Laboratory Environment for New Employees and Graduates

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09 Nov 2025 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register

Laboratory Environment for New Employees and Graduates

Introduction

What does it mean to be a scientist or technician in a laboratory? Why do laboratory staff ask questions such as what is that substance and why does it react that way?

Since the beginning of time, man has been seen as an inquirer. We are always trying to discover new things, classify everything, and to understand the behavior of things. The ability to enquire is one of the most important assets a person in a laboratory can have. You need to be able to act in the role of an inquirer when working.

in a laboratory environment. The idea of this course is to give an introduction to working in a laboratory. It is hoped that people become aware of their role and function in a laboratory environment. Whatever the function of the laboratory, it's a most important asset is the staff and how that staff performs. This course presents people with the basics to become an integral part of the laboratory and assist the facility to generate data that are of high quality and scientifically reliable.

Objectives

    After completion of the course the participants will be able to: 

    • Identify the dangerous Practices and how to minimize risks associated with them.
    • To exercise total quality management in producing reliable, consistent, and independent results and on-time to their customers.
    • To use statistical process control and quality control charts in their analysis and test results
    • To emphasize on equipment calibration and maintenance as part of the quality assurance and quality control procedures.
    • To increase the awareness of the occupational health and safety in the laboratory environment, and exercising total professionalism in scientific and management areas.
    • To identify the most effective and efficient practice in planning, organizing, prioritizing, and executing the business requirements.
    • To develop effective communication and interpersonal skills among lab personnel and maximize the use of electronic reporting (e.g. LIMS)
    • To identify the best practice of auditing and certification to ensure the adherence to quality systems
    • To use statistical analysis such as mean, standard deviation and other mathematical models to minimize the tolerance in results
    • To develop specific techniques for calibration of laboratory equipment.

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

Laboratory managers, analytical chemists, medical scientists, laboratory supervisors, research and development scientists, microbiologists, food technologists, and quality assurance/control managers.

Course Outline

  • Introduction and expectation of the course
  • Laboratory Organization and Personal
  • Quality Assurance and Quality Control
  • Safety Assurance
  • Laboratory Communications
  • Procedures and Reporting Results
  • How to Handle Customer’s Complaints
  • Calibration
  • Samples and Test Data Storage (LIMS)
  • Inspection and Assessment
  • Uncertainty of measurement – what’s the problem?
  • Definitions of metrological terms.
  • Correlated contributions.
  • Traceability, corrections and SI units.
  • Calculation of uncertainty for a test.
  • Report back on calculation and introduction of forms for calculating uncertainties.
  • Statistical Process Control Charts
  • Pooled standard deviation.
  • Variance and other mathematical models.
  • Errors and customers complaints.
  • Sampling, destructive testing.
  • Non-destructive testing.
  • Non-numeric results.
  • Effective degrees of freedom.
  • How many measurements? 
  • Statement of uncertainty and compliance.

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