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The University of Southampton
Southampton Education School

CLEAPSS - Microscope Maintenance Event

Time:
09:30 - 16:00
Date:
14 July 2016
Venue:
Thomas Hardye School Queen's Avenue Dorchester Dorset DT1 2ET

For more information regarding this event, please telephone Mathmatics and Science Learning Centre on 023 8059 8810 or email mslc@soton.ac.uk .

Event details

This one day course is designed for the school technician with little knowledge or experience of servicing school microscopes. The purpose of the course is to provide the confidence to tackle simple maintenance tasks and to impart the knowledge to enable faults in school microscopes to be identified so that standard repairs can be done. Certain jobs e.g. repair of fine focus mechanism, will still require services of professional microscope technicians. Suitable for: Technicians

What will the course include?

  • dismantling the microscope
  • cleaning mechanical parts
  • lubrication
  • re-assembly and adjustment of mechanical parts
  • cleaning the optical components

Please bring to the course 2 microscopes (if possible 1 junior type and 1 A-level type), a soft lint free cloth, set of screwdrivers from small instrument size to larger ones needed for the microscopes, set of Allen keys and an overall.

Note: Microscopes with a single coarse focus or a separate fine and course focus mechanism are most suitable for this course.  Stereo, coaxial focusing (coarse and fine focusing knobs mounted on the same axis) and more advanced university type microscopes are not appropriate.

Course fee: £110 per person attending

This is for a full day of professional development, all CLEAPSS course resources, lunch and refreshments.

CLEAPSS courses are intended for CLEAPSS members - if you are uncertain about your membership please contact CLEAPSS on 01895 251496.  An additional charge may be payable for non-members attending courses.

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