Learning Coordination
Program Mission:
To ensure that The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) employees and students receive appropriate safety training prior to the performance of their work activities. To provide easy access to online training as well as scheduling of in-person training. To develop and maintain the Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management (EHSRM) website and promotional materials for all EHSRM programs.
Records Management
There are over 8,000 employees throughout the UTRGV campus (Edinburg, Harlingen, Brownsville, Coastal Studies, and Rio Grande City) many of whom require some type of safety training as part of their assigned duties whether it is driving a university vehicle, handling food during fundraisers and promotional events, volunteering as an emergency contact in the event of a building evacuation, fire, or first aid emergency, working with chemicals, working with biological agents, or working in an environment that may present environmental, electrical or other physical hazards.
EHSRM served approximately 9,500 students in academic year 2023 that were enrolled in Chemistry (Introductory Labs), Biology (Introductory Labs and Anatomy and Physiology), Engineering (Intro to Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical, and Civil Engineering Labs), Fine Arts (Ceramics, Sculpture, Jewelry Making, Photography) and Theatre Arts (Stage Craft) which all require Laboratory Safety/Hazard Communication training. This training addresses topics such as chemical storage and handling, nanomaterial handling, personal protective equipment, safe use of power tools, hazard identification, and emergency response procedures.
There are over 375 research and teaching laboratories throughout the UTRGV campus whose personnel require basic laboratory safety training before entering the laboratory and in some cases additional training or higher levels of training depending on the type of research being performed.
List of EHSRM Trainings
There are over 70 different safety trainings offered by EHSRM personnel. Many are found in the UT System LMS: Safety Skills or online through Brightspace inside the organization Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management. To register for in-person training, log in to the UTRGV training services portal at www.utrgv.edu/training and click the green registration button. To request online training, email EHSRM@utrgv.edu and specify subjects of interest.
- Accident Prevention Signs and Tags
- Animal Care Occupational Health and Safety
- Animal Safety: Insects and Arachnids
- Arc Flash Awareness
- Asbestos Hazard Awareness
- ATV and UTV Safety
- Back Injury Prevention
- Basic First Aid
- Biological Safety Level 2
- Biological Safety Level 3
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Chainsaw Safety
- Chemistry Safety
- Cold Stress in the Workplace
- Community Gardening Safety
- Compressed Gas Safety
- Confined Space Awareness
- Contractor Expectations
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) General Awareness
- Crowd Control
- Cryogenic Safety
- Distracted Driving Prevention
- Driver Safety
- Driving at Night
- Electrical Safety in Research and Education
- Ergonomics
- Evacuation Assistant/Fire Extinguisher
- Facilities New Employee Safety Orientation
- Fall Protection
- Fatigue Management
- Fire Safety on Campus
- Fireworks Safety
- First Aid/CPR/AED
- Flammable and Combustible Liquids
- Food Handler
- Forklift Operator
- Formaldehyde Safety in Research and Education
- Glass Handling and Breakage for Laboratories
- Globally Harmonized System (GHS)
- Golf Cart Safety
- Grinder Safety
- Hand and Pinch Point Safety
- Hand and Power Tool Safety
- Hazard Communication
- Heat Stress in the Workplace
- Hearing Conservation
- Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in an Institutional Environment
- Laboratory Safety for Minors
- Laboratory Safety
- Ladder Safety
- Laser Safety
- Lithium Battery Safety
- Lockout / Tagout
- Materials Handling
- Mercury Spill Response
- Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP)
- Mold and Mildew Awareness
- MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System)
- Nail Gun Safety
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Safety
- Office Ergonomics
- OSHA 10-Hour Construction
- Pallet Jack Safety
- Patient Transfer and Handling
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Pipetting Safety
- Pressure Washer Safety
- Radiation Safety Awareness
- Radioactive Materials Safety
- Radiation Safety Training: Industrial X-Ray Devices (Non-Human Use)
- Radiation Safety Training: Medical X-Ray Devices (Human Use)
- Respiratory Protection
- Rocket Safety
- Safe Housekeeping
- Safe Pool Operations
- Scaffold Safety
- Scalpel and Needle Safety in Laboratories
- Severe Weather and Outdoor Work
- Scissor Lift Safety
- Securing Loads and Cargo
- Slips/Trips/Falls
- Spill Prevention/Control/Countermeasures
- Stop-the-Bleed
- Stormwater Pollution Prevention
- Theater Safety
- Vehicle Backing Safety
- Warehouse Safety
- Worker's Compensation Insurance
- Working with Animals in Research
- Working with Lasers in Research and Education
- (additional courses not listed)
View the latest training schedule.
EHSRM Program Manager
Michelle Guglielmo
EHS Program Manager
EEHSB 1.114
Michelle.Guglielmo@utrgv.edu
(956) 665-7256