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Experiences

Activities and responsibilities likely to be required when working at this level

Health & Safety responsibilities

• Complete routine equipment maintenance and repairs
• Liaise with suppliers and manufacturers to resolve simple problems
• Advise novice users on basic equipment capabilities
• With the academic lead, establish and maintain a safe/compliant working environment
• Assist/complete and update routine safety paperwork (dependant on the risk owner)
• Hold specific safety responsibilities
• Organise and complete compliance tasks
• Maintain up-to-date health and safety knowledge, providing support and advice to others

Core responsibilities

• Ensure effective delivery of objectives by planning and managing own workload
• Assist the academic lead with the day-to-day running and supervision of laboratory spaces
• Allocate work to one or more students
• Work collaboratively to deliver objectives, including sharing best practiceÌý
• Contribute to progress and management meetings
• Manage a small budget, monitoring resource usage and maintaining supplies of key items
• Assist with stores operations including ordering, receiving, processing, and distributing goods
• Source and negotiate with suppliers for routine items
• Provide a high standard of research support, including contributing to reports and publications
• Provide a high standard of teaching support, including preparing for classes and field work – (experimental work and analyse data)Ìý
• Conduct research experiments following protocols
• Support taught course projects by contributing to experimental design and data acquisition
• Prepare and manufacture a range of simple specimens/samples
• Report infrastructure faults and support small-scale building works
• Manage equipment bookings, calculate charges/costs and assist with re-charging
• Update and deliver local inductions, and provide training and demonstrations of techniques and equipment
• Input data and maintain databases

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Personal and professional development

Development options to consider when working towards this level

Learning on the jobÌý

• Write advanced reports and read papers in relation to the testing, compliance and routine maintenance of equipment
• Take on responsibility for more complex tasks e.g. completing personal licence application (Home Office) and undertaking licenced procedures
• Seek out opportunities to learn new skills
• Take on a specific role within a research project
• Develop a level of expertise in a specific piece of equipment

Learning from othersÌýÌý

• Work shadow colleagues to gain an understanding of new or different work practices
• Join a Community of Practice

Formal learning

• Manufacturer-led training for highly specialised equipment/processes
• Accreditation/certification from a recognised Professional bodyÌý
• Apply for training through a mid-career apprenticeship programme

Transferable skills and competencies

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out moreÌýdetails on the framework.

Deciding and initiating actions

• Making decisions
• Taking responsibility
• Acting with Confidence
• Acting on own initiative
• Taking action
• Taking calculated risks

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 people

• 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

Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Ways of Working

These describe expected behaviours in line with Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê culture and values.Ìý For Ways of Working indicators and steps to development please refer to theÌýWays of Working website.Ìý