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Tue 29 Oct 2024 – Wed 8 Jan

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Tuesday 29 October 2024

09:00
Peregrine Foresight Approver Training POSTPONED 09:00 - 12:30 Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages, Room 106

Essential training for colleagues who will be acting as Approvers for pre-travel risk assessments in Peregrine Foresight. Delivered by James Lawrence from Peregrine Risk Management, this course covers the fundamentals of travel safety and security, threat and risk assessment, risk treatment and mitigation, reviewing risk assessments in the Foresight platform, and supporting travellers in-country. The session will provide Approvers with the necessary skills to assess, feedback and approve pre-travel risk assessments, and give an overview of when risk assessments need to be referred to the Study Away Risk Assessment Committee (SARAC).

13:30
Peregrine Foresight Approver Training POSTPONED 13:30 - 17:00 Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages, Room 106

Essential training for colleagues who will be acting as Approvers for pre-travel risk assessments in Peregrine Foresight. Delivered by James Lawrence from Peregrine Risk Management, this course covers the fundamentals of travel safety and security, threat and risk assessment, risk treatment and mitigation, reviewing risk assessments in the Foresight platform, and supporting travellers in-country. The session will provide Approvers with the necessary skills to assess, feedback and approve pre-travel risk assessments, and give an overview of when risk assessments need to be referred to the Study Away Risk Assessment Committee (SARAC).

Thursday 31 October 2024

09:00
Fire Safety Awareness Training Finished 09:00 - 11:00 Room to be confirmed

Fire Safety Awareness training will raise attendees' awareness of fire safety and assist fire safety managers to comply with current fire safety legislation.

University staff working in embedded accommodation at Addenbrooke's Hospital should attend the NHS' fire training for its tenants. This will cover general fire safety awareness specific to the main hospital. (See related courses below for further details.)

Venue: Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0EZ.

14:00

Anyone who is or will be a first-time user or supervisor of x-ray equipment or other equipment generating ionising radiation is expected to attend this course before they begin work. Existing users and supervisors of these items of equipment who are new to the University should also attend.

Wednesday 6 November 2024

10:00
Departmental Fire Safety Manager Refresher Training CANCELLED 10:00 - 13:00 Greenwich House, Cairo Room

This course will provide a refresher of what is expected of Departmental fire safety managers to assist responsible persons to comply with current fire safety legislation.

Thursday 7 November 2024

09:00
Legionella Awareness Training (Level 1) Finished 09:00 - 12:00 Room to be confirmed

Legionella Awareness Training.

Please contact Michelle Goldsworthy to book a place.

Monday 11 November 2024

14:00

Anyone who is a first-time user of unsealed radioactive substances is expected to attend this acquaintanceship course before they begin the work. Users of radioactive substances who are new to the University should also attend. This course also acts as a refresher for experienced users and for users from other institutions or countries. There will be time for discussion and questions at the end of the session. You will be required to complete a short quiz after the course to confirm your understanding of core aspects of radiation safety.

Please follow this link https://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/3226606 to a 20 minute video 'Working with radioactivity safely' which you will need to watch before attending the main course. You will need your Raven password to access this video. If you experience any problems, please contact safety.training@admin.cam.ac.uk.

Tuesday 12 November 2024

09:30
Departmental Safety Officer Essentials (An introduction to your role) Finished 09:30 - 12:30 Greenwich House, Heidelberg/Granada (Combined) Room

If you are a newly appointed Departmental Safety Officer (DSO), this course will give you all the essential information you need to understand your new role - what the role involves and what is doesn’t. We will introduce the key topics of Health and Safety that you will be working with and have plenty of opportunity to discuss any queries that you have. The course should be completed within 3 months of being appointed as a DSO. Space permitting, we also welcome current DSOs and others with a health and safety role.

Wednesday 13 November 2024

14:00

This course is an essential component of training for new laser users, which should be backed up by practical training in departments.

The course may be suitable for users of other classes of lasers, depending on the risk, but please discuss this with your Laser Safety Officer first.

Thursday 14 November 2024

08:00
Fire Safety Awareness Training for Embedded Departments at Addenbrooke's Hospital Finished 08:00 - 09:00 Alice Fisher Lecture Theatre

Fire Safety Awareness training provided by the NHS for all embedded tenants. It is recommended that this training be refreshed every 2-3 years.

Please note: Bookings will close one week before the event.

09:30
Fire Warden Training Finished 09:30 - 12:00 Room to be confirmed

Fire Warden training will give clear instruction of the roles of designated fire wardens and assist fire safety managers to comply with current fire safety legislation.

Venue: Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Papworth Road, Cambridge CB2 0BB

13:00
Fire Warden Training Finished 13:00 - 15:30 Greenwich House, Jaffna Room

Fire Warden training will give clear instruction of the roles of designated fire wardens and assist fire safety managers to comply with current fire safety legislation.

14:00

A microbiological safety cabinet (MSC) is a vital piece of equipment that helps to prevent exposure to biological hazards. All containment laboratory users and their supervisors should know how to use MSCs effectively, what the standards are for the different levels of containment, and how the facilities are managed. This course will help both users and managers understand their responsibilities in creating a safe working area and provide both theory and practical knowledge on the safe and effective use of tissue culture (Class II) cabinets.

