Provide technical advice and guidance in life sciences and related industries
Overview
This standard covers the skills you need to provide technical advice and
guidance in life sciences and related industries activities, in
accordance with approved procedures and practices. You will identify
and use relevant understanding, methods and skills to initiate and
complete tasks and procedures as well as exercise autonomy and
judgement within limited parameters. You will take personal
responsibility for your own actions and for the quality and accuracy of
the work that you carry out and report any problems with the
activities, materials or equipment that you cannot personally resolve.
You will also be aware of different perspectives or approaches used
within the workplace.
You will take responsibility for supervising or guiding others and work to
instructions, with a minimum of supervision, either on your own or as part
of a team.
Your underpinning knowledge will enable you to use factual, procedural and
theoretical understanding to complete scientific or technical tasks and
address problems that, whilst well defined, may be complex and nonroutine. You will be able to interpret and evaluate relevant workplace
information and ideas.
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Who this standard is for
This standard is intended for technicians who would be operating with some level of
autonomy, but who may not have a supervisory role.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
P1 ensure that your work is carried out in accordance with workplace procedures
P2 ensure that you have accurate and up-to-date information on the scientific or
technical activities for which advice and guidance is being sought
P3 provide valid and up-to-date information, advice and guidance, as necessary
P4 analyse any problems in full and provide effective advice that will maintain the
quality and progress of the work
P5 communicate the required information about the work done, to authorised
people, in accordance with departmental and organisational procedures
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
K1 the health and safety requirements of the area in which you are carrying out
the activities
K2 the techniques and processes you must use correctly in the workplace
K3 the limits of your own authority and to whom you should report if you
have problems that you cannot resolve
K4 the regulations and guidelines that are relevant to the work area (eg access or
aseptic conditions) and the importance of correct identification, and any unique
workplace coding system
K5 how to plan and prepare and obtain documents that can be used when giving
technical advice and guidance
K6 a sound understanding of the activities and how to identify opportunities and
techniques (such as verbally, one to one, one to many, in written form, using
diagrams, drawings or other technical information) for giving technical advice,
guidance and support
K7 how to use a variety of communication methods, in appropriate combination
(such as verbal, verbal/written combinations)
K8 how to review and adjust approaches to the provision of technical guidance, in
the light of experience gained (such as offering written summaries of guidance)
K9 the document control and reporting procedures that should be used
K10 the reasons why effective communication is important and the methods used
for communicating effectively