Questions about the Biosafety Practitioner Level 1 course? Your query may be answered in our FAQs below. If not, please email bti@ed.ac.uk
Is this course for me?
If you have or will have a role in health and safety within a biological or biomedical environment, including biotechnology or pharmaceutical industries, then this is the course for you! Most of the delegates have first degrees/post graduate qualifications. Some delegates have more health and safety knowledge and experience rather than biological, and some have worked more in science than safety – the course is suitable for both. Previous attendees include:
~ Health & Safety Manager / Adviser ~ Biological Safety Manager
~ Laboratory Manager / Technician / Analyst ~ Senior Scientist
~ Technical Manager ~ Research Scientist
What is covered by the course?
The modules taught on the BTI Biosafety Practitioner Level 1 course satisfy the requirements of the ISTR learning outcomes.
How long will it take me to do the online part of the hybrid/online course?
The online training takes the form of training videos accompanied by supporting notes, documentation and web-links. The training videos can be watched as many times as required. Time spent on each unit within each module will be dependent on each individual delegate and his/her past knowledge and experience. However, to allow an estimation of time to allow, the timings below could be used as a guide:
HYBRID : To watch the training videos ONCE - allow 2 hours +
Reading - allow 20-60 hours
ONLINE; To watch the training videos ONCE - allow approx 7 hours
Reading - allow 40 - 80 hours
Online sessions allow approx 3 hours