Thursday 21 November 2024

09:30
Risk Assessment Finished 09:30 - 12:00 Greenwich House, Jaffna Room

The course is designed to give attendees the necessary skills to carry out risk assessments.

14:00
Virtual - Sealed Source Users Course CANCELLED 14:00 - 15:30 N/A - MS Teams

This course provides an introduction to working safely with sealed radioactive sources (a sealed source contains radioactive material and is manufactured in such a way that the material cannot be dispersed).

Tuesday 26 November 2024

09:00
Peregrine Foresight Approver Training Finished 09:00 - 12:30 Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages, Room 106

Essential training for colleagues who will be acting as Approvers for pre-travel risk assessments in Peregrine Foresight. Delivered by James Lawrence from Peregrine Risk Management, this course covers the fundamentals of travel safety and security, threat and risk assessment, risk treatment and mitigation, reviewing risk assessments in the Foresight platform, and supporting travellers in-country. The session will provide Approvers with the necessary skills to assess, feedback and approve pre-travel risk assessments, and give an overview of when risk assessments need to be referred to the Study Away Risk Assessment Committee (SARAC).

12:00
Fire Safety Awareness Training for Embedded Departments at Addenbrooke's Hospital Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Alice Fisher Lecture Theatre

Fire Safety Awareness training provided by the NHS for all embedded tenants. It is recommended that this training be refreshed every 2-3 years.

Please note: Bookings will close one week before the event.

13:00
Fire Warden Training Finished 13:00 - 15:30 Department of Physics, Maxwell Centre, JJ Thomson Seminar Room (Floor 2)

Fire Warden training will give clear instruction of the roles of designated fire wardens and assist fire safety managers to comply with current fire safety legislation.

13:30
Peregrine Foresight Approver Training Finished 13:30 - 17:00 Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages, Room 106

Essential training for colleagues who will be acting as Approvers for pre-travel risk assessments in Peregrine Foresight. Delivered by James Lawrence from Peregrine Risk Management, this course covers the fundamentals of travel safety and security, threat and risk assessment, risk treatment and mitigation, reviewing risk assessments in the Foresight platform, and supporting travellers in-country. The session will provide Approvers with the necessary skills to assess, feedback and approve pre-travel risk assessments, and give an overview of when risk assessments need to be referred to the Study Away Risk Assessment Committee (SARAC).

Monday 2 December 2024

12:00
Fire Safety Awareness Training for Embedded Departments at Addenbrooke's Hospital Finished 12:00 - 13:00 Alice Fisher Lecture Theatre

Fire Safety Awareness training provided by the NHS for all embedded tenants. It is recommended that this training be refreshed every 2-3 years.

Please note: Bookings will close one week before the event.

Wednesday 4 December 2024

10:00
Departmental Fire Safety Manager Training Finished 10:00 - 13:00 Fitzwilliam Museum

This course will provide clear instruction of what is expected of fire safety managers to assist responsible persons to comply with current fire safety legislation.

Thursday 5 December 2024

14:00

Anyone who is a first-time user of unsealed radioactive substances is expected to attend this acquaintanceship course before they begin the work. Users of radioactive substances who are new to the University should also attend. This course also acts as a refresher for experienced users and for users from other institutions or countries. There will be time for discussion and questions at the end of the session. You will be required to complete a short quiz after the course to confirm your understanding of core aspects of radiation safety.

Please follow this link https://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/3226606 to a 20 minute video 'Working with radioactivity safely' which you will need to watch before attending the main course. You will need your Raven password to access this video. If you experience any problems, please contact safety.training@admin.cam.ac.uk.

Tuesday 10 December 2024

10:00
Virtual - Transport and Movement of Radioactive Materials Finished 10:00 - 12:00 N/A - MS Teams

This short course is designed to provide basic information to consignors, stores personnel, and departmental drivers on the nature of radioactivity, its effects on people and how we protect ourselves from 'radiation'. You do not need any previous knowledge of the nature or effects of radioactivity. We also cover in detail the rules and regulations concerning transport and movement of radioactive substances.

Who should attend? Departmental drivers from departments that consign radioactive materials or waste and stores managers and radiation protection supervisors who are responsible for consigning or transporting radioactive materials between departments or on the public roads.

Wednesday 11 December 2024

08:00
Fire Safety Awareness Training for Embedded Departments at Addenbrooke's Hospital Finished 08:00 - 09:00 Alice Fisher Lecture Theatre

Fire Safety Awareness training provided by the NHS for all embedded tenants. It is recommended that this training be refreshed every 2-3 years.

Please note: Bookings will close one week before the event.

Wednesday 8 January 2025

10:00
Departmental Fire Safety Manager Refresher Training Finished 10:00 - 13:00 West Hub Rooms

This course will provide a refresher of what is expected of Departmental fire safety managers to assist responsible persons to comply with current fire safety legislation.

Venue: West Hub, Boardroom 2. No parking available.