Researcher training is a four-day intensive training for laboratory staff working in high-containment. These courses are designed to prepare new staff for the basics of safely working in BSL-3 laboratories and include a mixture of practical and classroom courses covering:
- Review of biosafety principles and levels
- Risk assessment and management
- Waste management
- Laboratory management
- Safety procedures
- Emergency management
- Biosafety cabinet practices and procedures
- Small and large spill decontamination
- Donning and doffing PPE
- Laboratory operations and preventative maintenance
- Data and material management
- Inventory and records management
- Biosecurity
