Consulting and Staffing Services: Customized Training to Support Your Research
May 23, 2011 - Training is a critical component of all successful organizations. Whether your research is conducted in a commercial, academic, or government setting, Charles River Consulting and Staffing Services (CSS) can formulate a customized training program to meet your needs. We offer a wide array of training courses and services to ensure that your staff has the knowledge, skills and resources to effectively support your research goals.
Training Services
To help you develop and maintain the expertise of your staff, we offer both didactic and hands-on instruction in actual and simulated research environments. We can provide on-site training at your facility, distance learning through our online e-learning courses, as well as off-site training at our Charles River Training Center (CRTC). The CRTC is a 9,000-square-foot facility, located near Washington, D.C., dedicated to providing in-depth training experiences through tailored programs. Utilizing our model for blended learning, we conduct a comprehensive needs assessment and formulate a program to meet site-specific training needs. To learn more about the CRTC training model, click here.
Our Instructors
The CSS Training Services faculty includes a dedicated team of full-time trainers, locally based Charles River staff, external experts, trainers and lecturers sourced and funded by Charles River, as well as corporate professional and technical staffing resources for specific topic instruction.
Programs and Courses
- Training needs assessment/program overview
- New employee orientation/onboarding
- Occupational health and safety (classroom and distance learning modules to meet OSHA compliance requirements)
- Technical skills development (multi-species, tattoo, necropsy, surgery, and anesthesia biomethodology workshops; biocontainment; GLP-compliant research)
- Professional skills development (leadership development; AALAS certification exam prep; cagewash basic skills; animal care technician basic skills; animal welfare training)
- Synchronous and asynchronous e-learning course design and deployment
- Training documentation and recordkeeping (standardized forms and processes)
For a detailed list of all of our training programs and course topics, please click here.
Charles River is committed to the humane care of research animals produced and used in all of our activities, which is why our custom training programs include guidelines for ensuring animal welfare. To learn more about our commitment to animal welfare, visit the Humane Care Initiative section.
For more information on our training services or to speak with a Charles River representative about your training needs, please contact us at askcharlesriver@crl.com.
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