Equated worker safety training

Notices

All university students (students, doctoral students, postgraduate students, trainees, scholarship holders, assignees and their equivalents) when they attend teaching, research or service laboratories, due to the activity specifically carried out, and are exposed to risks identified in the assessment document are equated with workers and are therefore recipients of the prevention and protection measures put in place to protect their health and safety.

It should be noted that laboratories are considered to be places or environments in which teaching, research or service activities involving the use of machinery, apparatus and work equipment, plant, prototypes or other technical means, or chemical, physical or biological agents are carried out. Also considered laboratories are places or environments where activities take place outside the built-up area of the headquarters-such as, for example, archaeological, geological, and maritime campaigns.

Prior to the commencement of activities involving exposure to hazards, each university student (so-called equated worker) must compulsorily take the online course "Basic Training on Occupational Safety and Health," which involves in commitment of 4 hours, and pass the relevant final test. The directions to be followed for the proper use of the course are posted at the General Online Training section of this webpage.

At the conclusion of the general training course, university students are required to attend face-to-face classes, which involve a commitment of 8 or 12 hours dedicated to specific training on risk factors related to the activities to be performed, in order to complete the mandatory training course. Information regarding the conduct of specific risk factor training courses is posted under the Specific Risk Training section of this webpage

It should be noted that failure to participate in the courses in question entails, pursuant to Article 59 - c. 1 lett.a) - of Legislative Decree 81/2008, the application of sanctions for workers as well as the inability, due to the activity specifically carried out where it involves exposure to risks identified in the assessment document, to attend teaching, research, service laboratories, and to carry out internship activities.

All communications, if any, regarding occupational safety and health training courses will be sent to the institutional e-mail address of those concerned (....@......unina.it)

Online general education

Before the start of activities that involve exposure to risks, each university student (so-called equated worker) must compulsorily take the online course "Basic Training on Safety and Health in the Workplace," which provides in commitment of 4 hours, (as required by letter a) of paragraph 1 of Article 37 of Legislative Decree No. 81/08 and the State-Regions Agreement of 21/12/2011), and pass the corresponding final test.

As of February 18, 2026, the NEW Basic Occupational Safety and Health Training Course - lasting no. 4 hours - available on the Federica Web Learning platform is activated to replace the existing one.

As of the same date of Feb. 18, 2026, new enrollments in the previous training course will be inhibited, which, however, will remain available for those who have already started activities by Feb. 18, 2026 and must be completed by March 19, 2026.

The English version of the basic course entitled "Training - General Training on Health and Safety in the Workplace - ENGLISH VERSION.2026" will also be available for any university student (so-called equated worker).

The course can be found in the appropriate section: Unina in Training of the federica.eu platform, with access through the use of one's UNINA credentials (....@......unina.it [3]).

To access the courses, it is necessary to enter the access code, found in the attached guides:

At the end of the fruition of the Training Course, upon passing the final test, the system will issue the certificate of attendance. To support users, the directions to be followed for the proper fruition of the course are provided. For any problems regarding the use and availability of the technological platform, it is possible to write to support@federica.eu

Training specific risks and updating specific risks

On the instruction of their supervisor (e.g., internship contact person, LOD coordinator, RADRL etc.), university students (students, doctoral students, postgraduate students, trainees, scholarship holders, assignees and their equivalents), so-called. Equivalent workers, who have completed the online general training course entitled "General training on safety and health at work" are required to attend in presence, for a commitment of 8 or 12 hours, depending on the risk factors related to the activities the Compulsory Course of specific training on safety in the workplace for workers particularly exposed to risk, pursuant to the combined art.37 - paragraph 1 lett.b) - of Legislative Decree 81/2008 and point 4 of the State-Region Agreement of 21/12/2011.

The Training Office, upon verification of participation in at least 90% of the scheduled hours and successful completion of the final test, shall issue the appropriate certification to the trainees.

The list of those entitled to the certificate with an indication of the place where they can pick up the certificate is published in the Certificate Issue section of this webpage.

As of February 18, 2026, the "Student_Researchers_DoctoralUnina Safety Update Course" available on the Federica Web Learning platform is activated.

To access the course, it is necessary to enter the access code, found in the attached guide:

Issuing certificates

For the issuance of certificates, please contact the contact persons of the departments listed below