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Good luck Laverne. Enjoy your retirement

Good luck in the future Julie. You will be sadly missed both at your school and on this site.

DoE school. I order from serrata, westlab etc all the time trying to find the best bargain. I order through the home ec assistant when I need anything from woolies. Got burnt over putting my hand in my pocket as we don't get reimbursed, so if the teachers need anything in a hurry, they either buy it...

Lucky you to have that space but would think that Lorikeet is on the right track. Add a roll-away bed that will fit under the bench for those days when you just need a time out.

We use aprons and are washed after every dissection prac and then again at the end of the year...if I get the time. There is a stash of them in every lab...about 30 and I hang them over the back of the chair to dry and then fold them. Actually not bad therapy, if you want or need that sort of thing.

Hi. I am the lab assistant at an DoE school but not on the mailing list. Another labbie sent me a copy of the mailout but unsure if I am entitled to attend.
Thanks in advance

Hi Nichole, We use riskassess. It's an electronic system that the teachers use to generate orders and i print off in the prep room. It records how much is used and when. It costs but is worth it as it registors time and date of lodging (stops teachers saying that they had ordered equipment earlier e...

Hi, I'm in the penrith area (I know ,no where near illawarra either) and we got our liquid nitrogen from Ace Cryogenics. They were brilliant, easy delivery and pick up of dewar. We had to hire dewar $95 and 20 litres for $65. That lasted a full week so everyone that needed to do experiments were hap...

I am in the process of getting rid of ANY mercury in my school. I was under the impression that it was not a necessary chemical/metal to have in the school.

Many thanks labbie for the quick reply and info. I can now tell the teacher we can order it in.

Hi all you fabulous labbies. I have just been asked if we can still use phosphates - sodium or potassium ? I was under the impression that they were banned but??? They are still part of the curriculum.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Well done Sue. You sure have earned the right to retirement. Enjoy it and please, make us jealous with all your adventures. We will mis your expert knowledge and guidance. Thanks for everything you have done for this forum and us trainee labbies.

:mad: DET school: I place an order with the accounts office but I generate the order for all chemicals and equipment and stationery through a supplier. As for any food items I place an order with home ec as I am told that there is no such thing as petty cash or the reimbursement for the school takes...

Good luck for a full recovery Wayne. Remember to pace yourself.

Not sure if this is the right forum but if any one going to the SLAMN conference hears anything definitive about what we are supposed to be doing about this ##@$%$# labelling mess, can they please pass on the info. I am not privileged enough to be going this year but to those who are, enjoy it. I fo...

When I started 4 years ago, I was 50/50 science and library then went full time to the print room and now am full time in science. BUT at the discretion of the SAM, can be pulled out to fill in when we are down staff. I am happy to help out when needed but don't even dream of it ever being reciproca...

Thanks for all the replies. I have been told that the chem register should show storage location, product name,hazardous chemical, dangerous good, Dangerous good class and packaging group, quantity held, date of SDS and risk controls implemented as per CSIS notes (Y/N). Also I didn't know that we we...

Hi all you wonderful labbies. I am searching for the new chemical register forms that I have been told I have to use. It was given to me by my SAM but she can't remember where she found it and I am totally po'd trying to find it. It is supposed to be in the format for LMBR and mentions chemwatch web...

What a terrible situation ...I can't get my head around the teachers not ordering unless they have their own labs that are fully stocked with EVERYTHING they need. No! It just doesn't make any sense. I try to insist on 24 hours notice but fail miserably most days. The teachers certainly wouldn't hel...

Silly me...their phone number is 0297551990. I really don't function well until Wednesday after a break.