Required Training and Tasks

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Required Training

Employee Category	Autoclave Safety	Cybersecurity Training	Conflict of Interest Training	Lab Safety Training	Purchasing Card Training for Site Managers	Responsible Employee Training	Sexual Harrassment Prevention
Classifed Staff		Annually					Every 4 Years
Faculty		Annually					Every 4 Years
Academic Staff - Non-Lab & Research Staff		Annually					Every 4 Years
Lab & Research Staff	When You Start Employment See Note 1	Annually		Every 5 Years			Every 4 Years
PI’s		Annually	Every 4 Years				Every 4 Years
Procard Holders		Annually			Annually		Every 4 Years
Title IX Responsible Employees		Annually				Every 4 Years See Note 2	Every 4 Years
$0 Honorary Appointment/ Emeritus		See Note 3					See Note 4

Autoclave training is required. You can take it online or in-person from an experienced member of your lab. See the Autoclaves KB doc for more information.
See UW Policy 146 for a list of who is considered a responsible employee.
If you access UW–‍Madison information technology resources using your NetID, you are required to take this training.
At this time, only employees who receive a paycheck from the university are required to complete the training. However, if you have regular contact with our students and employees within your role (e.g., externship supervisor, mentor, etc.) you should take the training.

Employee Category	Employee Midpoint Conversation - Initiate	Employee Summary Review - Initiate	Home Address - Review (for W-2)	Home Address - Update	Outside Activities Report - Complete	Project-Based Payroll - Certify	Remote Work Agreement - Update
Academic Staff			Annually Dec.	As Needed	Annually Mar. See Note 1
Classified Staff			Annually Dec.	As Needed
Employees Who Work Remotely			Annually Dec.	As Needed			Annually Early Jun.
Faculty			Annually Dec.	As Needed	Annually Mar.
Managers	Annually For Dates, See Below	Annually For Dates, See Below	Annually Dec.	As Needed
PI's			Annually Dec.	As Needed		Biannually Due Date Varies

Type	Covers	Completion Time	Example
Midpoint	1st half of year January 1 – June 30	3rd quarter of year July 1 – September 30	2024 midpoint conversations must be completed 7/1/24 – 9/30/24.
Summary	Entire year January 1 – December 31	1st quarter of year January 1 – March 31	2023 annual summary is completed 1/1/24 – 3/31/24.