Dear colleagues,
Lasers of class 3B and 4 belong to particular hazards according to CFST directive 6508. OHS has responsability to make sure that personnel working with particular hazards are sufficiently instructed. In practice, the personnel has to complete Laser training. Laser training consists of 2 parts:
- Online (or classroom) training on laser safety provided by Occupational Health and Safety service (OHS) and
- Practical training that must be organized on the group level.
Detailed information is provided via web page on laser safety (User training tab) as well as web page on mandatory safety trainings (FOBS3).
Until now, access to Laser rooms was granted automatically by group affiliation for each new member. As from October 1st 2025, only personnel that has requested the access to a laser room via corresponding web page will obtain it.
Access rights that were given ‘manually’ or by affiliation will be erased on the October 1st 2025.
We therefore encourage personnel concerned to start process of access request as soon as possible. We hope time granted for completing this process is sufficient as to not disturbe you in your daily work.
Once the person initiates the request for access, the system will check that:
- Online or classroom laser safety training is completed/ test successfully passed (the data base exists since 2012).
- Cosec will need to confirm (automated work flow email, one click) that person indeed needs to access that particular room.
- Lab head will need to confirm (automated work flow email, one click) that practical training is organized.
When these 3 criteria are satisfied, Camipro access to a laser room is granted. The person needs to validate the Camipro card via a Camipro hotspot before access right to a particular room is operational.
If you have a problem with the work flow or access request, please send an email to: 1234@epfl.ch
If you have questions on laser safety or online laser safety training, please open a request for support using the link provided on the OHS main page.
Please transmit this information to your group head and members if concerned. Thank you very much for your collaboration!
Your OHS team