Safety Training

Asbestos Safety Training

The UW requires all staff and students to complete asbestos training. This can be done online in a few minutes.

Radiation Safety Training

Some of you will end up needing to work with radioactive materials in the course of your dissertation work. To become qualified to do so, you will have to undertake formal radiation safety training. You may wait until you know which type of training you will need (e.g. unsealed or sealed sources, etc).  Training is offered by Environmental Health; you should check their website for a schedule of courses offered.

On the other hand, if your dissertation is very unlikely to include any experimental work (such as if it is to be entirely computational), then you might not need this training and do not have to take it now.

Additional Safety Training

The University of Washington takes safety training seriously and offers a large number of safety courses via Environmental Health. Please be sure to check in immediately with your PI when you begin a new rotation regarding any required training.