Lab Safety Management

Relations and the Environment

Course overview
Lab safety goes beyond equipment and protocols—it’s about people, relationships, and how your lab connects with the broader world. This course empowers you to build positive relationships within your lab, with neighboring labs, your organization, the community, the media, and regulatory bodies. You’ll also explore how to meet environmental obligations and build trust through effective stewardship and proactive communication.
  • Area of Study

    Lab Safety Management

  • Course Duration

    1 hour

  • CEUs

    0.1

    This course is part of the Lab Safety Management Certificate. Looking to enroll in the full certificate?
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    What is this course about?

    This course examines the human and environmental dimensions of lab safety. You’ll learn how interpersonal dynamics, risk perception, and communication strategies shape safety within the lab and beyond. Topics include working across lab groups, coordinating with neighbors, developing media relationships, understanding environmental laws, and collaborating with regulatory agencies and EHS professionals to build trust and ensure compliance.

    What are the benefits of this course?

    • Strengthening internal collaboration: Learn to build stronger, more inclusive relationships within your lab, improving communication and accountability around safety practices
    • Building community trust: Gain the skills to engage proactively with neighbors, the community, and the media to maintain public trust and prevent misunderstandings about your work
    • Supporting regulatory compliance: Understand your lab’s obligations under environmental and safety laws, and build positive partnerships with EHS teams and regulators to stay ahead of audits and reviews
    • Promoting environmental stewardship: Learn practical ways to protect the environment, manage waste, and demonstrate your lab’s commitment to sustainability and community well-being

    What are the learning outcomes of this course?

    By the end of this course, engaged learners should be able to:

    • Describe how relationships within the lab influence safety and risk
    • List key safety factors that affect groups of labs sharing spaces
    • Explain how other organizational functions can align with lab safety goals
    • Recognize how community and site relations impact risk perceptions
    • Defend the importance of proactive relationships with the media
    • Identify at least three Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations or programs relevant to labs

    Become the safety leader who builds trust, strengthens relationships, and protects your community and the environment.

    Enroll in the Lab Safety Management Certificate today and take the first step toward a lab culture that is resilient, transparent, and environmentally responsible.

    Meet The Instructor

    Jonathan Klane

    M.S.Ed, CIH, CSP, CHMM, CIT

    Years of Experience
    Jonathan Klane is the instructor of the Lab Safety Management Certificate. Jon possesses 35 years of professional experience in environmental, health, safety, and risk (EHSR). Jon was safety director for two colleges of engineering with hundreds of labs doing a wide variety of research. He consulted for many years to private industry, government, non-profits, and higher ed. He also taught EHSR at two colleges and was a management faculty member in an MBA and HR master's program. Jon's master's is in adult education and learning and he is a PhD candidate in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology at Arizona State University.

    Course Content

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    What are the unique features of this course?

    Our Lab Safety Management courses are designed to provide the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to make it easier to manage the safety of your lab(s).

    Self-paced Courses

    Each lecture video features supporting slides, skill-testing activities, interactive elements, and a short quiz.

    IACET Accreditation

    Each Lab Safety Management course is accredited by IACET and is worth 0.1 CEUs.

    Comprehensive Content

    We offer a variety of Lab Safety Management courses designed to equip learners with the tools and knowledge needed to prioritize safety, mitigate risks, and drive excellence in lab safety management.
    Lab Manager Academy is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality of continuing education and training.