Last Revised: December 18, 2025
As of March 6, 2023, Workday Learning is replacing Penn Profiler and Knowledge Link. If you have been assigned a training curriculum prior to March 3, 2023, you will not have to make new training assignments in Workday Learning.
On or after March 6, 2023, supervisors of new faculty, staff, and students will need to assign EHRS training through Workday Learning. To determine which job-related training programs you are required to assign, review the table below for your campus group and find the job activities that require EHRS training. Use Workday Learning to assign the identified courses by searching for the course code or title in Workday.
Managers should follow this Tip Sheet to enroll a team member. This link will bring you to Workday Learning.
Penn employees can also self-assign courses offered by EHRS. To self-enroll, follow this Tip Sheet.
For information on Workday Learning see this Guide.
The entire training table for NBC can be found here.
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Are you a Supervisor who oversees...
Administrative staff
| For faculty, staff or students who... | Please assign | Course Title | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enter labs as part of administrative lab duties | UP.83015.CURR.HAZCOM_LABS | Hazard Communication and Safety Awareness for Individuals Who Enter Laboratories-EHRS | Training reviews laboratory and chemical hazards, control and emergency response. |
Barn Crew/Large Animal Attendants
(Review Operations job tasks for other possible training)
| For faculty, staff or students who... | Please assign | Course Title | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| May use or work around chemicals and infectious materials | UP.83015.CURR.HCBSBIN | Hazard Communication and Biological Safety Training for Barn Crew at New Bolton Center - EHRS | Provides information on emergency procedures at New Bolton Center, reviews the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard and Provides instruction on safe work practices for the Barn Crew. This training includes chemical and biological hazards, personal protective equipment, and provides instruction on moving and packing infectious waste. Training required once. |
| Collect and ship infectious waste | UP.83015.ITEM.SIBHBPQUP | Shipping & Safety Training for Personnel Who Collect & Ship Infectious Waste - EHRS | Provides training for those who package and ship infectious waste per DOT shipping requirements. This includes signing and understanding infectious waste manifests. This training also provides an understanding of biological hazards, bloodborne pathogens and applicable personal protective equipment. |
Housekeepers
| For faculty, staff or students who... | Please assign | Course Title | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Use chemical and may respond to an incident with blood or other potentially infectious materials | UP.83015.CURR.HCBPEGHUN | Hazard Communication and Bloodborne Pathogen Training for Housekeeping at New Bolton Center - EHRS | Provides information on emergency procedures at New Bolton Center, reviews the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, provides instruction on safe work practices including chemical, biological and radiation safety, as well as personal protective equipment. This training program also reviews the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen standard as it applies in a Housekeeping setting. Training required annually.-- |
| Collect and ship infectious waste | UP.83015.ITEM.SIBHBPQUP | Shipping & Safety Training for Personnel Who Collect & Ship Infectious Waste - EHRS | Provides training for those who package and ship infectious waste per DOT shipping requirements. This includes signing and understanding infectious waste manifests. This training also provides an understanding of biological hazards, bloodborne pathogens and applicable personal protective equipment. |
Clinical and Pharmacy
| For faculty, staff or students who... | Please assign | Course Title | Course Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work with chemicals in a clinical setting (veterinarian, canine facility, farm shop, farrier, nursing, pharmacist, pathology, dairy, swine facility), not in a research laboratory | UP.83015.CURR.HCNIW | Hazard Communication Training-EHRS | OSHA-required training which reviews types of chemicals, hazards, and ways to control exposures. Training includes how to read chemical labels and understand safety data sheets. | |
| UP.83015.CURR.LSLIP | Laser Safety Training-EHRS | Reviews use of class 3B and 4 lasers under the ANSI Z136.1 standard for safe use. Describes laser registration, specific hazards, and methods of control. | |
| Work inside a biological safety cabinet | UP.83015.CURR.BCLIW | Biosafety Cabinet Operation | Provides instruction on the proper use of Biosafety Cabinets/Tissue Culture Hoods. This training is only required once. | |
| Ship hazardous or infectious materials from laboratories | UP.83015.ITEM.SILIP | Shipping of Hazardous Materials and Dangerous Goods for Laboratory Staff - EHRS | Discussion of the Dangerous Goods regulations with focus on the Division 6.2 Infectious Substances. Definitions, classifications, proper shipping name and UN numbers, marking and packing, and documentation are discussed for the correct shipping of infectious substances, biological substances, biological products, patient specimens, and genetically modified organisms. |
