Elements and Performance Criteria
- Perform set-up and pre-use checks of laboratory equipment
- Perform laboratory equipment set-up and pre-use checks in accordance with workplace procedures
- Perform safety checks in accordance with relevant workplace and instrumental procedures
- Identify faulty or unsafe components and equipment and report to appropriate personnel
- Complete equipment log books/records to meet workplace requirements
- Perform calibration checks
- Start up equipment according to operating procedures
- Use specified standards for calibration check
- Check equipment in accordance with calibration procedures and schedules
- Record all calibration data accurately and legibly
- Compare data with specifications and/or previous records to identify non-compliant equipment
- Quarantine out-of-calibration equipment
- Assist with equipment maintenance
- Ensure all equipment work areas are clean during and after equipment use
- Perform basic maintenance in accordance with workplace procedures
- Clean and store equipment according to workplace and/or manufacturer's specifications/procedures
- Identify and replace, repair or dispose of damaged/worn equipment as appropriate
- Maintain records