetitive bursts of plasma over a short period of time completely disassociating any trace of PFAS in the water sample Photo by Robert Coelius/University of Michigan Engineering, Communications and Marketing

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