Technicians are absolutely vital

摘要

”We haven’t got time for you to go off on a training course next week”“We don’t have the money to pay for your professional registration and training”“There’s no point in training our technicians”These are just a few of the responses technical staff can be faced with when making requests for professional development and training.These common barriers,including lack of time and money and the mindset of some more senior supervisors,are formidable in terms of stalling technical staff development.When faced with the tight budgets and busy schedules of research and commercial laboratories,some of these responses can appear the only option for lab managers who are already under pressure to reduce their operational costs.But let’s step back and take a look at the bigger picture.