General Workshop & Laboratory Services - Grade 5
Example job roles: Assistant Technician, Animal Technician, Technician, Cleanroom Technician
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 duties
- With high level of accuracy, prepare routine reagents and materials adhering to standard operating procedures where necessary
- Operate simple equipment following instruction or standard operating procedures and interpret simple results
- Organise laboratory spaces in preparation of scheduled activities
- Report faults or damage to infrastructure
- Set up and operate equipment following well-established procedures
- Assist with the induction of new staff and students
- Supervise and provide support to students, staff and workshop users of equipment (if applicable)Ìý
- Develop an understanding of fire, health & safety and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations
Personal and professional development
Development options to consider when working towards this level
Learning on the job
- Develop an understanding of how to carry out simple equipment maintenance
- Develop an understanding of how to troubleshoot equipment within area of work
- Understand the requirements of specific procedures e.g, clean-up for particular classes or substances, simple ordering and pipettingÌý
- Learn about materials most commonly used in the workshops
- Conduct background reading on materials, processes, machines etc
Learning from othersÌýÌý
- Work shadow others to gain an understanding of how to use equipment in workshopsÌý
Formal learning
- Manual handling training
- Microsoft Software (Word, Excel)
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) training
- Fire Warden training
- General workshop health & safety
- Industry/job specific software training to gain basic proficiency
Transferable skills and competencies
°×С½ãÂÛ̳ uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out moreÌýdetails on the framework.
Applying expertise and technology
- Applying technical expertise
- Building technical expertise
- Sharing expertise
- Using technology resources
- Demonstrating physical and manual skills
- Demonstrating cross-functional awareness
- Demonstrating spatial awareness
Working with peopleÌý
- Understanding others
- Adapting to the team
- Building team spirit
- Recognising and rewarding contributions
- Listening
- Consulting others
- Communicating proactively
- Showing tolerance and consideration
- Showing empathy
- Supporting others
- Caring for others
- Developing and communicating self-knowledge and insight
Planning and organising
- Setting objectives
- Planning
- Managing time
- Managing resources
- Monitoring progress
°×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
4 January 2024
“Career Pathway roles are indicative and are not intended to be a description of the role in terms of responsibilty and duties.
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Career Case Studies
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Niamh Grace
Workshop Manager, The Bartlett Manufacturing and Design Exchange (B-made)
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