Assess your own scientific or technical knowledge and skills for workplace activities
Overview
This standard covers the competences you require to
assess your own scientific or technical knowledge and skills
for workplace activities in accordance with approved
procedures and practices.
You will be required to demonstrate that you can identify
the scientific or technical requirements of your role and
identify any personal knowledge or skills gaps. This will be
followed up by you agreeing and following a personal
development plan to address any knowledge or skills gaps
and reviewing the impact this has had on your performance
in accordance with the relevant workplace procedures.
The activity is likely to be undertaken by someone in a
science related worksetting, including individuals working in
hospitals, scientific laboratories,schools and universities.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
P1 ensure that your work is carried out in accordance with
workplace procedures
P2 use safe practices and the appropriate personal
protection equipment (PPE) when performing scientific or
technical activities
P3 identify and agree the scientific or technical
requirements of your role in the workplace
P4 discuss and agree personal work objectives and how
you will measure progress
P5 identify any scientific or technical knowledge,
understanding and personal skills gaps for your workplace
role
P6 discuss and agree a development plan to address any
identified knowledge, understanding and skills gaps
P7 undertake agreed development actions and evaluate
how they have contributed to your improved performance
P8 obtain regular feedback on your scientific or technical
performance to meet workplace requirements and
milestones
P9 work safely at all times, complying with health and
safety, environmental and other relevant regulations and
guidelines
P10 communicate the required information about the work
done, in accordance with departmental and organisational
procedures
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
K1 the health and safety requirements of the area in which
you are carrying out the scientific or technical activities
K2 the implications of not taking account of legislation,
regulations, standards and guidelines when conducting
scientific or technical activities
K3 the scientific or technical techniques and processes you
must use correctly in the workplace
K4 the importance of wearing protective clothing, gloves
and eye protection for scientific or technical activities
K5 the importance of correct identification, and any unique
workplace coding system
K6 the organisational requirements for maintaining the
security of the workplace
K7 the lines of communication and responsibilities in your
department, and the links with the rest of the organisation
K8 the limits of your own authority and to whom you should
report if you have problems that you cannot resolve
K9 how to identify and assess the scientific or technical
requirements of a work role
K10 the different ways in which you are set your agreed
personal work objectives
K11 how to assess and identify gaps in your current
scientific or technical knowledge, understanding and skills
K12 how to measure your progress against scientific or
technical work objectives
K13 the type of development activities that can be
undertaken to address identified scientific or technical gaps
in knowledge, understanding and skills
K14 how to identify development needs to address any
gaps between the requirements of your work role and your
current scientific or technical knowledge, understanding
and skills
K15 how to identify whether/how development activities
have contributed to your performance
K16 the reasons why effective communication is important,
and the methods used for communicating effectively
Scope/range
- discuss and agree workplace performance with one of
the following people:
1.1 supervisor
1.2 team leader
1.3 health and safety officer
1.4 manager
1.5 head of department
1.6 teacher or trainer - agree scientific or technical work objectives that are all
the following:
2.1 specific
2.2 achievable
2.3 time-bound
2.4 measurable
2.5 realistic - record and communicate details of the work done, to the
appropriate people, using:
3.1 verbal report
Plus one method from the following:
3.2 written or typed report
3.3 computer-based record
3.4 specific workplace documentation
3.5 electronic mail