FROM:             William F. Broglie
                  NOAA Chief Administrative Officer

SUBJECT:          2009 NOAA Employee Safety and Environmental Awareness Course

As part of our on-going commitment to maintaining a safe working environment, and to promote improved safety awareness by all NOAA employees and partners, we are announcing the annual web-based NOAA Employee Safety and Environmental Awareness Course for 2009.  All NOAA employees are required to complete the course by June 30, 2009.  Contractor employees are encouraged to take the course, unless otherwise directed by their NOAA Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR).

The course is designed to provide a basic overview of safety and environmental compliance requirements, while helping NOAA employees and contractors use safe working practices and ensure environmental compliance.  The course should take between 30-45 minutes to complete.

The test questions are designed to reinforce the knowledge of individual chapters, and once the course is successfully completed, a training certificate is available.  A copy of the certificate should be provided to your supervisor.  An automated tracking system will monitor successful completion of the course.  NOAA personnel who have already taken the class since December 1, 2008, need NOT take this class again during 2009.

If you have any questions about the 2009 NOAA Employee Safety and Environmental Awareness Course, please contact Thomas Altvater, Chief, Safety and Occupational Health Division, at (301) 713-2870, Extension 132.

Accessing the Course:

You may access this course by going to the Commerce Learning Center at NOAA web site:

https://doc.learn.com/noaa.  On the right side, you will see Popular Training.  Click on 2009 NOAA Safety Awareness to launch the course.  If you are a member of the National Weather Service, please access the course at the NWS web site: https://doc.learn.com/noaa/nws.

Technical Issues:

If you experience any problems with your account, such as an expired password, please use the Live Support link available, without the need to log in, on the appropriate CLC Welcome Page.  When you use Live Support, you will see a “chat” box.  Please enter your e-mail address, and you should receive your password within 24 hours.  Please DO NOT send repeat requests to Live Support.  This will create duplicate requests which will be handled on a first come, first served basis.  For other support issues, please send your inquiries to CLC.NOAAHelp@noaa.gov.  Also, the practice of responding to end user requests in Administrators’ personal email boxes has been discontinued.   All requests for end user support should now use one of these two methods for enhanced tracking and reporting.  Remember, multiple requests for support will only create more tickets.  It will not get you support faster.  We thank you for your patience.