The complementary trainings are free and optional for the whole EPFL staff.
Objectives
- Reminder on basics in chemistry
- Recognizing and managing some specific hazards and risks
- Utility and essential points of the Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
- Preventing events/knowing how to choose safety equipment
- Storing chemicals and waste safely
Target audience
The training is intended for people using chemicals at work and at home.
Program (*)
- Static magnetic field. Units.
- Main interactions of static magnetic field with the human body
- Main dangers related to the magnetic field
- Standards and regulations related to the level of exposure
- EPFL: magnetic field measurements and safety rules
- How can I work safely?
(*) We reserve the right to slightly change the program.
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To help the EPFL community minimize risks and prevent accidents when working with compressed gas, we offer a complementary gas safety training via the Moodle learning platform:
The points covered in this safety training are:
- Safety principles
- Gas cylinders
- Gas properties
- How can we mitigate risk?
- Gas cylinder storage
- Fittings and threads
- Gas distribution system: Cylinder change
- Experimental setup safety
- Gas detection
- Take-home message
In case of questions, do not hesitate to contact us via: go.epfl.ch/support-ohs