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Training Courses on Safety for Equivalent Workers

Training Courses on Safety for Equivalent Workers
Safety Training for all students of the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Resource Sciences to undertake laboratory activities, geological field campaigns, educational exercises, research, and internships.
(Note: For the activation of internal internships, please pay attention to the additional provisions available at the following link.)

All university students (undergraduates, doctoral candidates, specialists, interns, scholarship holders, research fellows, and equivalent individuals) who attend educational, research, or service laboratories and are exposed to risks identified in the risk assessment document are considered equivalent to workers. As such, they are subject to preventive and protective measures to safeguard their health and safety.

It is clarified that laboratories are considered as locations or environments where educational, research, or service activities are carried out, involving the use of machinery, equipment, plants, prototypes, or other technical tools, as well as chemical, physical, or biological agents. Additionally, locations or environments outside the constructed areas of the premises—such as archaeological, geological, or marine field campaigns—are also regarded as laboratories.

Before commencing activities involving exposure to risks, every university student (so-called "equivalent worker") is required to:

  1. Undergo a health surveillance examination.
  2. Complete the online course "Basic Training on Workplace Health and Safety" (4 hours).
  3. Attend a specific risk training course.

The Health Surveillance Examination will be requested by the tutor/professor/supervisor overseeing the laboratory activity and at the time of assigning the experimental thesis work. Notifications regarding the health surveillance examination schedule are published on the Course of Study's dedicated webpage.

The online course "Basic Training on Workplace Health and Safety" requires a 4-hour commitment (as specified in letter a) of paragraph 1 of Article 37 of Legislative Decree No. 81/08 and the State-Regions Agreement of 21/12/2011). A participation certificate is issued upon passing the final verification test.

The course is available at the following link on the Federica.eu platform:
https://www.federica.eu/partners/formazione-unina/

Access requires the use of active UNINA credentials (name.surname@studenti.unina.it).

To access the course, it is necessary to enter the access code of your department, which can be found by clicking here: https://www.unina.it/documents/11958/21142433/FORM_elenco.codici.accesso.pdf

User support and guidelines for proper course participation can be found at the following link:
https://www.unina.it/documents/11958/21142433/FORM_indicazioni.corsi.pdf

XRD Laboratory

Responsible: Dott.ssa Concetta Rispoli
Co-Responsabile: Mr Vincenzo Monetti
Room : L2 T.LAB.05
Tel: +39 081679322 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 
DiSTAR is equipped with a pioneering XRD laboratory, in which the equipment acquired over the last 15 years and the instruments already present in the Department have been brought together. In this way, a structure can offer a very wide range of users (manufacturers, designers, users, professional geologists) has been created, with the possibility of having complete diagnostics performed for the characterization of geological materials and ornamental stone.
The DiSTAR Laboratory has also obtained the validation to carry out XRD analyses for the quantitative determination of asbestos fibres, being one of the laboratories accredited by the Ministry of Health (Disease Control Centre) for the ‘Asbestos Project’ (Ministerial Decree of 14 May 1996).
 
Equipment:
1) Panalytical X'Pert Pro; theta/theta geometry goniometer with 45-position automatic sample changer and fast RTMS X'Celerator detector
2) Bruker D2 Phaser 2nd gen; theta/theta geometry goniometer
3) Seifert (XRPD) MZVI - GE; goniometer with horizontal theta/2theta geometry and newly acquired ID3003 generator (2012)
4) Panalytical Empyrean; theta/theta geometry goniometer with automatic 15-position sample changer, fast solid-state 3D PIXcel detector and BBHD module for high-definition acquisitions (acquisition year 2024)
 
Activities:
XRPD (X-ray powder diffraction) analyses of minerals, rocks, archaeological finds and various materials, both natural and synthetic. Through these analyses, we provide both a qualitative interpretation of the phases present and a quantitative evaluation using the Rietveld method.
The investigated samples include mainly silicates and non-silicates of different geological origins, samples from metal deposits from various areas of the world, metallic and lithoid materials for archaeometric mineralogical studies.

 

xrd2

Rispettivamente: Diffrattometro Panalytical X’Pert Pro e Bruker D2 Phaser 2nd gen

 

xrd3

Rispettivamente: Diffrattometro Seifert MZVI – GE e Panalytical Empyrean

 
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