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I do think I need to learn a little more about storage protocol and stocktaking. And the one thing I am rather unclear about is waste materials disposal.

All in all, the experience was enjoyable and I look forward to doing some more work as a Technician in the future.

i checked to see if equipment was working properly.
tidied after peoples practicals.
watered plants.
put equipment away.

that was just a few things from the day's work experience i had done. i also learned where to store chemicals and how to dispose of chemicals that have been used. i have also removed blades from scarples and replaced them with clean ones aswell as cleaning the actual metal part of the scarple. i think the only thing i would need to learn about a bit more is stock taking as everything else was covered or Tanya had explained them to me, i am clear on everything else that was covered for today.

I have thoroughly enjoyed today.

I have enjoyed my experience today and would enjoy a chance to do it again.

Finally, I did enjoy my day as a Technician and look forward to working some more.

I have enjoyed my time as a Science Lab Technician and Tanya Power (Lab Technician supervising me) was very helpful and fun to work with. I would look forward to a chance to do it again.

Overall, I believe that my day as a lab technician was very useful in showing me how a lab is run on a everyday basis.

I believe that my day as a lab technician was very useful and if i was going to do it again, next time I would like to find out about how chemicals are stored and ordered, and to see again how a lab is run on a day-to-day basis.

I started off preparing a practical for a lesson and ensuring we had all the correct equipment. I was then able to trial out this experiment so that I was aware of what they were going to do and so I knew what to do when explaining to the other pupils. When asissting in class, i was able to show and explain the to the students what they needed to do with the experiment. I then had to clear the lab of any equipment and put it back in the correct places within the prep room.

Today, I also made a sodium hydroxide solution of 0.1 mol. I learnt the relative molecur mass, using the relative atomic mass. I was also able to work out the calculation to make the solution needed. Once I had done this, I made 500ml of sodium hydroxide.

I was then able to experience the importance of labeling substances and chemicals within the prep room. I helped label asprin makign sure that the warnign labels were correct. I also learnt about the GHS whilst doing this and was able to explore the store cupboard.

I would like to learn more about storing of chemicals and the procedures for it if i was to do it again.

I learned how to prepare for the practical Isolate Acetysalicylic acid from aspirin tablets and even got to watch and ask questions about how it was done. I learnt how to adjust balances, how to polish and prepare surgical scalpes and how to apply and remove the surgical bladeusing the correct equipment. i also learnt about how to correctly wash and rinse used lab equipment, learned about health and safety, how to set up and put away microscopes and also how the process of making distilled water is done. I also got to have a nose around the chemical storage cupboard and learn about which chemical group goes where and why and how the chemicals are stored. The new world wide lab symbols were also talked about.

i would like to know more about the chemicals (what they do) and the practical i witnessed today.

one thing i am unclear on is what happens with chemical waste that can not just be disposed off

I then prepared a heart dissection by placing all the required apparatus on the boards, and ensured the sharps container and dissinfectant were ready.

I then learnt how to calculate relative molecular mass, and how to calculate how much of a substance is needed to make a solution depending on how much you want to make. I looked at chemical labels to see what was present, including the name, chemical symbol, hazard symbol, and molecular weight.

I made potassium bromide solution by taking its relative mass of 119g, multiplied it by 0.2 (the molar concentration required) and then took my answer of 23.8g and multiplied it by 250ml (the amount of solution required) and divided it by 1000ml to find out how much potassium bromide was required for 250ml of distilled water to create the solution, which was 5.95g. I then did the same for potassium iodide, which with a Mr of 166g gave me 8.3g, and potassium chloride, which with a Mr of 74.55g gave me 3.73g. All of these solutions were measured in a volumetric flask, which I then labelled with the name, type of solution and the relevant hazard words.

I have really enjoyed my day as a science technician and am looking forward to see where my new experience can help start my career.  

Overall I have really enjoyed my day as a lab technician and look forward to my second time.  

I would like to learn how to operate more machinery. THANKS TANYA!

Good luck to everyone else she will take on as Junior Lab Technician!

And thank you Tanya.  

Thank you Tanya :0)