All,
For those new to the SoA or simply as a reminder for our current students, faculty and staff, the SOA shop enacted operational changes after UT’s Environmental Health and Safety department instituted a mandatory on-line safety training program for all University shops. It is supplemental to the SOA’s current training and as a result, all students, faculty and staff who wish to use the SOA shop tools and equipment must now take and pass both EHS’s and the SoA’s training courses. If you are a faculty member whose class is a shop user, this information should be included on your syllabus, although students will be notified via email (and in person at the door of the shop, if necessary).
a) Accessing EHS’s training site is straightforward but PLEASE NOTE that you may have to manually enter “0040000” in the department unit code (see Fig. 1, below) if it is blank or has a different number. If you do not do this we will be unable to verify that you’ve completed their training.
Figure 1: Enter "004000" if the number is missing
This is the link for EHS’s Safety Training.
b) The SoA’s training differs from EHS’s in that it is hands-on, specific to our tools and equipment and, as such, incorporates lessons learned from past use. Contact John Vehko to arrange training sessions for your class or group, which will be held as needed for groups of six or larger.
As part of our efforts to comply with EHS’s mandate, the SoA installed a card reader at the entrance to the shop and the door is now locked (from the outside) at all times. Those who have successfully passed both training sessions will be able to gain access to the shop during our operating hours by simply swiping their UT ID cards at the door. No exceptions can be made.
EHS is also stepping up efforts to educate students, faculty and staff of UT’s shop safety rules. A copy of their flier is attached for your use. Some of these will be new to past users of the shop, so please take time to carefully read and heed it in the future.
Please contact Thom Wolfe or John Vehko with questions about this or any other SoA shop issue.