Training

The Biosafety Unit provides basic training on biological safety to all University staff.

Introduction to Biological Safety

The Introduction to Biological Safety online course covers the basic principles of biological safety including an introduction to risk assessment, containment and control for work involving biological agents and genetically modified organisms.

Biological and Genetic Modification Safety

The Biological and Genetic Modification Safety training course is available both as an e-learning and face to face course. Both courses cover the general principles of biological safety including risk assessment, containment and control for work involving biological agents and genetically modified organisms.

Transport of Biological Materials

Transport of Biological Materials training is available both as an online and face to face course. Both courses cover how biological materials must be classified, packaged and labelled for transport.

Transport of biological materials and infectious substances

This is an online, IATA-certified training course on the safe transport of Division 6.2 Infectious Substances and Biological material.

Timetable

Timetable and registration.

Access to online learning

STAFF All staff are required to access the health and safety training via the Learning app on People and Money (P&M). The Health and Safety Department are currently working on transferring all of the training from Learn (previously used by all staff and students) onto People and Money. Courses are being added periodically so please check back regularly for availability.

Staff may be assigned training, and this can be accessed by logging into P&M, and selecting the "Learning" option (contained in "Me") and selecting Current Learning. All courses which have been assigned to you will be available in this area.

If a member of staff wishes to search for health and safety training courses, they can do so by using the "browse catalog" option and selecting Health and Safety. Users may also use the "Search" function to search for a course using the title or keywords.

STUDENTS All students are required to access the health and safety training via Learn Ultra. The Health and Safety Department are working on transferring all of the training from Learn (previously used by all staff and students) onto People and Money. Courses are being added periodically so please check back regularly for availability.

Course attendees data

If you require information on how to download course attendees, please email safetyelearning@ed.ac.uk for guidance.