Tower Induction
Scenario brief
It's your first morning. Sign in, kit up, walk the ground floor with a safety eye, and learn how Keys, Practicals and modes work.
- About 4 min
- 3 parts
1 Watch every step done for you, with what it is and why it matters.
2 Do every step yourself, with a coach that points the way and explains.
3 No hints. Your own technique is marked, and earns stars, XP and Keys.
New to this one? Take the three in order: watch it in Show & Teach, do it yourself in Guided Mode, then prove it in Solo Mode.
Your way to doing this test unaided
1Watched it shown: not yet
Show & Teach, start to finish
2Did it with a coach: not yet
Guided Mode, every step yourself
3Passed it alone: not yet
Solo Mode, no hints
4Signed off here: not yet
Three stars alone: every step right, unprompted
Then, at a real bench: do it once with a trained colleague watching, following your own laboratory's procedure and limits. That observed run is what clears you to work unsupervised there.
What you'll do
This is the procedure you'll follow at the bench. Open a part to read it step by step, with the reason for each step, before you start.
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Arrive safely7 steps · 1 by hand
Get from the front door to the laboratory door the right way.
The method for this part
- 1
Sign in at reception
Sign the visitor book at the desk.
In an evacuation the roll call is taken from the sign-in record.
- 2
Collect and wear your badge
Clip your badge where it can be seen.
A badge shows you're meant to be here, and which areas you're cleared for.
- 3
Read the fire notice: exits and assembly point
Find your nearest exit and the assembly point on the notice.
You need to know the way out before the alarm sounds, not after.
- 4
Leave bag, coat, food and drink in a locker
Everything you don't need at the bench goes in a locker.
Bags carry contamination in and out; food and drink never enter a lab.
- 5
Put on a fastened lab coat
Put on a clean lab coat and fasten every button.
A fastened coat protects you, and keeps your clothes out of the work.
- 6
Put on safety glasses
Safety glasses on before you go through the door.
Splashes don't wait until you're ready for them.
- 7
Wash your hands on the way inDone by hand, to every part of both hands
Wash and dry your hands at the sink by the door.
Clean hands in, clean hands out: it protects the work and you.
What goes wrong here
- Take your coffee in with you. Nothing you eat or drink goes into a laboratory.
- Prop the fire door open for the next person. A propped fire door lets smoke and fire through. Fire doors stay shut.
- Follow a colleague in without signing in. If you're not on the record, nobody knows to look for you in an emergency.
- 1
- 2
Safety walk-round6 areas to judge
Look at each point on the route. Is it safe, or does it need reporting?
The method for this part
What you check
- • Look closely
What you decide by
- • Escape routes and emergency equipment are always clear and ready.
- • Every container is labelled with what it holds and its hazard.
- • No food or drink where samples or chemicals are kept.
- • Sharps bins are closed and replaced at the fill line.
- • Floors are clear; gas cylinders are chained upright.
What you can decide
Safe · Report it
- 3
How the tower works3 questions
Three questions before you start.
What you'll take away
- Sign in, wear your badge and know your way out before you go any further.
- Coat fastened, eye protection on and hands washed before entering any laboratory.
- No food or drink in a lab, ever, and none in a sample fridge.
- See a hazard, report a hazard: blocked exits, unlabelled bottles, full sharps bins.
- Watch it in Show & Teach, learn it in Guided Mode, prove it in Solo Mode, and keep it with refresher rounds.
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