Laboratory Equipment Calibration Officer at Ethiopian Public Health Institute

Laboratory Equipment Calibration Officer

Employer: Ethiopian Public Health Institute

Employment: Full-Time | Permanent

Place of Work: Addis Ababa - Ethiopia

Posted date: 5 years ago

Deadline: Submition date is over

Job Description Required number: 2 (two) Number of position: Two Location: Gullele Sub-city, Arbegnoch Street, Addis Ababa - Ethiopia Organization: Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) Department: National Laboratory Equipment Calibration Center (NLCVC) Ethiopian Public Health Institute is aiming at establishing an In-house Calibration Center at the team level centered within its own organization. The potential established team will calibrate laboratory equipment and research instruments found in the organization’s facilities and public hospitals throughout the country. Calibration of laboratory and research instruments help for the accreditation of laboratories to international standards. To be able to do so, the institute needs to establish an equipment calibration team that has basic and general metrology skills traceable to international standards. The established team must have knowledge on principles behind ISO/IEC 17025: General Requirements in the Competence of Testing in Calibration Laboratories. Accordingly, the established team needs to be traceable to international standards knowing the effect of the traceability chain in measurement to meet the requirements of the ISO 17025 standards. Nearly all public health laboratories work research within their diagnosis laboratories and control their research work with scientific equipment within their facilities. This equipment provides vital information in support of obtaining validated data output about their research. To give accurate data results, the performance and accuracy of those measuring equipment in public health laboratories need to be maintained and working properly. Calibration personnel will primarily calibrate research instruments like a pipette, incubators, centrifuges, pressure gauges, a vibration that may result due to the abnormal running motor in Biological safety cabinet, Air data multimeter for Biological Safety cabinet, Vernier caliper, hot air oven, Timing devices, weighting scales, calibration test equipment and many more. The job will be performed both in calibration workshop and On-Site at various facility locations. Duties in these occupations include 1. Calibration and repair of instruments and associated equipment. 2. Measuring levels, pressure, temperature, gauges, and analytical processes. 3. To maintain, test and repair a variety of instrumentation and equipment. 4. Make sure that instruments and testing devices are calibrated correctly and give accurate readings. 5. Apply measurement science, mathematics, physics, and engineering to design and develop systems and methods for calibrating temperature, pressure, humidity, mass, electrical, dimensional, optical, physical, mechanical, environmental, and/or chemical inspection-measurement, and test-equipment (IM&TE). 6. Analyze and solve calibration problems using advanced statistical mathematics and engineering knowledge. 7. Use statistics to analyze measurement standards and processes. 8. Develop software to assist in calibration laboratory and/or departmental processes. 9. Recommend calibration standards and inspection-measurement (IM) & test-equipment (TE). 10. Maintain calibration laboratory and/or quality systems. 11. Modifies performance and operation of component parts and circuitry to specifications, using test equipment and precision instruments. 12. Plans sequence of testing and calibration program for instruments and equipment according to blueprints, schematics, technical manuals, and other specifications. 13. Ensures performance of equipment calibration, testing and validation compliance to international standards. 14. Analyzing, measuring and converting measurement data, using mathematical formulas, documenting and reporting the result of measurements. 15. Practice efficient scientific metrology system for developing a new measurement system and standardizing the existing one. General Responsibilities · Responsible for efficient installation of newly purchased or donated equipment, adjust for start-up and perform calibration according to the manufacturers' calibration data. · Recording of measurement data with computer system software for unit under test (UUT), feeding the recorded data to the computer software as an input value and comparing the measurement data against the test equipment (calibrator) with analysis of the software output using the known input values, comparisons to manual calculations and statistical analysis. · Handling and storage of measuring instruments carefully. · Safeguarding the test instruments against adjustments. · Document valid calibration procedure and work-flow based on the manufacturer recommendations like equipment identification, calibration dates, and the next calibration date. · Knowledge of measurement principles compatible with software integration work. · Keeping new calibration dates updated with a tangibly performed calibration report. · Perform basic and advanced repair work for equipment as safe resource utilization. · Establish and implement safe work practices and procedures to prevent faulty operation. · Depending on the organizational capacity, a calibration person may also be responsible for working with vendors and ordering the necessary parts for a repair. · Complete various calibrations in a timely and accurate manner. · Offers specialized training for industry, government agencies, accredited calibration centers, other National Metrology Institutes in the region and educational Institutes. · Must be able to install, modify, repair, program and calibrate electronic/electrical/pneumatic equipment and systems reading their technical drawings, manuals, and specifications. · Must be able to read and understand electrical, electronic, instrumentation, pneumatic and computer software & hardware drawings, manuals and specifications. · Knowledge of principles around standards and traceability, how to apply the good practice, question, plan, and analyze data. Skills Required · Basic understanding of traceability, the substitution of standards, and Test Accuracy and Uncertainty Ratios as part of ISO 17025requirements. · Skilled with pneumatic, mechanical, and electrical instrumentation, as well as computer-based process control loops and systems; understand and applies basic concepts of calibration and requirements including accuracy testing. · Basic understanding and application of instruments, equipment, and loop calibrations of various parameters and research laboratory environment · Working knowledge of metrology institutions and understanding of the requirements of ISO/IEC 1705 for calibration laboratories · Basic understanding and familiarity with laboratory incubators, centrifuge, balances, refrigerators and freezers, stability chambers and other laboratory equipment as needed. Job Requirements 1. Bachelor degree or more in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Minimum 4 years degree in Instrumentation engineering or applied physics 2. With approved level II foundation Calibration Competence certificate or Approved level III Calibration competence qualification certificate. If the above criteria are not met, the knowledge and requirement of ISO/IEC 17025 on personnel may apply. Applicable (Metrology, Instrumentation, Calibration) experience or the equivalent combination of experience as an advantage.