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PERKINELMER MISSION

Improving human and environmental health is our focus. From earlier insights and more effective therapies to cleaner water and safer buildings where we work, learn and play; PerkinElmer touches the lives of millions of people around the world every day.

Through science, innovation and applications expertise we’re committed to transforming risk into safety, mystery into knowledge and ideas into action for a healthier today and a better tomorrow. We operate in 150 countries worldwide and employ approximately 7,500 employees. Seventy-five percent of our products are in the number one or number two position in their market.

Our global headquarters are in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. PerkinElmer is the world’s leading technology and solution provider in the fields of human and environmental health. We are actively engaged in the development of technology and solutions in the areas of analytical sciences, life sciences and genetic screening.

PerkinElmer is proud to be associated with all the major customer accounts across industries including pharmaceutical, government, environmental, petrochemical and chemical. This provides us the unique ability to understand and provide solutions across a wide spectrum of product technologies and varied application segments.

PerkinElmer’s South African Headquarters is located in Midrand, Gauteng and offers support to customers from the mining and mineral testing, chemical and petrochemical analysis, food and beverage safety testing and pharmaceutical testing industries. It is also the base for one of our Customer Knowledge Centers of Excellence, the fully equipped facility serves as a demonstration, application support and service center.

For people. For the environment. For the shared goal of a healthier future.

Our world class product range includes:

• Molecular Spectroscopy (MS)

• Infrared (FTIR & IR) Spectrometers

• UV/Vis & UV/Vis/NIR

• Thermal Elemental Analysis (TEA)

• Atomic Absorption Spectrometers (AA)

• Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP)

• ICP-Mass Spectrometry

• Gas Chromatography (GC and GC/MS)

• Liquid Chromatography (LC, LC/MS and LC TOF)

And many more

OneSource Laboratory Services -The one you can count on:

• Instrument Service & Repair

• Analytical Method Services

• Laboratory Relocation

• Qualification & Validation

• Full Instrument Training Course

• Laboratory Related Training Courses

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IC ATOMIC ABSORPTION

Basic Atomic AbsorptionZA000019Duration: 1 day

Designed for the beginner with a basic knowledge of atomic absorption.

• Principles of Flame and Graphite Furnace AA• Basic troubleshooting• Interferences• Method development

Basic ICP-MSZA000021Duration: 1 day

Designed for the beginner with a basic knowledge of ICP-MS.

• Theory of ICP-MS• Sample introduction• Spectral and non-spectral interferences• Collision and reaction gas theory

Basic ICP-OESZA000020Duration: 1 day

Designed for the beginner with a basic knowledge of ICP-OES.

• Theory of ICP• Sample introduction• Spectral and non-spectral interferences• Background correction• MSF & IEC

IR & UV-VIS

Basic IRZA000015Duration: 1 day

Designed for the beginner with a basic knowledge of spectroscopic methods.

• Introduction to infrared theory and instrument operation • Optimization• Review of sampling techniques• Software functionality including; peak

selection, data storage, compare, library searching, equation editing, macro development.

• Spectral interpretation• Basic quantitative analysis

Basic UV-VISZA000017Duration: 1 day

Designed for the beginner with a basic knowledge of UV-VIS.

• Introduction to UV/Vis theory• Choosing the best parameters• Data storage and export• Equations• Spectral processing• Reporting

Basic Thermal AnalysisZA000016 Duration: 1 day

Designed for the beginner with a basic knowledge of thermal analysis

• Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)• Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)• Hyphenated systems: Linking the

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Advanced UV-VIS ZA000018Duration: 1 day

This course is designed for method developers using UV WinLab software and deals with the more advanced features of the software. Topics include the following:

• Sample table design • Results table, custom tables,

measurements/replicates tables• Report design • The equation editor• Exporting methods, report templates

and custom objects• Conditional (“pass/fail”) formatting • Spectral processing

4 * course available on request

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY

Basic Gas Chromatographyand GC-MSZA000013Duration: 1 day

Designed for the beginner with a basic knowledge of chromatographic methods.

• Principles of GC • Injection techniques• Column selection• Interpretation of chromatograms• Mass spectrometry

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHYBasic Liquid ChromatographyZA000014Duration: 1 day

Designed for the beginner with a basic knowledge of chromatographic methods.

• Principles of LC• Column selection• Hands-on CHROMERA software training• Hands-on Flexar hardware training

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Statistics in Method ValidationZA000024Duration: 3 days

This course is designed for senior laboratory staff tasked with method development and validation. The use of computers makes the course relevant and participants will receive a template for method validation.

• Application of statistical tests• Accuracy, precision and bias• Confidence interval • Systematic or determinate error• Significance testing• Outliers in data• Limit of detection and quantitation• Analysis of variance (ANOVA)• Introduction to measurement uncertainty• Practical application on scientific

instruments in PerkinElmer’s demonstration laboratory

Measurement UncertaintyZA000023Duration: 3 days

This course is designed for senior laboratory staff tasked with method validation and accreditation as measurement uncertainty is becoming increasingly important in the accreditation process.

• Mean; median• Degrees of freedom• Types of distributions• Probability• Significance• Standard deviation• Variance• Standard error• Accuracy• Recovery• Variance• Bias• Hypothesis testing• F-test; T-test; Grubb’s test• ANOVA• Regression uncertainties: standard error

of the regression, slope, intercept• Uncertainty in predicted values from the

regression• Identification of sources of uncertainty• Quantification and combination of

individual sources of uncertainty• Calculation and expression of expanded

uncertainty

Basic Laboratory Practice and CalibrationZA000022Duration: 1 day

This course is designed for junior and intermediate laboratory staff. It is a practical approach to all aspects of laboratory work, with a focus on theory and practice of instrument calibration and measurement of unknown samples. This will help to eliminate your fear of audits by getting all the basics right.

