ERIC and Safety Courses

Epigeum Research Integrity Course (ERIC)

ERI701 is a research integrity course with 0 AUs applicable to new Ph.D. and M.Sc. (Research) students who join NTU from AY2018/19. Existing graduate research students will continue to complete ERIC prior to QE following current schools’ processes. 

  • A student’s training requirement is met if he/she completes at least one track. If a student is required by the School to take multiple tracks, School administrators can check on track completion status. Transcripts will not reflect individual tracks selected.
  • If a student is required to take additional tracks after achieving a Pass grade for the course at the end of their first semester, the student can still register for other tracks on NTU Learn though course grade will not be reflected on exam transcript.
  • If there are individual queries, student can raise it to RIEO, who will then consult the Schools concerned.
​To find out more about the integrity courses, please visit: https://research.ntu.edu.sg/rieo/RI/Pages/Training%20on%20Research%20Integrity.aspx

Safety courses
All new students will need to complete the (A) Safety Induction and all relevant (B) Safety Trainings applicable to them. The safety courses requirement is stated below.
  • All the online safety training courses are available on NTULearn (Hyperlink to https://ntulearn.ntu.edu.sg/ )
  • There is a quiz at the end of each course and you are deemed to have successfully completed the quiz by scoring at least 8 correct answers out of 10 questions. The quiz allows multiple attempts.
Kindly note that the safety training has to be done every 3 years on NTULearn (Refresher) as part of the university’s requirement. 

(A) Safety Induction 

  1. NTU Safety Induction for Laboratory Users (OHS2SIL01)
  2. SBS Safety Induction for Lab Users (SBS2SIL01)
 
Timeline of completion of all the courses described above: within first two weeks of commencement of candidature in SBS.
 

(B) Safety Trainings

  1. Fire Safety in NTU
  2. Electrical Safety
  3. Slip, Trip & Fall
  4. Work station/ Office Ergonomics
  5. Manual Lifting
  6. Use of Fire Extinguisher
  7. Understanding Signage from SS508
  8. SGSECURE Prepared Citizen Training
  1. Basic Biosafety Training: Module 1
  2. Basic Biosafety Training: Module 2
  3. Fume Cupboard
  4. Basic Guide for handling Chemicals
  5. Understanding GHS
  6. Understanding SDS
  7. Safe Handling of Compressed Gas Cylinders
  8. Risk Management: Introduction
  9. Risk Management: Legal Requirements
  10. Risk Management: Doing Risk Assessment
  11. Risk Management: Risk Control Measures
Timeline of completion of all the courses described above: within first month of commencement of candidature in SBS.
 

After completion, please forward a copy of your training result to your lab safety representative.

(Note: To retrieve your training results, proceed to ‘Menu’ in ServiceNow@NTU. Select ‘Campus Services’ followed by ‘Safety Training Management System’.

Under ‘My Training Records’ you can save a copy in PDF by pressing keyboard ‘ctrl’ + ‘P’)
 
In addition
 
For ultrasonic device users (such as sonicators, ultrasonic baths, etc), please take the following courses:
  • Non-ionising Radiation: Introduction to NIR and Local Regulations
  • Non-ionising Radiation: Ultrasound Safety Training
 For laser device users (such as confocal microscopes, or other equipment having laser source such as flow cytometers, etc), please take the following courses:
  • Non-ionising Radiation: Introduction to NIR and Local Regulations
  • Non-ionising Radiation: Laser Safety Training
  
For those who are handling radioactive materials (such as 3H, 14C, 32S, etc) or use radiation machine (such as X-ray, gamma ray), please take the following courses:
  • Ionising Radiation: Introduction to IR and Local Regulations
  • Ionising Radiation: Hazards and Monitoring
  • Ionising Radiation: Protection and Spill Response
For those who are handling hydrofluoric acid, please take the following course:
  • Safe Use of Hydrofluoric Acid
 
NOTE: please check with your lab safety representative with regards to the licenses required to handle the above mentioned equipment/ materials.