Clinical, Research, Dairy, Swine Unit, RDSF, Farm, Facilities,Farrier, Pathology
| For faculty, staff or students who... | Please assign | Course Title | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operate a forklift or battery operated pallet jack | UP.83015.CURR.T1FIP | Forklift Training (Powered Industrial Trucks) - EHRS | Reviews OHSA Standard 1910.178 and includes the safe use and operation of forklift/powered industrial truck. |
| Work with overhead hoists, including Pathology, Barn Crew, Pathology and Facilities) | UP.83015.CURR.HOISTSAFETY | Overhead Hoist Safety Training - EHRS | Teaches methods and procedures for the safe operation overhead hoists and cranes. |
| Work with chainsaws (including Barn Crew, Farm Shop, Herdspeople) | UP.83015.CURR.CHAINSAW | Chainsaw Safety Training-EHRS | Teaches methods and procedures for the safe operation of chainsaws. |
| Work with loud animals, such as canine, pigs, or equipment such as mowers and other outdoor power equipment, where noise exposure may exceed 85 dBA over 8 hours | UP.83015.CURR.HEARINGCON | Hearing Conservation Training-EHRS | Training describes how sound affects hearing, ways to control noise exposure, and audiometric testing. This is part of an annual in-person EHRS training. |
| Service or maintain equipment with hazardous energy sources, including electrical, pneumatic, mechanical, hydraulic, thermal, gravitational or chemical | UP.83015.CURR.L2FIP | Lockout-Tagout Training for Authorized Staff-EHRS | Provides an overview of the OSHA Lockout-Tagout Standard and ensures staff properly follow procedures for lockout-tagout of equipment/machinery during maintenance. |
| Interact with equipment that may require lockout/tagout to be serviced by others. | UP.83015.ITEM.L1FIP | Lockout-Tagout Training for Affected Staff-EHRS | Provides information on recognizing when equipment is under lockout/tagout and not to interact with this equipment. |
| Access roofs or any location that may present an unprotected fall hazard or four feet or more | UP.83015.CURR.FAFIP | Fall Protection Awareness Training - EHRS | Provides an overview of safe work practices at heights for employees who work on roofs, ladders, scaffolding or other raised surfaces. This includes hazard recognition, fall protection systems and fall arrest forces. This training will include the use of Harnesses and Lanyards, if applicable. |
| Use ladders | UP.83015.CURR.LADDER SARETY | Ladder Safety | Provides information for the inspection and safe use of ladders. |
| Use fall protection or ladder safety systems | UP.83015.CURR. AUTHORFALL | Fall Protection - Authorized Person | Provides specific information on use of fall protection systems and personal protective equipment including pre-use inspections. |
| Perform work from scaffolds but do not build or install it. | UP83015.CURR.SWFIP | Scaffold Awareness | Provides safe work practices for working from scaffold. |
| Erect and work from scaffold. Includes all scaffold types. | UP.83015.CURR.FCFIP | Scaffold Authorized Person | Third party training on scaffold erection, fall protection and inspections. |
| Work with chemicals not in a research laboratory such as cleaners, paints, degreasers | UP.83015.CURR.HCNIW | Hazard Communication Training-EHRS | OSHA-required training which reviews types of chemicals, hazards, and ways to control exposures. Training includes how to read chemical labels and understand safety data sheets. |
| Work inside a biological safety cabinet | UP.83015.CURR.BCLIW | Biosafety Cabinet Operation | Provides instruction on the proper use of Biosafety Cabinets/Tissue Culture Hoods. This training is only required once. |
| Use vehicle and trailer-mounted elevating and rotating aerial platforms and boom-supported platforms (boom lifts) | UP.83015.CURR.AWP | Aerial Work Platform Training - UNIV | Training is required for those that use vehicle and trailer-mounted elevated and rotating aerial platforms, as well as boom-supported platforms, such as bucket trucks and boom lifts. |
| Use aerial platforms that have a platform that cannot be positioned completely beyond the base and travels up and down (Scissor Lifts) | UP.83015.CURR.AWP_SCISSORS | Aerial Work Platform - Scissors Lift Training | Training is required for those that use aerial platforms such as scissor lifts and vertical mast lifts with a platform that cannot be positioned completely beyond the base, or a lift platform that only travels straight up and down. |
| Work with hand tools, saws and other power tools or shop machinery | UP.83015.CURR.SHOPSAFETY | Shop Safety | Training provides an overview of how to safety operate power tools and how to work safely in a shop setting. |
| Perform work that requires the use of a respirator | UP.83015.CURR.RESPIRATOR | Respiratory Protection Training-EHRS | EHRS will evaluate the need for respiratory protection. After faculty and staff receive medical clearance at Occupational Medicine, fit testing will be scheduled at EHRS and employee will receive training on the use and maintenance of chosen respirators. Fit-testing and training are required annually. Students are cleared, fit-tested and trained at Student Wellness. |
