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AL0059 BCSB TECHNICAL STAFF<\/strong>Description<\/em>:\u00a0Users in this category are technicians, scientific engineering associates, engineers, and scientists who run the beamlines and also perform maintenance on the beamlines.Hazards:\u00a0Liquid nitrogen; Synchrotron Radiation; computer security; ergonomics; electrical; hand tools; LOTOClasses required (in addition to inset boxes)<\/em>
EHS 170 \u2013 Cryogen Safety<\/a>
ALS 5005 \u2013 Beamline Radiation Safety<\/a>\u00a0
AL0162 Programmers\/System Admin for\u00a0the BCSB beamlines<\/strong>Description:\u00a0<\/em>Users in this category\u00a0run the beamlines either remotely or locally in order to collect diffraction data only. The beamlines are controlled via a computer interface. Some sample handling using liquid nitrogen may be necessary, but no\u00a0beamline maintenance is allowed.Hazards:\u00a0<\/em>Liquid nitrogen; Synchrotron Radiation; computer security; ergonomicsClasses Required (in addition to inset boxes)<\/em>
SEC 201 \u2013 Computer Security (required of all LBNL staff)<\/a>
EHS 0059 \u2013 Ergo self-assessment computer user
Users of the BCSB beamlines (covered under the ESS)<\/strong>Description:\u00a0<\/em>Users in this category\u00a0run the beamlines either remotely or locally in order to collect diffraction data only. The beamlines are controlled via a computer interface. Some sample handling using liquid nitrogen may be necessary, but no\u00a0beamline maintenance is allowed.Hazards:\u00a0<\/em>Liquid nitrogen; Synchrotron RadiationClasses Required<\/em>
ALS 1001 \u2013 General Safety at the ALS<\/a>ALS
1007 \u2013 Safety Training for Crystallography Users<\/a>
EHS 470 \u2013 (GERT) Radiation Training<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
PB0086 BCSB LAB STAFF<\/strong>Description<\/em>:\u00a0Users in this mode generally prepare protein crystals in the BCSB wet lab 6-2105. The work includes buffer preparation, setting up crystallization plates, and freezing protein crystals in liquid nitrogen.Hazards: Liquid nitrogen, chemicalsClasses required<\/em>
ALS 1001 \u2013 General Safety at the ALS<\/a>
ALS 1007 \u2013 Safety Training for Crystallography Users<\/a>
SEC 201 \u2013 Computer Security (required of all LBNL staff)<\/a>
EHS 348 \u2013 Chemical Hygiene<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AL0059 BCSB TECHNICAL STAFFDescription:\u00a0Users in this category are technicians, scientific engineering associates, engineers, and scientists who run the beamlines and also perform maintenance on the beamlines.Hazards:\u00a0Liquid nitrogen; Synchrotron Radiation; computer security; ergonomics; electrical; hand tools; LOTOClasses required (in addition to inset boxes)EHS 170 \u2013 Cryogen SafetyALS 5005 \u2013 Beamline Radiation Safety\u00a0AL0162 Programmers\/System Admin for\u00a0the BCSB… Continue reading Safety At the BCSB Beamlines<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-251","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcsb.als.lbl.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcsb.als.lbl.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcsb.als.lbl.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcsb.als.lbl.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcsb.als.lbl.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bcsb.als.lbl.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":256,"href":"https:\/\/bcsb.als.lbl.gov\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions\/256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcsb.als.lbl.gov\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}