Elements and Performance Criteria
- Make up working solutions
- Assemble specified laboratory equipment
- Select and prepare materials and solvent of specified purity
- Measure appropriate quantities of reagents for solution preparation and record data
- Prepare labels and log solution details in laboratory register
- Transfer solutions to appropriately labelled containers
- Check existing stock of solutions
- Replace out-of-date or reject solutions according to laboratory procedures
- Maintain a safe work environment
- Store reagents and clean/store glassware and equipment in accordance with workplace procedures
- Minimise generation of waste and environmental impacts
- Clean up spills using appropriate techniques
- Ensure the safe collection of laboratory and hazardous waste for subsequent disposal