School Policies, Guidance & Resources

School Policies and Handbooks

• School Safety Handbook (updated 19 Jul 2023)
• School Fieldwork Handbook (updated 02 Sep 2022)
• School Health & Safety Risk Register (updated 27 Apr 2022)
• School Fire Action Plan (updated 19 Jul 2023)

Laboratory & Workshop Policies & Guidance

• Biological & Genetically Modified Organisms (updated 07 Jun 2022)
• Centrifuges (updated 26 Aug 2022)
• Chemical Safety (updated 26 Jan 2023)
• Compressed Gas (Updated 26 Jan 2023)
• Electrical Safety (updated 17 Nov 2022)
• Equipment Maintenance (updated 07 Jun 2022)
• Fume Cupboards and Local Exhaust Ventilation (updated 26 Aug 2022)
• Ionising Radiation (updated 26 Aug 2022)
• Laboratory & Workshop Waste (updated 26 Aug 2022)
• Laser Safety (updated 26 Aug 2022)
• Lifting equipment (updated 26 Aug 2022)
• Machine Safety (updated 26 Aug 2022)
• Nanomaterials (updated 07 Jun 2022)
• Personal Protective Equipment (updated 26 Aug 2022)
• Pressure Systems inc Autoclaves (updated 26 Aug 2022)

Out of Hours Running of Laboratory Equipment

• Procedures (updated 27 April 2022)
• Permit Card - To be attached to equipment (updated 24 Jan 2023)

Miscellaneous Forms

• request form for compressed gas cylinders (issued 9th Sep 2021)
• observation card
  • guidelines (updated 11 Nov 2020)
  • template (updated 11 Nov 2020)

Please direct any feedback on these documents to ytanino@abdn.ac.uk in the first instance.