Event Category: Technician

In this course you will learn how to set up and operate various pieces of equipment used in the physics department. The course looks at:- Light gates Ray boxes Alpha Electronics kit Multi meters Ocilloscopes Power Supplies Signal Generators Course Date: 30th and 31st October 2024 Closing date: 20th September 2024 Course Leader Norman Bethune 01383 626070 norman.bethune@sserc.scot Event information Booking link Partner website Contact email: enquiries@sserc.scot

This is an online version of our Health and Safety Update course. It is aimed at science teachers, including subject leaders, and technicians. There will be three online sessions via Microsoft Teams.  You will be able to interact both verbally and via a “chat pod”. The course is free, and no special software needs to be installed at your school. We are planning self-study ‘add-ons’ to this professional learning to cover

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This is an online version of our Health and Safety Update course. It is aimed at science teachers, including subject leaders, and technicians. There will be three online sessions via Microsoft Teams.  You will be able to interact both verbally and via a “chat pod”. The course is free, and no special software needs to be installed at your school. We are planning self-study ‘add-ons’ to this professional learning to cover

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Course Dates: 12th – 14th November 2024 Closing Date: 27th September 2024 For additional 3 Day and 1 Day refresher courses run by SSERC Accredited Partners, click HERE Event information Booking link Partner website Contact email: enquiries@sserc.scot Course Leader Annie McRobbie T: 01383 626070 ext 221 annie.mcrobbie@sserc.scot

Hot & Cold Metal Forming is the fifth part of a modular course focusing on developing practical skills. These skills are required by teachers and technicians for the successful delivery of metalworking craft activities and aspects of the SQA practical metalworking course. This two day course will involve learning how to safely set up equipment used in forging processes. It will also develop knowledge of various cold metal forming techniques,

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This is an online version of our Health and Safety Update course. It is aimed at science teachers, including subject leaders, and technicians. There will be three online sessions via Microsoft Teams.  You will be able to interact both verbally and via a “chat pod”. The course is free, and no special software needs to be installed at your school. We are planning self-study ‘add-ons’ to this professional learning to cover

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Audience School Technical Support Staff. Access to this unit will be at the discretion of the centre, but it is recommended that learners have undergone Introductory Physics first. Rationale This course forms part of a suite of competency based CLPL for support staff. Course Leader Norman Bethune 01383 626070 norman.bethune@sserc.scot Event information Booking link Partner website Contact email: enquiries@sserc.scot

This course is designed to instruct learners on the safe use of bandsaws, circular saws and planer thicknessers. The unit also aims to instruct learners on the safe procedures for carrying out associated tasks such as blade changing. Dates: 4th and 5th December 2024 Closing Date: 1st November 2024 Event information Booking link Partner website Contact email: enquiries@sserc.scot Course Leader Chris Kerr 01383 626070 chris kerr@sserc.scot

The purpose of this unit is to refresh learners on the safe use of bandsaws, circular saws and planer thicknessers. The course is suitable for learners who have completed Safe Use of Fixed Workshop Machinery within the last 5 years, and are regular users of the equipment. In order to be certified in this refresher course, you have to have attended the full Two Day SSERC Safe Use of Fixed Workshop Machinery course. By the

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