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I plan to update Health and Safety training for our staff and would welcome your input.  The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts is a large, regional non-profit laboratory, with 35-40 staff members at any one time. Currently, our training is provided in-house with occasional consultations with H+S experts.

     -- How do you accomplish H+S training in your institution or business?  

     -- Do you utilize online training modules, free and paid, that you could recommend? 

     -- Do you have a budget and, if so, could you share the number?

Thank you for your assistance, 
Barbara Lemmen
Chair, Health and Safety Committee
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Philadelphia, PA

              PS:  A shout out to the AIC Health and Safety Committee – Their resources and one-on-one advice both support and encourage a
                     professional approach to this topic within the conservation community, and have been invaluable to my work.
                    Check out the Wiki   https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Category:Health_%26_Safety

I plan to update Health and Safety training for our staff and would welcome your input.  The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts is a large, regional non-profit laboratory, with 35-40 staff members at any one time. Currently, our training is provided in-house with occasional consultations with H+S experts.

     -- How do you accomplish H+S training in your institution or business?  

     -- Do you utilize online training modules, free and paid, that you could recommend? 

     -- Do you have a budget and, if so, could you share the number?

Thank you for your assistance, 
Barbara Lemmen
Chair, Health and Safety Committee
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Philadelphia, PA

              PS:  A shout out to the AIC Health and Safety Committee – Their resources and one-on-one advice both support and encourage a
                     professional approach to this topic within the conservation community, and have been invaluable to my work.
                    Check out the Wiki   https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Category:Health_%26_Safety

Hello Barb! I am the monitor this month but unfortunately I don't have much to add. As part of a larger institution, our lab can request trainings from the university's Environment, Health and Safety department. Some of these are available as self-study units and seem to be accessible without university affiliation; similar resources are likely available from other places as well though they seem to be more university-specific and less conservation-specific than might be ideal.

I think that posting this question in the AIC Member Community or Global Conservation Forum as well as C2CC might generate more conversation too.

Thank you for starting the discussion!
Rebecca

I plan to update Health and Safety training for our staff and would welcome your input.  The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts is a large, regional non-profit laboratory, with 35-40 staff members at any one time. Currently, our training is provided in-house with occasional consultations with H+S experts.

     -- How do you accomplish H+S training in your institution or business?  

     -- Do you utilize online training modules, free and paid, that you could recommend? 

     -- Do you have a budget and, if so, could you share the number?

Thank you for your assistance, 
Barbara Lemmen
Chair, Health and Safety Committee
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Philadelphia, PA

              PS:  A shout out to the AIC Health and Safety Committee – Their resources and one-on-one advice both support and encourage a
                     professional approach to this topic within the conservation community, and have been invaluable to my work.
                    Check out the Wiki   https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Category:Health_%26_Safety

I plan to update Health and Safety training for our staff and would welcome your input.  The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts is a large, regional non-profit laboratory, with 35-40 staff members at any one time. Currently, our training is provided in-house with occasional consultations with H+S experts.

     -- How do you accomplish H+S training in your institution or business?  

     -- Do you utilize online training modules, free and paid, that you could recommend? 

     -- Do you have a budget and, if so, could you share the number?

Thank you for your assistance, 
Barbara Lemmen
Chair, Health and Safety Committee
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Philadelphia, PA

              PS:  A shout out to the AIC Health and Safety Committee – Their resources and one-on-one advice both support and encourage a
                     professional approach to this topic within the conservation community, and have been invaluable to my work.
                    Check out the Wiki   https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Category:Health_%26_Safety

Hi Barbara and All,

As part of the AIC Health and Safety (H&S) Network leadership, thank you for the shout out! I wanted to let everyone know that we have been trying to create a H&S course tailored to museum professionals for a long time. The Network, along with the American Institute for Hygiene Association's Museum Working Group, has been in talks with a lab safety company about the possibility of a collaboration to create such a course, and we have applied to FAIC for funding. This won't help your immediate need, but could be a possibility in the future.   

I plan to update Health and Safety training for our staff and would welcome your input.  The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts is a large, regional non-profit laboratory, with 35-40 staff members at any one time. Currently, our training is provided in-house with occasional consultations with H+S experts.

     -- How do you accomplish H+S training in your institution or business?  

     -- Do you utilize online training modules, free and paid, that you could recommend? 

     -- Do you have a budget and, if so, could you share the number?

Thank you for your assistance, 
Barbara Lemmen
Chair, Health and Safety Committee
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Philadelphia, PA

              PS:  A shout out to the AIC Health and Safety Committee – Their resources and one-on-one advice both support and encourage a
                     professional approach to this topic within the conservation community, and have been invaluable to my work.
                    Check out the Wiki   https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Category:Health_%26_Safety

I plan to update Health and Safety training for our staff and would welcome your input.  The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts is a large, regional non-profit laboratory, with 35-40 staff members at any one time. Currently, our training is provided in-house with occasional consultations with H+S experts.

     -- How do you accomplish H+S training in your institution or business?  

     -- Do you utilize online training modules, free and paid, that you could recommend? 

     -- Do you have a budget and, if so, could you share the number?

Thank you for your assistance, 
Barbara Lemmen
Chair, Health and Safety Committee
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Philadelphia, PA

              PS:  A shout out to the AIC Health and Safety Committee – Their resources and one-on-one advice both support and encourage a
                     professional approach to this topic within the conservation community, and have been invaluable to my work.
                    Check out the Wiki   https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Category:Health_%26_Safety

Hi all-

Forgot to add earlier that C2C Care did a course (that is now FREE!) that might answer some questions as well all about Health and Safety in Collections Care a few years ago. See link below to access: 

https://connectingtocollections.org/health-and-safety-course/

I plan to update Health and Safety training for our staff and would welcome your input.  The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts is a large, regional non-profit laboratory, with 35-40 staff members at any one time. Currently, our training is provided in-house with occasional consultations with H+S experts.

     -- How do you accomplish H+S training in your institution or business?  

     -- Do you utilize online training modules, free and paid, that you could recommend? 

     -- Do you have a budget and, if so, could you share the number?

Thank you for your assistance, 
Barbara Lemmen
Chair, Health and Safety Committee
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Philadelphia, PA

              PS:  A shout out to the AIC Health and Safety Committee – Their resources and one-on-one advice both support and encourage a
                     professional approach to this topic within the conservation community, and have been invaluable to my work.
                    Check out the Wiki   https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Category:Health_%26_Safety