Purpose:

Prior to beginning work as an employee in a SCS Laboratory (ie; research assistant, undergraduate research assistant, teaching assistant, etc.) you are required to read the School of Chemical Sciences Chemical Hygiene Plan and pass the SCS Safety Exam. The purpose of this requirement is to provide necessary safety information and to confirm that employees understand this information.

Process:

In order to take the exam, or to gain access to the study materials, click on the login button below. You will be prompted to enter a user id and password. Use your NetID as your user name and and your bluestem password to log in to the course. New graduate students will automatically be entered into the system. Graduate students that come to the university in the middle of a semester, laboratory employees, or undergraduate students working in a research group should contact chemwebct@mail.scs.uiuc.edu to be entered into the system.

The exam consists of 70 questions. It is an open book exam based on the School of Chemical Sciences Chemical Hygiene Plan. This document will appear as a link on the opening page of this website. A score of 650 out of 700 is required to pass this exam. The exam may be taken as many times as needed to achieve this score.

After completion of the safety exam students/employees will be required to print and complete the "Laboratory Safety Training Check List". This form is also available on the opening page of this website. Once completed, the form should be returned to Elizabeth Schmidt, Box 21-1 Noyes Lab, MC-712.

Contacts:

If you need to take the safety exam but are not yet registered, send an email to chemwebct@mail.scs.uiuc.edu.

Good luck with your exam.