1. Safety Related Training
2. RiskWare - Online Hazard and Incident Reporting - Training
3. UWA COVID-19 Induction Training
4. Events at UWA
5. Chemical Corner - Let's Play
6. University Safety Committee
7. Previous Safety and Health Newsletters

Safety Related Training

• Unsealed Radioisotope Handling Course (3 days) from 20th July 2021 in Room G25 Physics
  This is designed to provide participants with sufficient theoretical and practical knowledge to enable them to safely handle radioisotopes in a research environment.All new unsealed radioisotope users at UWA are required to have attended and passed this course within the first year of using radioisotopes, preferably before they start such work.The course satisfies the training requirements for a licence for unsealed radioactive substances (research) under the Radiation Safety Act 1975. https://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/induction-and-training/courses/unsealed-radioisotope


• Online Safety Induction now in LMS
  It is required for all staff to complete the Online Safety Induction every 3 years so if you are getting close, see instructions at: https://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/induction-and-training/induction-and-training/online  

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RiskWare - Online Hazard and Incident Reporting - Training

Training at your location is available by request - contact David Thatcher

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UWA COVID-19 Awareness Induction Training

Before returning to campus, staff and HDR Students must complete the UWA COVID-19 Awareness and Induction. If you have already resumed working on campus/site, you should complete the induction (a short video which will help you stay safe). Managers will ensure completion and clarify any queries.
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Useful posters and template below:

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Events at UWA

With activities on Campus returning to near normal there are requests for how to run events in the current climate.

The latest version of the UWA Covid-19 Events Checklist:

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Chemical Corner - Let's Play - Dr Laurton McGurk

Chocolate wheel; so much fun! Spin the wheel…. Where will it stop?
A leak? Little spill? Fire! Animal loose? Alarms? Needlestick? Blood spray? Smoke or fumes?? Tap bursts? Work mate collapses….just one?......or three!! Glass smashes? Big spill? Freezer down? Stench? Crash? Hacked? In your eye? Slip?
When the wheel stops will you be ready?

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University Safety Committee

The University Safety Committee last met on Tuesday 6th April 2021. The next meeting is to be held on Thursday 8th July 2021.
Approved minutes from previous meetings are available from the Safety, Health and Wellbeing website. https://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/management/committees/usc/usc  

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Previous Safety, Health and Wellbeing Newsletters

For those who have missed out on our earlier editions, copies of previous newsletters can be obtained from the following web site: https://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/news/newsletters . All are encouraged to distribute relevant safety information in your workplaces.

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