Liquid Nitrogen Training

Course description

** Please note this is an online Canvas course - please ignore date and time.  Course is available all the time. ***

This is an online course which is compulsory training for all users of liquid nitrogen.  Please select the Enrol button on the right menu to begin.  Once you have enrolled a link to the online Canvas course will be sent to you.

College of Medicine and Public Health  (CMPH)

For users in this college, after completing the above online course there is also face-to-face training, which is held in FMC or HMRB and will need to be arranged by contacting the College’s Controlled Environments Officer: cmph.controlledenvironments@flinders.edu.au.

Type of course

Online course

Who should attend

Researchers, higher degree students, technical staff, workers who must handle liquid nitrogen.

What you will learn

• Characteristics of liquid nitrogen
• Understanding the safety hazards
• Controls and PPE required
• Appropriate containers: the dewar
• How to fill a dewar – including a video
• Cryogenic storage dewars
• Transportation of liquid nitrogen
• Safe storage and disposal
• First Aid and spills
• Emergency response
• Examples of incidents
• Quiz

Prerequisites / assumed knowledge

Must have a university FAN to enrol.