UWG+Required+Training

Each year, all University of West Georgia employees must participate in certain required training programs. These programs include “Ethics,” “Right-to-Know,” “Risk Management,” and “Vehicle Risk & Safety Training.” The last two programs, “Risk Management” and “Vehicle Risk & Safety,” are new this year. An “Ethics” refresher course is under development and information concerning this course will be distributed soon. In the meantime, all employees should complete the “Risk Management” and “Vehicle Risk & Safety” training programs. Instructions for accessing these programs are listed below: ** u **** __“Risk Management” and “Vehicle Risk & Safety” Training__ ** 1. Go to [|http://westga.view.usg.edu] 2. Run the browser check to ensure that your internet browser is configured properly for optimal use. 3. Your username is the prefix on your email address (i.e. jdoe@westga.edu user name is jdoe) 4. Your password is either the default password (last two digits of your birth-year plus the last four digits of your SS#) -OR- your current myUWG password. 5. Both courses should be completed. The course names are: **__Risk Management Training__** and **__Vehicle Risk and Safety Training__** 6. Review each video and complete the assessment on both modules with a score of 80 or better. If you score below 80, you will need to review the video again and complete the assessment(s) until you obtain a score of at least 80. 7. Employees must complete this training by April 30, 2011. ** u **** __“Ethics” Training – Refresher Course__ ** Details will be distributed at a later date. ** u **** __“Right-to-Know” Training__ ** The “Right-to-Know” training requirement has already been communicated by Risk Management. The training can be accessed at [] There is no login required. You will need to complete the participant information at the end of the training to receive credit. If you cannot log into CourseDen, please contact the Distance Learning helpdesk at distance@westga.edu or call 678-839-6248. For after-hours assistance with a password reset or technical issue, call 1-866-588-5293. The next page includes some frequently-asked questions about the new training modules. If you have additional questions about the training, please contact Tricia Durrough at 678-839-6392.  ** FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION (FAQ’S) REGARDING THE NEW ** ** “VEHICLE RISK & SAFETY” AND ** ** “RISK MANAGEMENT” TRAINING ** **// • __Why do I have to take this training?__ //** It’s a compliance thing – initiated by our insurer and agreed upon by the Chancellor of the University System of Georgia on behalf of all institutions. The program is called the “Comprehensive Loss Control Program (CLCP).” The agreement is that we stay in good faith with the compliance targets, and our insurer will lower our premiums. UWG Risk Management basically took all the compliance targets and compiled them into two modules – “Vehicle Risk & Safety” and “Risk Management”. By doing this, we ensure that the information being distributed is convenient, consistent, accurate, and (relatively) painless. **// • __Do I have to take it every year?__ //** Most of the targets are annual requirements, so you do have to receive the same information every year. The “Vehicle Risk & Safety” module will be the same; but we will probably launch a Risk Management Refresher Module that won’t be so long. **// • __Who is required to take the training?__ //** Anyone who is employed by the university – faculty, staff, graduate assistants, student workers, casual labor – is required to take the “Risk Management” training. Contractors and vendors who do not serve as agents of the university are not required to complete this training unless there is some sort of contractual language or other imperative. To simplify the process with the “Vehicle Risk & Safety” module, the CourseDen training will be assigned to all employees. Those who do not take the training will not be qualified as drivers. This training module is required to be completed by anyone who may: (1) Drive a university vehicle, or; (2) Travel, or; (3) Use a personal, rented, or borrowed vehicle to conduct university business. You are also required to take additional specific training if you: (1) Drive a motorized cart, or; (2) Tow a trailer or equipment, or; (3) Transport students in a passenger van. Additionally, if you will use a university vehicle more than 50 times per year (average of once per week), you are considered a “frequent driver” and are required to complete a total of three classes per year. You’ll get credit for the specific training listed above, so there will rarely be someone who will have to take more than three training classes.