Calian Hazell
Senior Laboratory Technician at Northumbria University- Claim this Profile
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German Elementary proficiency
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Credentials
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Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
The Higher Education Academy and the UK Professional Standards FrameworkJul, 2021- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Northumbria University
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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500 - 600 Employee
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Senior Laboratory Technician
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Oct 2020 - Present
In this role I organise, coordinate and manage the use of the department’s five laboratories for all the academic staff, external associates, and student practical sessions and projects. Specific job responsibilities include:• Sole responsibility, management and usage of the universities Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES) spectrometer.• Conducting the sample processing, analysis and data report generation for other research within my expertise: Acids Processing, X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS), Elemental Analyser (EA), Liquid Chromatography (LC), Total Organic/Inorganic Carbon (TOC/TIC) via Loss On Ignition (LOI), Particle Size Analysis, Titration, Flame Photometry.• Ensuring the laboratories and lab users all meet and abide by the faculties, universities, and UK governments health and safety requirements.• Performing routine maintenance, stock, and calibration checks on machinery, equipment and resources so all necessary equipment and consumables are present and functioning when needed.• Training staff and students in lab techniques and specialist equipment usage were necessary.• Developing methodologies and evaluating new lab equipment capabilities.• Tracking lab usage and ensuring all day to day requirements are met for scheduled activities.• Distributing processing jobs amongst the technician team according to expertise and guaranteeing projects are completed to schedule.• Discuss quality and requirement levels of various lab aspects with the academic users and upper management supervisors to ensure all needs are met in a practical and efficient manner.
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Northumbria University
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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500 - 600 Employee
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PhD Researcher, Associate Lecturer and Demonstrator
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Oct 2016 - Oct 2019
𝑨𝑺𝑺𝑶𝑪𝑰𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝑳𝑬𝑪𝑻𝑼𝑹𝑬𝑹 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑫𝑬𝑴𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑻𝑶𝑹 𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑷𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑰𝑩𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑻𝑰𝑬𝑺:TEACHING & MARKING-• Teaching key skills for the Physical Geography BSc 'Geography Fieldwork' module, and marking their associated coursework assignments.• Teaching for the Geography BSc 'Earth Observation and GIS' and 'Exploring Geographical and Environmental Data' modules.TUTOR SESSIONS-• Group tutor for the 'Academic Skills and Personal Development' Physical Geography BSc module.LABORATORY DEMONSTRATING-• Lab demonstrating for Physical Geography BSc modules 'Dynamic Earth', 'Cold And Palaeoenvironments' and 'Palaeoecology and Biogeography' .FIELDWORK SUPERVISION-• Annual field trip to the Northern Pennines with the 'Exploring Geographical and Environmental Data' Physical Geography BSc module.ACADEMIC OUTREACH-• College & Sixth Form Academic Outreach Event for the Faculty of Engineering and Environment.• Northumbria University's 'STEM' Outreach Project "Bronze Age Briefings" Programme.𝑷𝑯𝑫 𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑪𝑯 𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑷𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑰𝑩𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑻𝑰𝑬𝑺: See Education Section.
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The Brilliant Club
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United Kingdom
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Higher Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Teacher
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Jul 2017 - Sep 2019
The Brilliant Club is an organization that seeks out those brilliant key stage 4 school pupils from disadvantaged or under represented areas, with the aim of widening access to university education.My job is to design and deliver an engaging programme of academic enrichment for GCSE students, using a combination of assessed exercises, workbooks, activities and class discussion, with the ultimate goal of developing their knowledge, skills and ambition required to progress to highly-selective universities.
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ODEON Cinemas Group
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United Kingdom
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Entertainment
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700 & Above Employee
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Managing Supervisor & Local Marketer
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Jun 2014 - Sep 2016
𝑮𝑬𝑺 𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑷𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑰𝑩𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑻𝑰𝑬𝑺:• Business Key Holder with responsibility for the business, building, staff and customers.• Money handling and banking daily takings for the cinema.• Enacting the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, RIDDOR and EHO regulations.• Fire drill training for team and weekly Fire Alarm Tests for cinema building.• Monitoring and placing orders for all retail & non-retail stock.• Calculating employee wages, formulating the shift rota and conducting general business administration.• Tracking team absence and lateness.• Screening CV's, conducting phone interviews and monitoring probation periods.• First aid and HR Trained covering ethics and employee appraisals/disciplinary actions.• Health & Safety board member for both team & guest safety• Team management and customer service.• Opening, closing and managing projection and the cinema daily schedule.• Reviewing CCTV and ensuring cinema security.𝑳𝑶𝑪𝑨𝑳 𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑲𝑬𝑻𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑷𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑰𝑩𝑰𝑳𝑰𝑻𝑰𝑬𝑺:• Advertising the Film Schedule and Times using posters/adverts internally and externally.• Increasing Market Share and Footfall.• Promoting special Cinema Events catered to specific audience demographics.• Organising Private Screen Rentals.• Setting up Contra Deals between Odeon and local businesses.• Conceptualising and implementing opening weekend tie-in events for blockbuster movies.• Organising the Point of Sales' for movie posters and standee displays within the cinema.• Liaising with local schools, organisations and groups to keep the cinema involved in the community.• Managing donations of guest passes to local charity events.• Admin for the cinema's social media presence.• Writer for newspaper communiques.• Design & marketing of ‘Limitless’ film subscription posters & team training in Limitless promotion.• Design & implementation of retail product posters in cinema.
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Education
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2016 - 2020
Northumbria University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Faculty of Engineering & Environmental Science -
2014 - 2015
University of Birmingham
Master's Degree, Applied & Petroleum Micropalaeontology -
2011 - 2013
University of Portsmouth
Bachelor's Degree, Palaeobiology & Evolution
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