Lab Technician (2-3 yrs)
Responsibilities :
- Liaise with academic staff to discuss timetables, equipment requirements and work plans
- Run trials of experiments prior to classes and then demonstrate techniques for experiments
- Prepare equipment and chemicals before lessons - from test tubes to state-of-the-art microscopes
- Maintain and repair equipment and laboratory apparatus
- Keep records, e.g. for students' practical sessions, tracking methods and results
- Ensure that equipment is properly cleaned and that chemicals, drugs and other materials are appropriately stored
- Catalogue recordings and make them available when requested (if the department houses audiovisual resources)
- Support the work of teachers in classes and laboratory sessions and give technical advice to staff and students
- Work with individual students and support them on research projects
- Manage the stock control of chemicals and equipment
- Ensure that all health and safety procedures are understood and followed correctly
- Coordinate work in the laboratory to ensure efficient use is made of expensive pieces of equipment.
