About the Course

The Environmental Health & Safety Academy is a unique week-long course designed to provide you with the general skills needed to identify, evaluate and control workplace hazards, particularly those found in academic settings.

Conference Learning Objectives

At the end of EH&S Academy training course, participants will be able to:

• Outline how universities and research organizations function, including their basic characteristics.
• Summarize the basic knowledge and procedures associated with risk management and insurace, fire and life safety, radiation, chemical and biological safety and environmental protection programs.
• Develop key performance measures and metrics customized for their own safety program.
• Design and deliver the most appropriate strategies of presenting performance measures and metrics to key constituencies, including upper management and regulatory officials.
• Identify the most common safety compliance challenges encountered in practice.
• Choose the most appropriate strategies to prevent safety problems.
• Implement the following safety programs: risk management & insurance, fire & life safety, radiation, chemical and biological safety, and environmental protection programs.
• Choose the most appropriate strategies to maintain a safe work environment.

Who Should Attend  

The course is developed especially for health and safety professionals, particularly individuals charged with maintaining the health and safety of their faculty, staff, students, and visitors.  This course is helpful to anyone new to the health and safety field regardless of the industry. Experienced health and safety professionals new to the academic or government sector will find this course incredibly helpful. 

Registration

$ 1,175 Regular Registration (Ends September 8)

$ 1,375 Late Registration (Begins September 9)

UT Employees Only

UT System is sponsoring a limited number of scholarships for this program. To appy, you must complete the online form by clicking on the button below.