This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. |
Standards, codes, procedures and/or workplace requirements | Standards, codes, procedures and/or workplace requirements include the latest version of one or more of: Australian and international standards covering the requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, laboratory safety, quality management and environmental management Australian standards covering the requirements for occupational personal protection; cleaning, disinfecting and sterilising reusable medical and surgical instruments and equipment; and maintenance of associated environments in health care facilities national work health and safety (WHS) standards and codes of practice, national environmental protection measures, and national measurement regulations and guidelines specific codes, guidelines and procedures, such as National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) accreditation requirements, principles of good laboratory practice (GLP), Australia New Zealand Food Standards (ANZFS) Code, Australian code of good manufacturing practice for medicinal products (GMP), Australian Dangerous Goods Code and labelling of workplace substances workplace documents, such as standard operating procedures (SOPs); quality and equipment manuals; calibration and maintenance schedules; material safety data sheets (MSDS); safety procedures; material, client and product specifications; production and laboratory schedules; workplace recording and reporting procedures; and waste minimisation and safe disposal procedures workplace procedures and standard methods for preparing culture media, and operation and maintenance manuals for automated media preparation equipment |
PPE | PPE includes, but is not limited to, one or more of: gloves, safety glasses, goggles, face guards, coveralls, gowns, body suits and respirators biohazard containers and laminar flow cabinets |
Sample pot and transfer media and the subculturing and/or passaging of culture | Sample pot and transfer media and the subculturing and/or passaging of culture to include, but are not limited to, one or more of: sterile broth media for isolation of colony tissue culture media media for continuous culture systems |
Sterilisation techniques | Sterilisation techniques include, but are not limited to, one or more of: flaming high temperature, high pressure steam, boiling and autoclaving steam and membrane filtration microwave, radiation, gas and/or chemical treatments |
WHS and environmental management requirements | WHS and environmental management requirements include: · complying with WHS and environmental management requirements at all times, which may be imposed through state/territory or federal legislation. These requirements must not be compromised at any time · applying standard precautions relating to the potentially hazardous nature of samples accessing and applying current industry understanding of infection control issued by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and State and Territory Departments of Health, where relevant |