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 Blackboard 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.
- 12-Passenger Van
- 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 3
- Bloodborne Pathogens
- Chainsaw Safety
- Cold Stress in the Workplace
- Community Gardening Safety
- Compressed Gas Safety
- Confined Space Awareness
- Contractor Expectations
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) General Awareness
- Crowd Control
- Driver Safety
- Electrical Safety in Research and Education
- Ergonomics
- Evacuation Assistant/Fire Extinguisher
- Facilities New Employee Safety Orientation
- Fall Protection
- Fire Safety on Campus
- First Aid/CPR/AED
- 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 for Non-Laboratory Personnel
- Heat Stress in the Workplace
- Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in an Institutional Environment
- Laboratory Safety for Minors
- Laboratory Safety
- Ladder Safety
- Laser Safety
- Lift Operator (Scissor/Aerial/Boom)
- Lockout / Tagout
- Materials Handling
- Mercury Spill Response
- Mold and Mildew Awareness
- MS4 (Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System)
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Safety
- Office Ergonomics
- OSHA 10-Hour Construction
- Patient Transfer and Handling
- Personal Protective Equipment
- 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
- Scaffold Safety
- Severe Weather and Outdoor Work
- Slips/Trips/Falls
- Spill Prevention/Control/Countermeasures
- Stop-the-Bleed
- Stormwater Pollution Prevention
- 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.
Employees practice chest compressions and rescue breaths during the CPR section of the American Red Cross course.
Engaged listeners lean forward with interest as safety director, Dr. Richard Costello, delivers one of his fascinating lectures.
EHSRM Program Manager
Michelle Guglielmo
EHS Program Manager
EEHSB 1.114
Michelle.Guglielmo@utrgv.edu
(956) 665-7256