Training

Lab Safety Training Requirements:

• All faculty, students and staff who are conducting research in NJIT facilities (or who will be entering/working within labs) must complete the appropriate training (and periodic re-training)
• This includes anyone who will work with chemicals, biological or radioactive materials, lasers, shop machines or other hazardous materials or equipment
• The training platform that NJIT utilizes is called CITI (Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) 
• The Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) department in collaboration with the Office of Research is committed to fostering and upholding the highest standards for training
• University members must comply with all federal, state, and university training requirements
• Details on accessing and using CITI are noted below:

Accessing CITI:

• The NJIT community will log into CITI using the NJIT Single Sign On (SSO) page which requires your NJIT UCID and password. Below is a snip of the screen for reference

  

If you are using CITI for the first time 

• Click CITI to get started
• Watch the quick guide video, or go straight into the registration steps below:
  • Select:  Registering.
  • Select:  Single Sign On (SSO) 
  • Under Institution, enter / select:  New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Select:  Continue to SSO Login / Instructions
  • You will be directed to the NJIT SSO screen.
  • Select / answer your security questions
  • Answer the CITI questions to select the courses you are required to take
  • After answering all questions, CITI will list the courses you need to take
  • Take all required courses and answer all quiz questions
  • You can log out of CITI and return to CITI at any time
  • Upon completion of each course, you will earn a certificate of completion

Below is what the CITI screen looks like and the associated links you will see upon logging in for the first time (click on links noted below/on web page to access help/answers):

• Quick Guide for New Learners

• Registering

• Logging In

• Your Institutional Affiliations

• Your Assigned Courses

• Starting and Completing Your Courses

• Sharing Your Course Completions

• Changing Your Personal Information

• Obtaining Continuing Education Credits

• Getting Help

IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A CITI ACCOUNT:

• Click CITI to get started.
• You will be directed to the NJIT SSO screen.  
• Follow the screens / prompts to complete your required training.
• If you get lost, select My Courses at the top menu, then View Courses to get back to your list of required training.
• If you want to adjust your training (or take periodic re-training), select Learner Tools then select one of the following:

  • Add a Course

  • Remove a Course

  • View Previously Completed Coursework

  • Update Institution Profile

  • Remove Affiliation
     

The screenshots below are from CITI Training to show how to add/find a course:

Below are the required NJIT EHS training courses available on the CITI platform:

UNDER CITI QUESTION 1, you may select the following as needed:

1. General Lab Safety for Non-Laboratory Personnel (ID:384881):

   • For Facilities or Office Employees who may access labs occasionally to perform work

   • Required for new-hire Employees or before accessing biological or chemical labs for the first time

2. Hazard Communication (ID:384960):

   • For Employees who will work with chemicals (Chemical/Biolabs and Facilities)

   • For Students who will work or take classes in research/teaching labs where chemicals are used/stored

   • Training required before starting work or classes in applicable labs and annually thereafter

3. Laboratory Chemical Safety (ID:384882):

   • For Employees who will work in or access chemical or wet labs

   • For Students who will work or take classes in chemical labs or teaching labs with chemicals

   • Training required before starting work or classes in labs and annually thereafter

4. Laboratory Decontamination Methods (ID:384906):

   • For Employees and Students who will work in or access chemical or bio labs

   • Training required before starting work or classes in labs and annually thereafter

5. Laser Safety (ID:384905):

   • For Employees who will work with lasers

   • For Students who will work or take classes in labs where lasers are used 

   • Training required before starting work or classes involving use of lasers 

6. Personal Protective Equipment – PPE (ID:13458):

   • For Employees who will work in, access or perform research in chemical or wet labs or biolabs

   • For Students who will work or take classes in labs with chemicals or biological materials

   • Training required before starting work or classes in all labs and annually thereafter

7. Radiation Safety (ID:384907):

   • For Employees who will work in or access areas or labs where radioactive materials are used or stored.

   • For Employees who will work with radiation generating equipment (e.g., electron microscope, neutron generator, radioisotope irradiator, x-ray, etc.)

   • For Students who will work or take classes in labs or areas with radioactive materials or radiation generating equipment

   • Training required before starting work or classes in these areas/labs and annually thereafter

UNDER CITI QUESTION 2, you may select the following as needed from this bio section:

8. Initial Biosafety Training (ID:112407):

   • For Employees/Students who will work, perform research or attend classes in biological (Bio) labs

   • Training required before starting work/research/class instruction in biological (Bio) labs

   • This Initial Biosafety Training course needs only be completed one time.  A shorter Biosafety Retraining course (listed below) must be completed annually thereafter

9. Biosafety Retraining (ID:112408):

   • For Employees/Students who will work, perform research or attend classes in biological (Bio) labs 

   • This Biosafety Retraining course is required annually after completing the Initial Biosafety Training course listed above

10. OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens (ID:112411):

    • For Employees/Students who will work or perform research in labs containing or handling human blood, body fluids, unfixed human tissues, or animal tissues infected with bloodborne pathogens.

    • This includes those who may sign for or receive biological materials (or have other potential exposures)

    • Training required before starting work or research in these areas/labs and annually thereafter

11. Shipping & Transport of Regulated Biological Materials (ID:112410):

    • For Employees/Students who will be required to ship or transport regulated biological materials (including anything with dry ice)

    • Training required before shipping or transporting such materials and annually thereafter

Other EHS Training Courses are Available by Contacting EHS (EHS@njit.edu) as follows:

12. Introduction to Hazardous Materials Shipping & Receiving

    • For Employees/Students who will be required or want to ship or transport hazardous materials

    • Training required before shipping or transporting such materials and annually thereafter

13. Respirator Training

    • For Employees/Students who will be required to wear a respirator at any time for any reason

    • This in-person training includes required proper fit testing

    • Training required before using a respirator and annually thereafter

14. Chemical Right to Know Training 

    • For Employees/Students who work in areas where chemicals are stored/maintained

    • This training may be performed for departments or larger groups as requested

NOTE:  Research Compliance requires other training and is also taken via CITI Training. Go to the Research Compliance Training web page for more details (a hyperlink is provided below). 

Questions/Issues:

• If you have any questions, please contact NJIT Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) via email at: EHS@njit.edu or call us at 973.596.3059.
• If you have questions specific to NJIT Research / Research Compliance required training, click here for more information. 

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