Laboratory Supervisor Survey

Which of these takes up most of your work as a supervisor?

Choose one:

• Laboratory safety
• Equipment maintenance
• Training staff
• Purchasing and supplies
• Other

Briefly describe what a normal working day looks like for you. (optional)

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Over the past 12 months, how often have you given your team training on each topic?

• Safety procedures
• Using equipment
• Laboratory conduct
• New research findings

For each row: choose one:

• Never
• Once a year or less
• A few times a year
• Monthly
• Weekly or more

How important is training on each topic for your team?

• Safety procedures
• Using equipment
• Laboratory conduct
• New research findings

For each row: choose one:

• Not at all important
• Slightly important
• Moderately important
• Very important
• Extremely important

What makes it hard to keep laboratory equipment in good order? Select all that apply.

Choose any that apply:

• Not enough resources
• Gaps in knowledge about the equipment
• Faulty or broken equipment
• No regular maintenance schedule
• No particular challenges

Tell us more about these challenges. (optional)

Condition: Shown when at least one challenge was selected

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How confident do you feel managing safety in your laboratory?

Choose one:

• 1 - Not confident
• 2 - Slightly confident
• 3 - Neutral
• 4 - Fairly confident
• 5 - Very confident

How could we better support laboratory supervisors? (optional)

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