Playtime with the technicians

By Undercover Technician2020-06-18T08:42:00

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Telling it like it is: technicians on extra duties outside the prep room

With budgets tight and time even tighter, school science technicians often get roped into doing extra duties to help out around the school. This can be rewarding and make good use of their skills – running science club for example – but equally it can be the opposite – breaking up a playground fight. In this article, technicians share the pros and cons of extra duties, and reveal some of the weird and wonderful things they contend with in their working day.

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