CERN Safety Information

  1. Instructions for US Personnel at CERN from BNL (PDF)
  2. Requirements for access rights to the ATLAS cavern
  3. Sissor lift training
Requirements for access rights to the ATLAS cavern (from Manuela):

  1. You need an AIS login. If you do not have one, send an email to Claire Massip or Connie Potter at the ATLAS Secretariat
  2. You can check the status of your training courses and access  permissions from http://hrt.cern.ch. You must login with your AIS account, click on the "Persons" link on the left hand side and then click on "Access Details" in the new frame. You input your name in the search field, and you get all your personal information.
  3. Make sure you have followed the basic training (Level 1, 2, 3) from CERN safety. If not, you can attend it every day at 2pm and 3pm in building 55. It is a ~ 1 hour video. Remember to bring your CERN access card with you to validate the course.
  4. Take the ATLAS Level 4 Safety course. This is web based course, accessible from http://sir.cern.ch with your AIS login. You should choose ATLAS Safety (level 4A) and not LHC Machine safety. The course is divided in 4 parts, each followed by a test. It takes 45 to 60 minutes to do all this.
  5. Now you have to request the necessary access rights on edh; go on http://edh.cern.ch, log in with your AIS login, click on "Access request" and then select the following choices:
As justification, you should write something like "Work on ATLAS Muon 
EndCap installation"
Sissor Lift Training

  1. Go to http://sc-gs.web.cern.ch/sc-gs/gs_ms/ms/freq%20topics/te_mc_FT_users.htm  Follow the instructions. You will need a medical certificate (less than 6 months since physical.) Just call your physician. Fax her the form and have it sent back. The form must be sent the CERN Medical Office. You also need the authorization certificate which Bing or Homer or J must sign.
  2. Follow link in above page to http://humanresources.web.cern.ch/Humanresources/external/training/safe/sa_main.asp  The relevant course is: Conduite de plates-formes élévatrices Mobiles de personnel (PEMP)
  3. Follow the link in the above page in (1) (i.e. go to https://edh.cern.ch/Document/ACRQ/)  Logon to EDH (http://edh.cern.ch with your AIS login ) if necessary.  Apply for access authorization to: Use Working Platform (AC-N3)
Of course, access is only granted after passing the training course. To take a training course you must sign up and then wait for the course to be offered. It is given only in French. It has both theoretical and practical components on a multiply articulated, long-armed, mobile cherry-picker. It is quite fun -- and does require that you really be alert and attentive.




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