What Training Courses Do I Need to Take?
The table below should help you determine which training courses you need to take to work in a research
related field or in a role where you support research activities. Answer the questions below either “yes” or “no”.
For all “yes” answers the training course that you need to take is in the far right column.
Once you have determined the training that you need to take, the majority of courses will be locates in the
Faculty & Staff Learning Management System. Instructions for how to register and take the courses are
located at links below and also on the Faculty &Staff Learning Management System page.
Question
Do you work at UAB?
Do you work in a covered entity?
Are you a DEO or do you certify an
effort report?
Are you responsible for the design,
conduct or reporting of research?
Do you work in a laboratory?
Are you a Principle Investigator, Lab
Manager, Supervisor or Science
Educator?
Do you work around a laboratory but not
in one?
No
Yes
Training Course to Take
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Diversity Training I & II
Code of Conduct
Patent Agreement
Security Awareness
Alabama Ethics Video
Research Code of Conduct
HIPAA Training
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Effort Report Training
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Conflict of Interest Training
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CS101: Chemical Safety Training
OHS100: Personal Protective Equipment
HS200: Hazard Communication
OH&S Health Enrollment Questionnaire
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LSW2001: Laboratory Safety Workshop
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HS200: Hazard Communication
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IRB Investigator 101 – Initial or any other UAB
accepted training and the current IRB training
course (IRB Training expires and must be kept
up to date)
Using Animals for Teaching, Testing and
Research at UAB
OH&S Health Enrollment Questionnaire
Species Training for Teaching, Testing and
Research at UAB (take appropriate training for
all species you work with)
IACUC Rodent Surgery
RS1001: Radiation Safety
RSR2001: Radiation Safety Refresher (Every
5 years)
Do you work with Human Subjects?
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Do you work with Animals?
Do you perform surgery on animals?
Do you work with Radioactive Materials?
Do you need to have a Radioactive
License (PI, Lab Manager, Supervisor,
etc)?
Do you work with chemicals, pack up
chemicals, or sign chemical manifests?
Do you work with nanotechnology?
Do you work with Blood Borne
Pathogens?
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Radioactive Licensee Training
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Hazardous Waste Handling and Packing
(every year)
HS200: Hazard Communication
HS239: Nanotechnology Awareness
BIO300 Blood borne Pathogens
BIO3XX (XX being the last 2 digits of the year)
Blood borne Pathogens update – required
yearly
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Do you work with Controlled
Substances?
Do you generate or handle medical
waste in a research lab?
Do you work in a lab that uses BSL1 or
BSL2 containment, practices or
procedures?
Do you work in a lab that uses a
biosafety cabinet and/or fume hood?
Do you ship Category B infectious
substances?
Do you ship Category A infectious
substances?
Do you ship dry ice?
Are you a building administrator,
department head or their designee?
Do you drive a UAB vehicle?
Do you drive a passenger van?
Do you operate a golf cart?
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CS245: Using Controlled Substances in
Research, Teaching, and Veterinary Care
BIO301L: Medical Waste Management for
Labs
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BIO303: Basic Biosafety Training
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BIO304: Biosafety Cabinets and Fume Hoods
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BIO201: Shipping Infectious Substances
Category B
BIO202: Shipping Infectious Substances
Category A
BIO200: Shipping with Dry Ice
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GS400: Building Life Safety
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DDC4: Defensive Driving Training
NSC15: 15-passenger van safety
HS001: Golf/Utility Cart Safety Training
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