LAB ASSISTANTS / TECHNICIANS

Kabstrading Co; Pietermaritzburg; On-site; ZAR 134,000 - 268,000; Full time

Job summary

Kabstrading Co in Pietermaritzburg seeks a detail-oriented analyst to support laboratory operations. You will be responsible for appropriate housekeeping and proper handling of samples, consumables and equipment, ensuring a clean, compliant work environment.

You will run routine and non-routine analyses on instruments you are trained on, perform first-line, preventative and breakdown maintenance, and prepare calibration standards using solution techniques to validate instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Housekeeping and proper handling of samples, consumables and equipment.
• Run routine and non-routine analyses on trained instruments.
• Operate and perform first-line, preventative and breakdown maintenance, and basic troubleshooting on instruments and auto-sampler.
• Prepare and test calibration standards for instrumentation using solution techniques.

Job description

Duties

• Responsible for appropriate housekeeping and proper handling of samples and related consumables and equipment.
• Must be able to run routine and non-routine analysis on the instruments on which the employee is trained
• Operate and perform first line, preventative and breakdown maintenance, basic trouble shooting on instruments and auto-sampler
• Must be able to prepare and test calibration standards for instrumentation using solution techniques.