• Laboratory etiquette• Volumetric glassware• Variable pipets• Syringes• Glassware verification• Measurement standards• Calibration• Measurement of samples• Regression and linearity• Standard addition• Result evaluation• Waste disposal• Practical application on scientific

instruments in PerkinElmer demonstration laboratory

ISO 17025 TrainingZA000025Duration: 3 days

This course is designed for all laboratory staff working according to ISO 17025 rules, or who wish to implement these rules with a view to SANAS accreditation.

• Organization, management system and document control

• Contracts, tenders and purchasing• Service and complaints • Non-conforming work, improvements

and preventive actions• Internal auditing• Management review processes and

records• Personnel training• Control of data• Equipment calibration and maintenance• Measurement traceability• Reference standards and materials• Sampling and handling of test and

calibration items• Assuring the quality of results and

quality control• Proficiency participation and evaluation

of results• Test and calibration reports

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OUR TRAINERS...

Olivier Savard

Olivier is a polymer chemist who graduated from Simon Fraser University (Canada). He has been working for PerkinElmer since 2007. He was first employed as the material characterization product specialist for PerkinElmer Canada before moving to PerkinElmer UK/Ireland in 2011. Olivier is now the infrared, near-infrared and hyphenation product specialist for the UK, Ireland and the Scandinavian countries.

Allan Fraser

Allan Fraser is an analytical chemist by profession and is a registered Professional Natural Scientist with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions.

During his early career he gained experience as a chemical analyst at Johannesburg Consolidated Investments (JCI) and Matthey Rustenburg Refiners. He then took up a position as laboratory manager at Sandvik Hard Materials and later joined LECO Africa as a sales engineer, eventually becoming group manager for the company’s mass spectrometry range of instruments. In 2001 Allan joined Philips Analytical as General Manager of their South African subsidiary and in 2002 was made a Director of PANalytical (Pty) Ltd, a position he held for 6 years. After a period as Operations Manager of three of SGS’s laboratories, Allan formed Allan Fraser & Associates.

This consulting business focuses on on-site training of laboratory personnel and providing expertise in terms of analytical development work, analytical chemistry consulting and laboratory technical audits. His areas of specialisation in analytical chemistry are method development and statistical method validation of analytical methods.

Steve Upstone

Steve joined PerkinElmer in 1979 and during this time has worked mainly with UV and fluorescence products. He has experience in a wide range of fields as diverse as molecular biology, pharmacology, colour science, solar energy and optics as well as general expertise in analytical chemistry.

Elzabé Truter

Elzabé Truter holds a National Diploma in Microbiology and has 33 years’ experience in microbiological analysis of water and food as well as 15 years’ experience in Laboratory Accreditation (ISO/IEC ISO 17025:2005). She was Head of Department of Water Affairs Biological Laboratory for 10 years.

During this period she was responsible for the implementation of ISO 17025:2005 Quality Management System and the validation of test methods.

Elzabé was then Manager of the Microbiology Laboratory at the CSIR for 8 years, as well as Quality Manager for the Water Laboratories. Since 2008 she has been involved in assisting testing laboratories with the implementation of ISO 17025:2005 Quality Management Systems,

internal auditing and training.

Andreas Trüe

Andreas Trüe is PerkinElmer South Africa’s applications engineer for GC-MS, AAS, ICP-OES and ICP-MS. He holds a B.Tech in chemical engineering and an M.Tech degree in analytical chemistry.

During his early career Andreas worked as a development engineer in biotechnology R&D, focussing on the development of bio immune assays at the renowned company Dräger AG as well as at Connex GmbH in Germany.

He then worked for seven years in clinical chemistry at DuBuisson & Partners, using GC-MS, HPLC, ICP-MS and AAS techniques.

This was followed by seven years in the environmental analysis sector at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), where Andreas focused on air quality measurement and environmental analysis. He utilised GC-MS, Headspace-GC-MS, TD-GC-MS and IC for the analysis of a variety of pollutants in air, water and soil samples. From 2013 he supervised the organic laboratory of CSIR Consulting and Analytical Services.

Nicholas Lancaster

Nicholas is a recent addition to the PerkinElmer applications team and is responsible for the LC, LCMS, FTIR and TOF-MS instrument ranges. He obtained his Bachelor of Science (with Honours in analytical chemistry) from Rhodes University. The subject of his research project involved the characterization of electrospun nanofibres via ICP-OES. During this time he was also responsible for the LC systems, separating freshly synthesized organics for analysis via NMR. Nicholas worked as a student tutor and demonstrator at Rhodes, providing lectures as well as demonstrating in the lab.

He then worked in lab and on-site assisting with training and demonstrating the use of XRF and XRD instrumentation whilst working with the analytical X-Ray company, PANalytical, for two years before joining the applications team at PerkinElmer.

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• With over 270 years of broad, industry experience at their fingertips, our highly skilled team of trainers ensures an outstanding wealth of knowledge is consistently at your disposal.

• An exceptional combination of experience from both manufacturing and user environments enables us to fully understand your training requirements.

• This unrivalled depth of experience and understanding enables our team to address your technical and application problems during the training.

• With a broad range of technologies available, our courses offer the perfect balance of both hands on training with our fully operational instrumentation and theoretical learning.

• Our training courses will help you overcome any operational problems in your laboratory and give you the opportunity to troubleshoot your application queries. This will help you maximize the use of your instruments and increase the efficiency of your lab.

A full list of courses offered is available on our website www.perkinelmer.com and on the published calendar along with information on how to enrol. Alternatively if you would like to discuss your individual training needs with one of our experienced instructors then please don’t hesitate to contact us at Training.za@perkinelmer.com

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