Training is mandatory for students who for study or research purposes work in the following areas: laboratories (including IT-only laboratories), workshops, operating rooms, experimental fields, archaeological excavations, geological sites, and all other workplaces that present specific risks.
In these cases, according to the law on occupational safety (Legislative Decree 81/08), for health and safety purposes students have worker-equivalent status and as such require training on health and safety in the workplace.
In any case, training is available to all other students, who do not have worker-equivalent status, but it is not mandatory.
General Training (Module 1)
- Method: log in to the Virtual Platform using your university credentials (@studio.unibo.it). Students enrolled in the old e-learning course must complete it by 17 July
- Duration: 4 hours
- Dates and times: always available online
- Language: English
- Final assessment test: multiple choice. You will be able to take the online test immediately after you complete the course. If you do not pass the test, you will have to wait 7 days before you can repeat the training
- Certification: after passing the test you can download the certificate – in Italian or English – by logging into Studenti Online and going to the “Certificates and Self-certifications” page.
- Validity: permanent
- Other information: the course is preparatory for Module 2 and for Modules 3 and 4, if required
Specific Training - Low risk (Module 2)
- Method: log in to the Virtual platform using your university credentials (@studio.unibo.it). Students enrolled in the old e-learning course must complete it by 17 July
- Duration: 4 hours
- Dates and times: always available online
- Language: English
- Final assessment test: multiple choice. You will be able to take the online test immediately after you complete the course. If you do not pass the test, you will have to wait 7 days before you can repeat the training
- Certification: after passing the test you can download the certificate – in Italian or English – by logging into Studenti Online and going to the “Certificates and Self-certifications” page.
- Validity: 5 years
- Other information: the course is preparatory for Modules 3 and 4, if required
Specific Training - medium risk (Module 3) and high risk (Module 4)
Module 3 is only mandatory for degree programmes involving laboratories other than computer science laboratories. Module 4 is only mandatory for degree programmes involving high-risk laboratories or hospital wards.
For students of first- or single-cycle degree programmes, the methods of this training course are detailed on the sites of the degree programmes that have areas that can be accessed only after following this course. The certificate, downloadable from Studenti Online (SOL), is valid for 5 years.
Recognition of previous training
You may request the recognition of previous training and exoneration from:
- general training (Module 1), if you have a certificate issued by the University of Bologna or other entity.
- specific training (Modules 2 and/or 3 and/or 4), only if you already had training at the University of Bologna for the same category of risk and within the 5-year validity of the certificate.
The University does not recognise specific health and safety training provided externally by other entities and organisations.
To apply for recognition of previous training or to check its conformity and any exemptions from following a module deemed to be equivalent, students of first- or single-cycle degree programmes may send their certificate to the relevant teaching branch or to the Safety Training Office (Ufficio Formazione sicurezza) in the manner indicated on the web page of their degree programme; all others should contact the Safety Training Office.