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I'm just having a general rant. I'm sure the older versions were a bit easier when doing searches. I'll try to get it to give me a drop down menu - that doesn't always seem to happen. Thanks for the response so quickly.

I am getting more and more frustrated with Chemwatch. When I do a search for a chemical, the one I want can be miles down the list. I have tried contacting them but they tell me it works fine - except 2% is not the same as 2M! I am mostly using Chemwatch (Gold FFX) for labelling to comply with GHS r...

I noticed on this forum a bit earlier that someone had enrolled at Griffith by distance ed with no residentials - that might suit you Toni. Campbelltown TAFE is running the Cert III again next year for those of us in this part of the world. There was a glitch earlier on which didn't list Campbelltow...

That sounds way too much work for one person, just the data entry alone would tie you up for a week. We have about 1000 students and I work 35 hours a week. Getting the manifest updated and SDSs printed off is taking me a bit of time. I haven't made a concerted effort to get it done (hoping to spend...

Hi Annett I'm in a Catholic school and am responsible for the stocktake of science chemicals etc. I also have to organise other areas to do an annual stocktake. The person in charge of each area has to let me know if they require updated SDSs - it is their responsibility to check this information. I...

Hope today goes better for you, Sue. Just focus on the countdown to your holiday!

I probably should have taken a photo but didn't want to embarrass her, although she was having a good laugh herself. I have to say, it was travelling very smoothly across the rough pathway, one of those would be really useful!

Well done everyone, with the organisation. I learnt a lot, met some new people, which made getting up at 5am all worthwhile. Funniest thing - watching the lucky winner of the lab trolley pushing it across Hyde Park on her way to the station! Thanks for doing a great job of getting some really good p...

The Safety Data Sheets for each chemical will detail what is required for clean up of spills. The respirator is a good idea because if you spill a chemical that you normally use in the fume cupboard, you will need to use a respirator in the clean up process.

Hope this helps.

smiley wrote:Wow. Old school. What's he trying to do?

Spend more than his fair share of the budget? I'm not familiar with the prac and he would be proud to call himself "old school" except he hasn't been teaching long enough for that title!

Ouch! We won't be buying any of that!

Hello All The chemistry teacher has asked me to order a chromatography column with "some sephadex". SSA have the column, but don't list a price. I've googled sephadex and it's a trade name for a type of gel (?), but can't find a supplier. I'm assuming that he is intending to use the sephad...

We get ours tested by the supplier every 6 months, so I don't worry about doing it myself. I'm not sure what the regulations are in regard to testing, whether it has to be a licensed operator. It would be worth checking out before you go any further. (I noticed you're in Wollongbar - I hope the rain...

Hey Amanda, I can beat that, only 4 in my class (it was 3 but they convinced a day student to come to the night classes where she would fit in better). I, too though, am the only school labbie. We're doing a subject on quality control - I don't know, I just can't get into it for some reason :giggle:...

Risk assessments are a requirement of Workcover (in NSW) for all work places. I don't work in a DET school, so am not aware of their system. We use Risk Assess in my current school and it meets our needs for prac ordering and risk assessments. I'm still finding my way around the system of my current...

Also, have a look on Science Assist as they have posted some SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) for some of our activities. Can only imagine that there will be more to come. In the real world, these are the sort of documents that you would be expected to have for every task you perform, especially...

Hello We have two hand operated centrifuges. One is quite old and apparently useless. We have a newer one (although I'm not sure how old it is), a Shinco brand and we've had complaints that it doesn't attach to the bench properly and the tubes come out. It has plastic tubes which I believe the glass...

My son recently watched Dead Poets Society at school and absolutely loved it, unfortunately most of his friends hated it, so he was really shocked to hear that Robin Williams had passed away. Yes, Rae, the black dog is atrocious and this shows that even money, talent and adoration from millions of f...

The break out session details are on the list of workshops. Am I correct in assuming that we will break off into DET, Catholic and independent school groups?

We have the Vernier data loggers here. They don't get used a great deal but get no complaints when they are used.