Standard Guide for Workforce Education in Nanotechnology Health and Safety

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 The purpose of this guide is to provide a basic educational structure in the health and safety aspects of nanotechnology to organizations developing or carrying out education programs for the nanotechnology workforce. This guide helps to describe the minimum knowledge base for anyone involved in nanomanfacturing or nanomaterials research.  
4.2 The basic education should prepare an individual for varied roles in the nanotechnology workplace. The material in this guide may require a post-secondary two-year science or technology background to be understood sufficiently. Depth on the topics should be sufficient to transfer between various applications of nanotechnology such as nanomaterial fabrication, nanomaterial characterization, nanolithography and patterning.  
4.3 Nanoscale materials might present unique health and environmental hazards due to their unique properties. The hazards, if any, presented by nanomaterials can be very different from those presented by bulk/macroscopic materials.  
4.4 Because nanotechnology is a rapidly developing field, the individual educated in nanotechnology needs to be cognizant of changing and evolving safety procedures and practices. Individuals should be aware of how to keep current on the technology, and have a base education that enables synthesis of emerging safety procedures and practices.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide provides guidelines for basic workforce education in health and safety topics related to nanotechnology, to be taught at an undergraduate college level. This education should be broad to prepare an individual to work safely within one of the many areas in nanotechnology research, development, or manufacturing. The individual so educated may be involved in material handling, manufacture, distribution, storage, use, or disposal of nanoscale materials.  
1.2 This guide may be used to develop or evaluate an education program for health and safety issues in the nanotechnology field. This guide provides listings of key topics that should be covered in a nanotechnology education program on this subject, but it does not provide specific course material to be used in such a program. This approach is taken in order to allow workforce education entities to ensure their programs cover the required material while also enabling these institutions to tailor their programs to meet the needs of their local employers.  
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.  
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. The immediate and long term hazards, if any, of many nanomaterials are unknown. This guide does not address concerns with consumer usage and eventual disposal of products that contain nanomaterials.  
1.5 This guide may not cover knowledge and skill objectives applicable to local conditions or required by local regulations.

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Designation: E2996 − 15
Standard Guide for
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Workforce Education in Nanotechnology Health and Safety
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2996; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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1.1 This guide provides guidelines for basic workforce 2.1 ASTM Standards:
educationinhealthandsafetytopicsrelatedtonanotechnology, E2456 Terminology Relating to Nanotechnology
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to be taught at an undergraduate college level. This education 2.2 ISO Standards:
should be broad to prepare an individual to work safely within ISO/TS 27687 Nanotechnologies—Terminology and Defini-
one of the many areas in nanotechnology research, tions for Nano-Objects—Nanoparticle, Nanofibre, and
development, or manufacturing. The individual so educated Nanoplate
may be involved in material handling, manufacture,
3. Terminology
distribution, storage, use, or disposal of nanoscale materials.
3.1 Definitions:
1.2 This guide may be used to develop or evaluate an
3.1.1 For definitions of terms related to nanotechnology in
education program for health and safety issues in the nano-
general, refer to Terminology E2456 and ISO/TS 27687.
technology field.This guide provides listings of key topics that
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
should be covered in a nanotechnology education program on
3.2.1 nanomaterial, n—material with any external dimen-
this subject, but it does not provide specific course material to
sion in the nanoscale or having internal structure or surface
be used in such a program. This approach is taken in order to
structure in the nanoscale.
allow workforce education entities to ensure their programs
3.2.2 nanoscale, adj—having one or more dimensions from
cover the required material while also enabling these institu-
approximately 1 to 100 nanometres (nm).
tions to tailor their programs to meet the needs of their local
employers.
3.2.3 nanomanufacturing, n—fabrication of nanomaterial or
the incorporation of nanomaterials into other products.
1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
4. Significance and Use
standard.
4.1 The purpose of this guide is to provide a basic educa-
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
tional structure in the health and safety aspects of nanotech-
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
nology to organizations developing or carrying out education
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
programs for the nanotechnology workforce. This guide helps
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
to describe the minimum knowledge base for anyone involved
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. The immediate and
in nanomanfacturing or nanomaterials research.
long term hazards, if any, of many nanomaterials are unknown.
4.2 The basic education should prepare an individual for
This guide does not address concerns with consumer usage and
varied roles in the nanotechnology workplace. The material in
eventual disposal of products that contain nanomaterials.
this guide may require a post-secondary two-year science or
1.5 This guide may not cover knowledge and skill objec-
technology background to be understood sufficiently. Depth on
tives applicable to local conditions or required by local
the topics should be sufficient to transfer between various
regulations.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E56 on Nanotech- contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
nology and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E56.07 on Education and Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Workforce Development. the ASTM website.
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Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2015. Published March 2015. DOI: 10.1520/ Available from International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 1, ch. de
E2996-15. la Voie-Creuse, CP 56, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland, http://www.iso.org.
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applications of nanotechnology such as nanomaterial 5.5 Identify exposure paths for nanoparticle interaction:
fabrication, nanomaterial characterization, nanolithography 5.5.1 Inhalation.
and patterning.
5.5.2 Ingestion.
5.5.3 Dermal.
4.3 Nanoscale materials might present unique health and
environmen
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