Environment, Health and Safety Management

EHS Education
It is TEL’s duty to work for the protection of the environment, health and safety.
We implement a variety of educational and awareness-raising programs on the principle ofproviding the necessary education to the people who need it.

Stance on EHS Education and AwarenessImplementing Safety Education

At TEL, we have a principle regarding the environment, healthIn order to promote Safety First at TEL, we are conducting safety

and safety—to provide the necessary education to the people who

education specific to the nature of the job, for personnel who work inneed it. We conduct the necessary education and training at different

the office, in the cleanrooms, and at customer sites. The validity ofpersonnel levels—for our own employees and employees from part-

this training is given an expiration date, so personnel are required toner companies who work in-house at TEL companies. When they en-

take a refresher within a certain time period.

ter the company, the environment, health and safety are among therequired topics of their training.

In addition, we hold emergency lifesaving lessons (CPR,
first aid) so that they can acquire

EHS Education

the skills they would need in theevent of a disaster.

Expert training(Special training for internal environmental auditing, and for important environmental aspects)

Equipment-specific training

Environmental training basedon ISO14001 (for manufacturing plants)

Safety training for employees
going overseas

Environmental education for TEL
Eco-Activity (office facilities)

Environment

Training for employees who go
to customers’ plants

Advanced safety training(see Topics)
Basic safety training

Health and Safety

Other education and training: emergency lifesaving classes (CPR, first aid skills),legal education (supervisor training, special operations, etc.).

Implementing Environmental Education
At office facilities of TEL, we provide standard environmental
education for all employees, including sales and administrative staff,
field engineers, and part-time and temporary employees.
At manufacturing plants, as a part of an education based on
ISO14001 we provide all employees with education about the environmental objectives and targets of the office. And in TEL, by providing examples and education outside the company, we contribute toenvironmental activities in the local community. The Tohoku plant offered case examples of its efforts (through waste management andenergy conservation) to reduce environmental impact to the Iwate

Emergency lifesaving class

Advanced Safety Training
The safety training at TEL is divided into two types: basic
safety training for employees, and advanced safety training for
those employees who will work at factories (TEL’s or customers’). This advanced safety training is for new employees andmid-career hires, and includes group training with actual practice in putting on safety wear and using safety equipment. Theyare also required to take a refresher class before the one-year
validity of the course expires. The refresher course consists ofWeb-based training on the company intranet, so even field engineers who work at customer sites and others who would havedifficulty taking the time to attend classes can easily fit the refresher into their own personalized schedule. With the Webbased training, they learn about working in high and enclosed
spaces, the handling of chemical substances, and preventing
electrical risks, as well as actual accidents that have occurred.
This safety education is supplemented based on considerations
made concerning the unique features of each country, including
each country’s laws, for field engineers of companies overseas.
We are further using our experience creating the teaching materials to help develop a unified safety curriculum for equipment
manufacturers, now under review by the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ).

Prefecture Environmental Protection Association, which ismade up of local corporations.

Web-based advanced safety training
Explaining the Tohoku plant’s
environmental efforts to local businesses

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TOKYO ELECTRON Environmental Sustainability Report 2003