(i) NM-AIST students and staff have access to use the laboratory from 8:00am to 4:00pm Monday to Friday – standard working hours
(ii)Students working in the laboratory must be affiliated to academic staff at the department, and they have the responsibility to make such agreements in advance.
(iii)The laboratory is also available to external researchers during the aforementioned hours as approved and communicated by head of department of the respective school and acknowledged by the laboratory manager
(iv)At all times when the laboratory is in use, laboratory personnel(s) must be available, for assistance and control
(v)Any exception granted to the aforementioned laboratory access guideline, must be justified and abide to the guideline for laboratory access.
(vi)Whenever access is required before and/or after the standard working hours, it MUST be communicated in advance to the responsible personnel and be approved following the proper chain of command, i.e. approved by head of department and facilitated by human resources for over time/extra duty documentation, appropriate compensation for Laboratory personnel is a MUST.
These individuals/groups may fall in four categories as defined below; a)NM-AIST students: Masters, PhD, volunteers and field attached students. b)NM-AIST employees: permanent and temporary c)External users: Researchers/ Collaborators d)Visitors