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- Find your room and bunk assignment, drop your luggage off.
- Go to your lab and begin cross over with the off going technicians.
- Read the lab report from the previous Expedition and discuss any changes in equipment status or procedures. This can be found on Confluence XRD Lab Notebook /wiki/spaces/LN/pages/7338173445.
- Attend introductory meeting with all IODP staff or any other safety or training meetings.
- Assist with loading/unloading of cores, freight and other tasks as directed by the Lab Officer (LO) or Assistant Lab Officer (ALO).
- Unpack all oncoming freight and distribute them accordingly
- Verify physical counts on priority #1 inventory items for XRD, ICP Prep, and pXRF. Bring to LO/ALO's immediate attention if any item is short on quantity.
- Read the XRD manuals for instruments you will be using.
- Collect and remove all trash from your lab before sailing. There will be a trash container not he dock side, ask ALOs for confirmation.
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- Maintain AMS inventory sheet. Do physical counts of supplies.
- If the equipment is not operating properly, learn how to fix it. Only qualified technicians should attempt to make more than minor adjustments or repairs to the instruments. The Xray technician should attend the Bruker, Olympus and Aeris courses if available on shore to become qualified at identifying problems and trouble shooting. Communicate with vendor technicians (Bruker, Olympus Aeris) and E.T's if assistance is required.
- Monitor oil levels in vacuum pumps. Change oil regularly, and perform one full service and maintenance of pumps per expedition.
- Monitor water level in Haskris water pump. Clean or change water filter as necessary.
- Ensure desiccant in desiccators is dry and ready for use. Oven dry if necessary.
- Clean freeze-drier valves, vials, and the desiccators. Replace filters as required. Drain water from the unit and dry inside. This is performed as needed (~ once a week).
- Record and date any maintenance in the XRD maintenance log /wiki/spaces/LN/pages/7338164864 on confluence. For all correspondence with vendors, ALO and LO's concerning maintenance and repairs, CC your cross shift.
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- Continue processing cores through the lab as described above.
VI. DURING EXPEDITION
- Receive core and assist as needed in the core lab (i.e. splitting, restocking, boxing core, disposing of trash, and general cleaning and maintenance of core lab). Remember, the core lab is your primary duty and XRD/ICP preparation must come secondary to that unless arrangements are made with the Lab Officer to meet special objectives.
- Maintain inventory by checking quantities and performing physical counts. Notify the ALOs if any quantity discrepancy or unusual high usage occurred.
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