| Have the need to identify confined spaces in order to prevent placing oneself at risk. Not expected to enter or work within the confined space. | UP83015.CORR.CONFINEDSPACE_AQ | Confined space awareness training-EHRS | Provides information about definition and information about confined spaces in order to identify them and avoid entering or working within them. |
| A need to work in a confined space which is large enough and configured so that an employee can enter and perform assigned work, but is not designed for continuous occupancy and has limited means of entry or exit. | UP.83015.CURR.CONFINEDSPACE_NB | Confined Space Training at New Bolton Center-EHRS | Provides an overview of the OSHA Permit-Required Confined Space Entry Standard and ensures staff know how to properly identify, enter-exit, maneuver and work inside and around confined spaces. Also addresses emergency procedures and documentation. |
| Operate farm machinery including skid steers, and other machinery with Power Take Offs, etc. | UP.83015. CURR.AGRISAFETY | Agricultural Safety | Provides information on inspections and safe use of farm and agricultural machines and equipment. |
| Complete renovation activities or disturb thermal system insulation. | UP.83015.CURR.ASBESTOSFRES | Asbestos Awareness | Provides information about asbestos and procedures to avoid exposure. |
| Lift or move materials weighing more than 25 lbs | UP.83015.CURR.MATERIALHANDLING | Materials Handling-EHRS | Reviews hazards of lifting, pushing and pulling and ways to reduce risk. |
| Interact with live electricity greater than 50 volts. | UP.83015.CURR.E2FIP | NFPA 70E Arc Flash Training | Electrical safety training provided by third party. |
| Interact with live electricity greater than 50 volts. | UP.83015.CURR.CPR/AED | Electrical Qualified Person Training. | Electrical safety training provided by third party. |
| Interact with live electricity greater than 50 volts. | UP.83015.CURR.E1FIP | CPR/AED | Provides cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillation training. |
| Use extension cords, power strips. | UP.83015.CURR.E1FIP | Electrical Safety Awareness | Provides information on safe use of extension cords, power strips and GFCIs. |
| Hot work including welding or torch cutting | UP.83015.CURR.WSFIP | Welding Safety | Provides hazard communication, hot work, hazard recognition and mitigation and personal protective equipment information. |
| Hot work including welding or torch cutting | UP.83015.CURR.HWFIP | Hot Work | Provides information on Penn's hot work program including permits and fire watch. |
| Ship hazardous or infectious materials from laboratories | UP.83015.ITEM.SILIP | Shipping of Hazardous Materials and Dangerous Goods for Laboratory Staff - EHRS | Discussion of the Dangerous Goods regulations with focus on the Division 6.2 Infectious Substances. Definitions, classifications, proper shipping name and UN numbers, marking and packing, and documentation are discussed for the correct shipping of infectious substances, biological substances, biological products, patient specimens, and genetically modified organisms. |
Research and diagnostic laboratories
| For faculty, staff or students who... | Please assign | Course Title | Course Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use chemicals, biological materials or lasers in research laboratory | UP.83015.CURR.LBLIN | Introduction to Laboratory and Biological Safety at New Bolton Center | Overview of the Chemical Hygiene Plan, Biological Safety Manual, Bloodborne Pathogens and Exposure Control Plan. Reviews laboratory hazards, methods of control and emergency response. | |
| Handle chemical and infectious waste in research laboratories | UP.83015.ITEM.WMLUW | Management of Laboratory Waste -UNIV | Online training course reviews chemical and infectious waste generation and proper procedures for collecting and disposing of waste in Penn laboratories. Training required every 2 years. | |
| Work inside a biological safety cabinet | UP.83015.CURR.BCLIW | Biosafety Cabinet Operation | Provides instruction on the proper use of Biosafety Cabinets/Tissue Culture Hoods. This training is only required once. | |
| UP.83015.CURR.BCLIW | Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Guidelines-EHRS | To comply with the NIH Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Research this University of Pennsylvania training program was designed to familiarize researchers with the NIH Guidelines. This training program is meant to enhance awareness about the Guidelines and provide information regarding the roles, responsibilities, safeguards and procedures for various personnel involved with rDNA research at the University of Pennsylvania. | |
| Ship hazardous or infectious materials from laboratories | UP.83015.ITEM.SILIP | Shipping of Hazardous Materials and Dangerous Goods for Laboratory Staff - EHRS | Discussion of the Dangerous Goods regulations with focus on the Division 6.2 Infectious Substances. Definitions, classifications, proper shipping name and UN numbers, marking and packing, and documentation are discussed for the correct shipping of infectious substances, biological substances, biological products, patient specimens, and genetically modified organisms. |