Ref: New Employee: Defensive Driving and Safety
Training Classes - Fall 2005
For departments
expecting
new (regular, temporary & part-time)
employees for the fall semester, this is a note on the Defensive
Driving Classes
(DDC) for the fall semester and is to serve as a reminder on the
requirements for employee safety
training.
The Defensive
Driving Class fall schedule is
linked to EH&S
home page at
http://www.nmsu.edu/safety. The class is the National
Safety Council Driving Course which
fulfills one of the NMSU
Policy requirements to drive a University vehicles
(see policy:
vehicle
use policy).
For the convenience of faculty, students, and staff,
Environmental
Health
and Safety (EH&S) provides this training monthly during regular
work
hours
and at least one Saturday each semester.
Classes often fill
early, please register at least two weeks in advance
to ensure a reservation. Classes typically include 35-45 persons and
are open to the
public. Individuals and/or departments should register via
the on-line
registration page (on the EH&S
website).
Employees will need to provide a department account (Banner FOAPAL
index) number. Additional details on driving permits, policy
and maps to
the
classroom are provided via the above link.
Information on
Safety Training Requirements is also
provided via
a link
from the EH&S home page (noted above). All new employees should
observe
the requirement for safety
training
via the
Employee Safety & HazCom Class. This class is presented at
least every other week and is scheduled to coordinate with the New
Employee Benefit Orientations sessions. This class is required under
NMSU policy and is slated to help NMSU comply with EPA and
OSHA obligations. This requirement is noted on the employment letter to
new full time employees, but also applies to all new temporary,
part-time
and other employees e.g. post-doc, graduate, under-graduate, branch,
extension, and institute employees. Previously hired employees are
also welcome.
Department heads and
other supervisors should be aware that all NMSU
employees that work with hazardous materials or equipment may have
training requirements in addition to the
Employee & HazCom Safety class. Again this
includes regular, temporary, part-time, post-doc, graduate, student and
any
other
employees that work in these conditions in instructional, research,
shop,
or agricultural settings. The semester schedule of safety classes and
registration is provide on the EH&S web site.
Thank you.
David Shearer
Industrial Hygienist,
Environmental Health & Safety, 646-3327
NMSU Departments are
requested to print and post this notice for
employee information.