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COURSES

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

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  • Risk Assessment Essentials

  • OHS legislation – an overview

  • The Safety Data Sheet

  • Spill control

  • Handling Dangerous Chemicals

  • Safe Storage of Chemicals

  • Respiratory Protection

  • Chemical Handling – the CHASER approach

  • OHS for school laboratory technicians and support staff

  • The Safety Glove

  • Personal Protective Equipment – an overview

  • Risk Mitigation Strategies

  • Management of Health and Safety

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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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  • Water Managment – The Essentials

  • Principles of Water Conservation

  • Safeguarding our Marine Environment

  • Soil Management

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LABORATORY ESSENTIALS

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  • The care, use and maintenance of laboratory pipettors

  • Volumetric Glassware – essentials

  • Laboratory Waste

  • Technical English Course – a starter for non-English lab operatives

  • Essential Laboratory Skills - for biosciences and pharmaceutical labs

  • Basic Microbiology skills

  • Microbial Cultures - storage, use and application

  • Clean Room Basics

  • Laboratory Accreditation

  • REACH Directive – an overview

  • The Global Harmonised System and CLP legislation

  • Filtration Essentials – a practical approach to laboratory and process applications

  • HPLC columns – care , maintenance and optimisation

  • School Laboratory Safety

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

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  • Environmental Permitting

  • Dealing with the Regulator

  • Enforcing Environmental Legislation

  • Environmental Management for Beginners

  • The 4 Rs - Basics of Resource Optimisation

  • The Circular Economy

  • Climate Change

  • The Plastics Issue

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WASTE MANAGEMENT

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  • Waste Management Essentials for Operatives

  • Waste Management for Beginners

  • Management of Hazardous Wastes

  • Hazardous Waste Regulations

  • Essentials of Waste Legislation

  • Waste Treatment Techniques – a comparative approach

  • Waste Management Duty of Care

  • Waste Audits

  • Contract Essentials – dealing with waste service providers

  • Understanding the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive

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ERGONOMICS

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  • Basic Ergonomics

  • Ergonomics in the Office

  • Manual Handling

  • Occupational Psychology

  • Stress at Work

  • Ergonomics in the Laboratory

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