Employee Training

Essential training for your role and safety. Welcome to the training webpage The courses listed below are designed to keep our teams safe, secure, and equipped for success.

We are distributing the following training courses from the Vector LMS system. If you receive an email from the Vector system regarding training, this means your position, with corresponding responsibilities, has been identified as requiring this annual training. Please complete this training within the time frame noted in the email.

Title IX & Clery Act Training

Below are the training assignments that will be distributed to Faculty & Staff depending on their role at the College.

  • All Faculty & Staff: RespectEdu for Faculty & Staff: Title IX & Clery Act – This learning experience is designed to equip faculty and staff with the knowledge and confidence to act in accordance with Title IX and The Clery Act. It explores the legal foundations, reporting obligations, and practical approaches to creating a safer campus environment. Through immersive scenarios, practical examples, and a serialized case study, you’ll explore how to navigate your reporting responsibilities with clarity, respond to disclosures with empathy and professionalism, help prevent retaliation, and reinforce a culture of respect.
  • Supervisors: Preventing Harassment and Discrimination: Supervisors & Clery Act & Title IX
  • Athletic Staff: RespectEdu for Athletic Staff
Hazard Communication

The Hazard Communication training is required for employees (faculty, staff & student employees) in the following departments:

  • Chemical Hygiene Officer
  • Faculty, Staff & Students who work in the following areas:
    • Environmental Science Semester
    • Fine Arts
    • Nursing & Nursing Lab
    • Science Labs
    • Sports & Exercise Science
  • ATHLETICS (including but not limited to):
    • Athletic Field Maintenance
    • Athletic Sports Medicine & Training Staff
    • Sports Team Coaches, Club Coaches & Student Assistants
    • Intramurals Staff & Student Employees
    • Athletics Events
    • Strength & Conditioning
    • Laundry Room Assistants
    • Aquatics
    • Alfond Center
    • Camp Staff
  • Campus Safety
  • Campus Services
  • Facilities Management
  • Health and Wellness Center
  • Pearson’s Café & Events Staff

Other positions/departments may be required to complete this training if indicated duties include exposure to hazardous materials.

This course explains the essentials of federal and certain state Hazard Communication (HazCom) standards. Find out what employees need to know about container labels, safety data sheets, HazCom symbols, and what to do if they are exposed to hazardous chemicals. Using real cases and challenging interactions, this course conveys why HazCom is important and how it can protect workers. This course was most recently reviewed and updated in 2021 by legal and subject matter experts. Updates to OSHA regulations will be tracked and incorporated. The content of this course is built to help companies comply with U.S. federal and state standards, and is an important element of fulfilling hazard communication training mandates under federal laws.

Bloodborne Pathogens & Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Due to position responsibilities in certain departments and areas, employees may be exposed to bodily fluids, i.e. blood, during the course of performing position duties. Whether working with a student athlete who becomes injured, or a colleague who sustains an injury using an item in the workplace, i.e. a knife, it is important to understand and know the potential risk of exposure.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is provided for all employees in these departments. Training for proper use and disposal is also required annually.

Viewing of these training videos and completion of the corresponding quiz are required annually for employees in the following positions/departments:

  • Faculty, Staff & Students who work in the following areas:
    • Sports & Exercise Science
    • Nursing & Nursing Lab
  • Chemical Hygiene Officer
  • ATHLETICS (including but not limited to):
    • Athletic Field Maintenance
    • Athletic Sports Medicine & Training Staff
    • Sports Team Coaches, Club Coaches & Student Assistants
    • Intramurals Staff & Student Employees
    • Athletics Events
    • Strength & Conditioning
    • Laundry Room Assistants
    • Aquatics
    • Alfond Center
    • Camp Staff
  • Residential Living
  • Campus Safety
  • Health and Wellness Center
  • Housekeeping
  • Pearson’s Café & Events Staff

Other positions/departments may be required to complete this training if indicated duties include exposure to bloodborne pathogens.

This course describes bloodborne pathogens, how they are transmitted, practices that minimize the risk of exposure, what to do if there is an exposure incident, and how to handle and dispose of contaminated items for employees who might have occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious material. When combined with interactive instruction, this course will allow organizations to comply with the bloodborne pathogens training requirement in the US.

Heat Illness Prevention

Saint Joseph’s College is committed to the health and safety of our employees and providing a working environment that is free from recognized hazards, including heat illness, which can cause serious physical harm, including death. Departments noted below must complete the annual training. Other positions/departments may be required to complete this training if indicated duties include exposure to hot environments.

This course is designed for any employee that may be exposed to conditions of excessive heat. The course reviews the causes of heat illness, the symptoms and effects of heat illness, how to minimize and treat heat illness on the job, and how to recognize and treat the more dangerous outcome of heat overexposure (heat stroke).

  • Admissions
  • ATHLETICS (including but not limited to):
    • Athletic Field Maintenance
    • Athletic Sports Medicine & Training Staff
    • Sports Team Coaches, Club Coaches & Student Assistants
    • Intramurals Staff & Student Employees
    • Athletics Events
    • Strength & Conditioning
    • Aquatics
    • Alfond Center
    • Camp Staff
  • Campus Safety
  • Facilities Management
    • Maintenance
    • Housekeeping
    • Grounds
  • Events
  • Campus Services/Mail Room

Video Display Terminals (VDT)

As part of our ongoing commitment to employee well-being and workplace safety, Human Resources is required to provide annual Video Display Terminal (VDT) training. Certain positions have been identified for this education program. Please complete this training within 30 days of your date of hire or annually as requested.

DIRECTIONS:

Both the Federal Government and the State of Maine have enacted laws requiring Safety Standards for Operators of Video Display Terminals (VDT).
The law requires training of all VDT operators, defined as employees whose primary job, for at least half of their typical workday (i.e. four consecutive hours, exclusive of breaks), involves work at a video display terminal. MRSA Title 26, Chapter 5, Section 252 (Video Display Operator) requires that our education and training program be provided both orally and in writing

Additional resources can be found here: https://www.safetyworksmaine.gov/training/online_classes/vdt/VDT-Main.shtml. By understanding basic ergonomics and its interaction with your job, you can work more efficiently and comfortably, help prevent injuries, and promote your long-term health.

For questions about the training program, please reach out to: humanresources@sjcme.edu.  For ergonomic specific inquiries, please reach out to our Ergonomics Evaluator, Mary Lee Lunt: mlunt@sjcme.edu.  If you would prefer to take this training in the Human Resources office, please reach out to schedule an appointment.

Campus Security Authority (CSA) Training

Campus Security Authority training is required for certain positions at Saint Joseph’s College. This training is provided in partnership with our training provider Vector Solutions (aka Safe-Colleges). Designated CSAs will receive annually an email from Vector Solutions to complete the mandatory training assessment (15-minute video and brief quiz). This is a federal mandatory annual training.

The Clery Act requires Saint Joseph’s College to collect crime reports from a variety of individuals and organizations that the Clery Act considers to be Campus Security Authorities (CSAs). CSAs include security officers; deans; coaches; residence hall staff; overseers and advisors to student clubs and organizations; and other campus officials who have “significant responsibility for student and campus activities,” such as, but not limited to, student housing, student discipline, and campus judicial proceedings.

If you have any questions regarding CSA training and reporting, please contact Bob Chaddock, Director of Campus Safety at bchaddock@sjcme.edu.

SJC Clery Act & Reporting Form: https://www.sjcme.edu/life-at-sjc/safety-and-security/clery-act/