Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:41:20 -0600
Ref: New Employees:
Defensive Driving and Safety Training Classes - Fall 2008
For departments with
new (staff, faculty, graduates, temporary and
part-time) employees, this is a
note on the Defensive
Driving Class (DDC) offerings through December 2008 and is to
serve as
a
reminder on the requirements for safety training. Hiring departments
should provide a copy of this memo to new employees.
Defensive
Driving Class Schedule
The DDC
schedule
for 2008 is linked here and is also accessible from the
EH&S website (http://safety.nmsu.edu). This class is the National
Safety Council Driving Course which fulfills one of the NMSU
Policy requirements to drive a University vehicles. For the
convenience of faculty, students, and
staff, Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) provides this
training monthly. Currently
(8/23) the classes are full (closed) for August, however we
have two offerings in September, one during regular business hours and
the other as an evening class.
Classes typically include 35-45 persons and are open to
the public. Individuals and/or departments should register via the on-line
registration page (also on EH&S homepage). Employees will
need to provide license information as well as departmental fund and
index numbers for billing.
Additional details on license checks, driving permits, policy and maps as well as driving
directions via Google
Map to the classroom
are provided on the registration site.
Safety Training
Requirements.
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. This class is required under NMSU policy and is
slated to help NMSU comply with EPA and OSHA obligations. Department managers
and supervisors are responsible for ensuring that their employees
attend.
Please 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, lab, shop, art, or
agricultural settings. The semester schedule of safety classes and
registration is provide on the EH&S
website.
Thank you.
David
Shearer 646-3327
Environmental Health & Safety (http://safety.nmsu.edu)