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General Workshop & Laboratory Services - Grade 5

Example job roles: Assistant Technician, Animal Technician, Technician, Cleanroom Technician

Level: Developing/SkilledÌý

Experiences

Activities and responsibilities likely to be required when working at this level

Health & Safety responsibilities

  • Report faults or damage to equipment and assist with simple maintenance tasks
  • Promote and follow safe working practices
  • Understand and follow safety paperwork, with the ability to identify and report hazards
  • Conduct routine compliance tasks
  • Maintain good housekeeping, assisting with waste disposal procedures and cleaning activities

Core responsibilities

  • Contribute to meetings
  • Make suggestions to improve the service
  • Contribute to and support change
  • Assist with stock control and stores operations
  • Assist with record keeping, inventory and asset managementÌý
  • Conduct portering duties
  • With high level of accuracy, prepare routine reagents and materials adhering to standard operating procedures where necessary
  • Operate simple equipment following instruction or standard operating procedures and interpret simple results
  • Organise laboratory spaces in preparation of scheduled activities
  • Report faults or damage to infrastructure
  • Set up and operate equipment following well-established procedures
  • Assist with the induction of new staff and students
  • Supervise and provide support to students, staff and workshop users of equipment (if applicable)Ìý
  • Develop an understanding of fire, health & safety and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations

Personal and professional development

Development options to consider when working towards this level

Learning on the job

  • Develop an understanding of how to carry out simple equipment maintenance
  • Develop an understanding of how to troubleshoot equipment within area of work
  • Understand the requirements of specific procedures e.g, clean-up for particular classes or substances, simple ordering and pipettingÌý
  • Learn about materials most commonly used in the workshops
  • Conduct background reading on materials, processes, machines etc

Learning from othersÌýÌý

  • Work shadow others to gain an understanding of how to use equipment in workshopsÌý

Formal learning

  • Manual handling training
  • Microsoft Software (Word, Excel)
  • Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) training
  • Fire Warden training
  • General workshop health & safety
  • Industry/job specific software training to gain basic proficiency

Transferable skills and competencies

×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out moreÌýdetails on the framework.

Applying expertise and technology

  • Applying technical expertise
  • Building technical expertise
  • Sharing expertise
  • Using technology resources
  • Demonstrating physical and manual skills
  • Demonstrating cross-functional awareness
  • Demonstrating spatial awareness

Working with peopleÌý

  • Understanding others
  • Adapting to the team
  • Building team spirit
  • Recognising and rewarding contributions
  • Listening
  • Consulting others
  • Communicating proactively
  • Showing tolerance and consideration
  • Showing empathy
  • Supporting others
  • Caring for others
  • Developing and communicating self-knowledge and insight

Planning and organising

  • Setting objectives
  • Planning
  • Managing time
  • Managing resources
  • Monitoring progress

×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ Ways of Working

These describe expected behaviours in line with ×î×¼µÄÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ culture and values.Ìý For Ways of Working indicators and steps to development please refer to theÌýWays of Working website.Ìý

4 January 2024

“Career Pathway roles are indicative and are not intended to be a description of the role in terms of responsibilty and duties.