Laboratory skills and safetyLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You know the principles of good laboratory practice. You are able to work in the laboratory using the good practice. You understand the safety issues related to laboratory work. You are familiar with safety data sheets and you are able to read and understand safety data. You know how to use the basic laboratory instruments and carry out basic environmental measurements in the laboratory. You understand the concept of error and reliability. You know how to avoid or minimize the error by using good laboratory practice.

Content

How to work in the environmental laboratory?
How to use laboratory instruments?
What are safety data sheets and how are they read? What does good laboratory practice mean and how is it used?
How to minimize error and increase the reliability of the results using good laboratory practice?
What kind of safety risks are there in the laboratory and how to avoid these risks?

Materials

Water and soil laboratory
Air and biological laboratory
Practical physics and chemistry

Accomplishment methods

Students can
· use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
· work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
· choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
· apply the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.