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Think about chemicals! What temperature are they to be kept at? When I worked in industry the ONLY reason we got air-conditioning was to keep the electronic balances at a set temperature! Then they realised the chemicals needed to be kept under 30 degrees.. so THAT is why they air conditioned the la...

Agree with Merilyn

Thank you AnnNos and Merilyn

I have heard of labtechs writing the Risk Assessments for teachers, and one who was recently instructed to do so! I thought that that was a teacher's responsibility! Does anyone know where the regulations are as to that? Pay me bigger bucks and I will take on that responsibility - BECAUSE I think th...

yes?me too? what is it

I just went into one lab to clean and tidy before school - and EVERY pair of scissors has gone, most of the small staplers and almost all of the coloured pencils are broken and it is only Week 7! How come teachers do not take care of the resources they have? how hard is it to count back in the sciss...

I buy from OfficeMax coloured cardboard in pack of 100 assorted colours. I also buy white coloured pipe cleaners, paddle pop sticks, plain and coloured, matchsticks plain and coloured, plasticene, balloons..all of these are in bulk quantities and all for class work. Also I buy glue sticks, sticky ta...

very sad news.. prayers for the family

I also emailed Phil Crisp - poor man he will be getting lots of queries today!

Has anyone else ever thought that we ALL struggle to do the right thing - we ALL help each other in knowing what we shoudl and shouldn't do, and yet it is our EMPLOYER who should be telling US what is the legal requirements. In any other industry or workplace we would be TOLD what we had to do - esp...

I was told it was not legal to cover up the original label - so I am slowly working through putting GHS labels on the back of the bottle, so they have both the old and the new - THAT way I cover all bases.

perhaps we need to contact Phil at RiskAssess to question him about this

Architects! DO NOT GET ME STARTED! When I worked in the Uni, the store man woudl put the chemicals in the goods lift and then go in the persons lift - he never traveled in the lift with the chemicals. However, we have only one lift - and that is a NEW advancement in this place. My prep room and 4 la...

we use it to make slime all the time

Thank you for such a great explanation

I would not be agreeing to go higher than you think your skills are - I would probably put you at 2 or maybe 3. This means that they can't expect you to have the knowledge of a senior teacher or a chemist, also that you shouldn't be handling concentrated acids or bases or any chemicals that are not ...

send the photo to Serrata - they may know
BUt I reckon it is a coffee percolator.. you put the hot coffee in one side and warm milk in the other...

I love the blue silicone tubing from Westlab - it has a square outer profile so it sits flat on the bench. The hosing you are referring to is the type they use in high pressure systems -it is called PVC BRAIDED HOSE PIPE REINFORCED TUBING . You can find it on ebay and some other specialist suppliers...

Ah yes - I love the counting! I will put that on my computer. Had too good a break - so was not ready to return.. minding grandsons, crocheting [ did lots of Coral for the Northern Territory Coral Reef Project ] and had a week away at Mungindi. where is Mungindi you ask? On the border between Qld an...

I was going to get a storage board - but then realised that the teachers here would not use it - I see how they handle all the other gear that have storage options, so I am not wasting time, strees and breath on it. They can just shove the bunsens into a cupboard as they have done for 30 years