PROCEDURE : Visit any two labs of your choice (Botany/Zoology/Physics/Chemistry)of your study centre and consult the lab technician or senior laboratory supporting staff and compare the various duties, and functions that they perform:

1. on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

2. prior to practical examinations.

3. During vacations and

4. During annual or biannual maintenance, and

5. during cleaning and white washing.

In order to give direction to your study as well as to make it easy and fruitful we have listed the broad duties that a technician may be expected to perform, along with some hints. This will help you to proceed in a systematic manner.

You may present your observations/suggestions and additional information in the columns we have provided. In case these columns prove inadequate for your observations and notes, please use the paper provided in your manual cum work book from your notebooks.