UW employees are required to complete the following trainings as part of their onboarding process. Additional training may be required by units or departments in support of job requirements and to comply with health and safety regulations. UW Medicine medical center and clinic employees receive most onboarding training elsewhere.<\/p>\n
About:<\/strong> This training is designed to educate the UW community on a range of topics relevant to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEI&B).<\/p>\n Time: <\/strong>2.5 hours<\/p>\n Format: <\/strong>Online course<\/a><\/p>\n Training requirement<\/strong>: The training is designed for staff, faculty, and other academic personnel and is required by RCW 28B.10.145<\/a> for employees hired after June 30, 2022. UW Medicine employees are exempt from this new training but are required to complete other UW Medicine\u2013specific anti-racism and DEI&B trainings.<\/p>\n Return to top<\/a><\/p> About: <\/strong>Presented by the Civil Rights Compliance and Title IX office, this training serves as a foundational prevention and response course about sex- and gender-based violence and sexual harassment. Throughout the course, the strategies offered are meant to create and support positive UW climates and endeavor to stop sex- and gender-based violence and harassment before they happen. The course is relevant to all UW workplace and campus locations and includes tailored content based on your employee role.<\/p>\n Time<\/strong>: 90 minutes<\/p>\n Format<\/strong>: Online course<\/a><\/p>\n Training requirement<\/strong>: This training is required of all new employees by Executive Order No. 81<\/a>. New employees will be able to access the course beginning their second day of employment and must complete the course within 30 days of their hire date. For more information on the course visit the Title IX employee course webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n Return to top<\/a><\/p> About: <\/strong>The course explores civil rights at the University with a focus on protections based on race, color, or national origin (including shared ancestry and ethnicity). This course reflects the University\u2019s ongoing commitment to creating a respectful, safe, and welcoming environment for all members of our community. The content applies to all UW workplace and campus locations and includes tailored content based on your employee role.<\/p>\n Time: <\/strong>30 minutes<\/p>\n Format: <\/strong>Online course<\/a><\/p>\n Return to top<\/a><\/p> About: <\/strong>Presented by SafeCampus, this training teaches employees how to recognize concerning behaviors, respond, and prevent violence in the workplace.<\/p>\n Time: <\/strong>90 minutes<\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> Online course. To register for Violence Prevention and Response training, visit the SafeCampus website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Training requirement:<\/strong> This training is designed for staff, faculty and other academic personnel and is required by Washington Executive Order 96-05 and APS 46.8<\/a>.<\/p>\n Return to top<\/a><\/p> About: <\/strong>Presented by the Office of the Youth Protection Coordinator, this training serves to inform employees about their mandated reporting responsibilities. To successfully complete the training, employees must correctly answer a series of quiz questions.<\/p>\n Time: <\/strong>21 minutes<\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> Online course<\/a><\/p>\n Training requirement:<\/strong> This training is required for all UW employees and volunteers and is intended to comply with RCW 28B.10.846<\/a>.<\/p>\n Return to top<\/a><\/p> About:<\/strong> Presented by Environmental Health and Safety, this course provides general asbestos information, including the health effects of asbestos, building materials that may contain asbestos, how to recognize damaged asbestos, what to do if you encounter damaged building materials, and whom to contact for assistance.<\/p>\n Time:<\/strong> 15 minutes<\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> Online course<\/a><\/p>\n Training requirement:<\/strong> This initial training is required for all paid University personnel under the authority of WAC 296-62-07722<\/a>.<\/p>\n Return to top<\/a><\/p> About:<\/strong> Presented by Community Standards and Student Conduct, this training will help all employees recognize the signs and dangers of hazing and understand the UW\u2019s prohibition on hazing, reporting protocols, and supporting resources. <\/span><\/p>\n Time:<\/strong> 25 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> Online course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Training requirement:<\/strong> All employees are required by RCW 28B.10.907<\/a> to complete the University\u2019s Hazing Prevention Employee Course <\/a>annually. This includes student employees and employees of UW Medicine who have direct ongoing contact with students in a supervisory role or position of authority over students. Student employees should take the student course<\/a>, while professional employees should complete the\u00a0faculty\/staff course<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n New hires with ongoing contact with students who are in a supervisory role or position of authority over students should complete the training as part of their onboarding process (within 30 days of their hire date) and then annually based on your unit-assigned date. Please reach out to your supervisor to learn more about the date it must be completed.<\/span><\/p>\n Return to top<\/a><\/p> About:<\/strong> Organizations and individuals are becoming aware that everyone holds implicit bias, which is an outcome of us naturally creating generalizations, stereotypes, attitudes, and associations in our minds. Implicit biases negatively impact workplace practices such as hiring, recruitment, retention, and the opportunity for upward mobility. Thus, it is important we begin to understand our human complexities and create tools to help mitigate bias and its impact in our daily and professional lives. This training will heighten awareness around bias with the objectives to help us manage and disrupt our own misconceptions.<\/p>\n Time:<\/strong> Self-paced training of approximately one hour<\/p>\n Format:<\/strong> Online course<\/a><\/p>\n Training requirement:<\/strong> This training is required for all staff hiring managers with assigned roles in Workday Recruiting under HR Directive 20-02<\/a> and is encouraged for all staff.<\/p>\nHusky Prevention & Response (Title IX)<\/h4>\n
Understanding Civil Rights<\/h4>\n
Violence Prevention and Response<\/h4>\n
Reporting Suspected Child Abuse or Neglect<\/h4>\n
Asbestos Awareness<\/h4>\n
Hazing prevention<\/h4>\n
Additional Training for Hiring Managers<\/h4>\n
Implicit Bias Training<\/h5>\n