Laboratory Technicians Forum
A National Forum on the Role and Support Structures for School Laboratory Technicians in Australian Secondary Schools, funded by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) was held at the Mercure Hotel Sydney on Thursday 8 July 2010.
The forum was a collaboration between SETA (Science Education Technicians Australia) ASTA, and DEEWR.
The purposes of this forum were to;
· increase awareness within education sectors of issues and challenges facing the training and support of school science and technology technicians,
· establish a commitment to developing guidelines for minimum standards of training and induction of school technicians and for servicing levels, and
· come to an agreement to pursue the establishment of a national online advisory service for school science and technology.
A range of national stakeholders and jurisdictional representatives were present at the forum, which could be attended by invitation only.
Below is a photograph of the Forum participants at the Mercure Hotel, Sydney
