Example job roles: Laboratory Support Staff
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/manual handling duties
- Operate simple equipment following instruction or standard operating procedures
- Organise laboratory spaces in preparation of scheduled activities
- Report faults or damage to infrastructure
- Set up and operate equipment following well-established procedures
- Set up lab coats and laundry
Personal and professional development
Development options to consider when working towards this level
Learning on the job
- Gain awareness of how to use basic IT applications
- Conduct lab inductions for PhDs students and staff (to consider size of the lab and hazard level)
Learning from othersÌýÌý
- Work shadow colleagues to gain an understanding of new or different work practices
- Join a Community of Practice
- Access mentoring support from a colleague or local mentoring scheme
Formal learning
- Manual handling training
- First Aid training
- Fire Warden training
Transferable skills and competencies
°×С½ãÂÛ̳ uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out moreÌýdetails on the framework.
Planning and Organising
- Setting objectives
- Planning
- Managing time
- Managing resources
- Monitoring progress.
Developing results and setting customer expectations
- Focusing on customer needs and satisfaction
- Setting high standards for quality
- Monitoring and maintaining quality
- Working systematically
- Managing quality processes
- Maintaining productivity levels
- Driving projects to success
Following instructions and procedures
- Following directions
- Following procedures
- Time keeping and attending
- Demonstrating commitment
- Showing awareness of safety issues
- Complying with legal obligations.
°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Ways of Working
These describe expected behaviours in line with °×С½ãÂÛ̳ culture and values.Ìý For Ways of Working indicators and steps to development please refer to theÌýWays of Working website.Ìý
“Career Pathway roles are indicative and are not intended to be a description of the role in terms of responsibilty and duties.