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Mandatory Training for all UAF Employees:

Required training for all UAF employees must be completed within 30 days of hire or before undertaking specific activities identified as safety concerns by the supervisor or employee (UAF Required Training Policy 04.07.010)

1. Please login to MyUA (), learning library to access the following trainings:
   • Hazard Communication
   • Back Safety and Injury Prevention
   • Behavior Based Safety (BBS) - use Google Chrome
   • Workplace Harassment Prevention
   • Title IX/ Sexual Misconduct - Employees are required to complete Title IX Annual Training each fiscal year (July 1-June 30).
   • Protection of Minors Training
     1. Protection of Minors "Shine a Light" through Edu Risk. The training can be found here: Protection of Minors: Shine a Light
     2. Protection of Minors - Duty to Report: Mandated Reporter Training in MyUA
2. You can access the following trainings via /safety/training/:
   • Employee Safety Orientation (PowerPoint and Quiz)
   • Hazard Communications Training - Choose the most appropriate description of how you work with chemical products and click on the corresponding link to complete your required training: Hazard Communication for Office Workers OR Hazard Communications GHS
   • Office Safety (General) (PowerPoint and Quiz)
   • Slips, Trips and Falls (PowerPoint and Quiz)
   • Department Emergency Action Plan (DEAP) - talk to your supervisor as this is department specific training

All persons working in a laboratory are also required to complete (at a minimum) the Laboratory Safety Training, Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management, and the Chemical Hygiene Plan training. Specific job duties may require further training.

Please contact the IAB Safety Officer for more information at UAF-IAB-Safety@alaska.edu.

Hire and Recruitment of Benefited Positions

Need information about recruiting candidates for open positions? Looking for Salary Schedules, Job Families, or other position classification and compensation process information? Visit the UA HR Talent Acquisition website at

Information on hiring for Benefited Positions:

*Minimum Funding Requirement – 9 months of funding at least ½ time FTE

• Step One: Position Description Creation and Approval
• Step Two: Job Requisition and Recruitment
• Step Three: Offer to desired candidate and remaining Hire Steps (background check, new hire document, etc.)

Please work with your designated IAB Post Award Grant Coordinator to determine your budget and available funding to support a benefited position. Please contact IAB HR at uaf-iab-hr@alaska.edu for more information on UA HR policy and procedures.

After the recruitment steps are complete, please fill out the form.

Staff recruitments each have their own individual job posting, but new hires and rehired Post Doctoral Fellows can be hired using the Post Doctoral Fellow Pool (Coming Soon!).

A Note About Direct Hires:

If you want to direct hire a post doctoral fellow or staff member then please complete and forward it to IAB HR for review and DocuSign routing. 

Hire of Temporary Employees

• - Effective 7/3/2022
• Explanation of the Temporary Employee Rolling 12-month Calendar

Hire of Undergraduate Student Employees

Student Eligibility Requirements: Students must be enrolled at UA with a minimum of 6 credits and be maintaining a 2.0 GPA. They are restricted to 20 hours/week during the academic year; and can work full time during the summer.

• - Effective 7/3/2022

To initiate the hire of a Temporary or Undergraduate Student Employee please use the .

• Name of applicant
• ID# (if applicable)
• Desired Start Date for position
• End Date of job assignment
• Number of hours the employee will work per week
• Fund/Org the employee will charge to
• Description of Job Duties (2-3 sentences of duties)
• At least 1 reference check

Note: Student Assistants can be paid up to $18 per hour without additional approvals from UA HR. If you wish to pay your student assistant employees a higher rate than those listed in the salary schedules linked above, then please use the Google Form linked above to request a higher rate of pay.

For any employees who are new hires or rehires, an application must be submitted through the respective hiring pool:

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Hire of Graduate Research Assistant Student Employees

Student Eligibility Requirements: Students must be enrolled at UA with a minimum of 6 credits and be maintaining a 3.0 GPA.

To initiate the hire of a Graduate Research Assistant, please submit information via our .

To pay for a graduate student's tuition, fees, and/or health insurance ONLY (not a Graduate Research Assistant), please submit information via our .

For any graduate students who are new hires or rehires, an application must be submitted through the

Please contact IAB HR at uaf-iab-hr@alaska.edu for more information.

To ensure a smooth transition and proper employment closure for team members leaving IAB at UAF, we have established an internal offboarding process. Please use the following steps when an employee under your supervision is separating from the company:

1. Submit the Offboarding Request Form
   Please complete the as soon as an employee’s separation is confirmed. This form collects the necessary details to start offboarding and notify relevant departments (e.g., IT, Payroll, Facilities).

2. Next Steps
   We will follow up with you and the employee after your separation submission. 

3. Off Boarding Reassurance
   You and the employee will receive an email letting you know that we "IAB" started the process.

4. Exit Interview Opportunity
   Encourage the employee to participate in an exit interview if applicable. This feedback is valuable in improving our work environment and processes.