Technical Services

Procedures

1. Administration

1.1 Procurement and Supply of Goods and Services

1.2 Telephones

2. Occupational Heath and Safety
2.1 Laboratory Safety Rules

2.2 Personal Protective Equipment

2.3 First Aid Kits and Safety Cabinets

2.4 Safety Showers and Eyewash (under review)

2.5 Safety in the Microbiology Laboratory

2.6 Waste Management

2.6.1 Chemical Waste

2.6.2 Biological Waste (including Microbiological and AQIS Waste)

2.6.3 General Waste

3. Technical Operations

3.1 Aqua Yard Fish Feeding and Pond Maintenance(obsolete)

3.2 Shadehouses

3.2.1 Teaching Shadehouse

3.2.2 Research Shadehouses

3.3 Laboratory Cleaning and Restocking (under review)

3.4 AQIS - Dealing with Quarantine Materials

3.5 Liquid Nitrogen Handling

3.6 Field Store Loans

3.7 Museum Loans

3.8 Preparation of Media

3.9 Gas Storage, Handling and Cage Maintenance (under review)

3.10 Animal House

4. Chemical Management

4.1 Chemical Labelling and Storage

4.2 Hazardous Chemicals

4.2.1 Perchloric Acid

4.2.2 Hydrofluoric Acid (obsolete)

4.2.3 Radiation Safety

4.3 Scheduled Poisons (under review)

5. Equipment

5.1 Equipment Repairs and Faults

5.2 Piston Pipettes

5.3 pH Meters

5.4 Balances (under review)

5.5 Spectrophotometers (includes Hitachi, Varian Cary, Varian DMS100)

5.6 Water Purification Systems

5.7 Autoclaves

5.7.1 Priorclave (under review)

5.7.2 Labec (under review)

5.7.3 Quality Control (under review)

5.8 Research Microscope Facility

5.9 Communication Devices

5.10 Boats, Quads and Trailers

5.11 Fume Cupboards and Recirculating Fume Cabinets

5.12 Laminar Flow and Biohazard Cabinets

5.13 Audio Visual Room - Teaching labs