Be Safe, Be Well

LinkedIn Learning is an online educational platform that helps you discover and develop business, technology-related, and creative skills through expert-led course videos. With more than 5,000 courses and personalized recommendations, you can discover, complete, and track courses related to your field and interests.

Although LinkedIn Learning is an approved tool for UW–‍Madison faculty, staff and students, we discourage its use when applied directly to assessing student knowledge or performance.

Benefits:

Free and available 24/7, Geared towards all levels of experience from beginners to experts, Learn at your own pace: play, pause, rewind, Resources for classes that require software skills, Easily searches and quick to browse, Topics range from office productivity and graphic design tools to programming and web production codes

Recognize, Respond, Refer: Suicide Prevention Training for Faculty and Staff is a multi-part, online program that provides information and guidance for faculty and staff around supporting mental health, intervening, and preventing suicide in UW-Madison students. This training does not offer immediate support to those in distress. Instead, it prepares faculty and staff to be better able to support students in the future. Suicide prevention training is one part of a broader suicide prevention strategy on campus. This course can also be beneficial for those not directly involved with students.

A self-paced course.
There is a series of 5 videos, totaling about 4 hours. After watching the videos, there is a required 10-question Quiz. You must receive a PASSING score of 7 correct of 10 to be considered complete. Attendees may make multiple attempts at the quiz, although some quiz questions may change on repeat attempts.

Electrical workers often need to examine, operate, or work on, or near, live electrical equipment. Understanding how to identify electrical hazards and mitigate the risks associated with electrical hazards is an important component of electrical competency.

This 4-hour course will provide refresher training and updated information on the industry electrical safety consensus standard National Fire Protection Associate (NFPA) 70E-2018, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace. Course content will assume attendees have previously received general NFPA 70E training and that this proposed course will focus on updates, and implications of the updates, from the 2018 revision of the standard.

EHS provides ergonomic services free-of-charge to eligible UW–Madison employees to promote health and safety, decrease injury potential and Worker’s Compensation expenses, and increase productivity.

Resources include virtual consultations, assessment sessions, and showroom appointments. Specific resources are available on the blue light impact on workers, Divisional Disability Representatives, ergonomics training, remote workspace ergonomics, backpack ergonomics, selecting a sit to stand unit, back safety and material handling, and Campus Furniture Memo.

All employees

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This course is a general campus offering for work units without a unit- or respirator-specific training. Consult your supervisor, respiratory authority (RA), and/or exposure control plan to determine what course is required and how it is delivered for unit tracking.

Service Personnel with Limited Animal Area Access is an annual requirement for FP&M Physical Plant and UWPD only.

Employees who work with chemicals need to have the tools and knowledge to work with those chemicals safely. This short training is for supervisors, facility managers, and others who need to develop a hazard communication plan for their work site. The main components of a hazard communication plan that are discussed here include chemical/product inventories, safety data sheets, labeling products, training, and facility visits.

This short training is for facilities personnel who need to dispose common items such as batteries, light bulbs, ballasts, and various types of oil.

Content in this online course covers important safety information including what is Herpes B, routes of exposure, appropriate post-exposure procedures, and disinfecting equipment.

This in-person course teaches you how to properly prepare chemical shipments and how to load and unload chemical shipments. All employees that perform shipping must be trained on how to identify, mark/label and package hazardous chemicals, as well as security and emergency response information.

This course is a campus-wide offering required for employees with noise exposures in 8 hours exceeding 85 dBA average. Consult your supervisor to determine if the campus offering or unit-specific is required and how it is delivered for unit tracking.

This course is a campus offering for work units without a unit-specific course. Consult your supervisor and exposure control plan to determine what Bloodborne Pathogens for Operations – Awareness course is required and how it is delivered for unit tracking.

This course is a campus offering for work units without a unit-specific course. Consult your supervisor and exposure control plan to determine what Bloodborne Pathogens for Operations – Spill Response & Cleanup course is required and how it is delivered for unit tracking.

If you need assistance accessing your Vector account, please contact Nicole Frick. Custodial can contact Jacy Whitehead.

Vector is currently being used by all Physical Plant employees.

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