New Technicians Getting Started (online)

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This one-day online course aims at helping new technicians to develop their skills and knowledge to feel more confident and useful in delivering practical work to students and teachers. This course has been designed by a specialist in school science technical services and will give you a grounding in the key areas for you to start your professional career as a science technician working in a secondary school.

The course will cover the following areas

· What a technician should and should not do, covering the roles a technician may undertake in a science department.

· Key areas and issues of health and safety in the technical service, including areas of responsibility.

· Core skills and how to develop them, making up chemicals,common equipment you may use and how to use it. (some of these will be demonstrated by the course deliverer).

· Key organisation techniques, requisitions, stock control and securing your chemicals.

· Next steps and sources of information and the opportunity to ask questions about technical roles and services.

Course Outcomes

Participants will -

· Understand the role of a technician

· Be aware of the key health and safety issues and responsibilities surrounding a technician’s role

· Evaluate their own development and areas of need

· Develop some key technical skills

· Describe good practice in prep room organisation

For queries, please email conferences@ase.org.uk

 

When
14th October 2025 from  9:00 AM to  3:00 PM
Location
United Kingdom
Event Fee(s)
Technician Member £60.00
Non-member Technician, with one year's Technician Membership (from the date of the course) £83.00
Non-Member Technician £120.00