Appendix 7
Terms of Employment for Laboratory Technicians
1.	School's entering into a Contract with a Laboratory Technician on Appointment
	The Management Committee of a school, on the appointment of a laboratory technician, should enter into a contract of service with him.
2.	School's entering into a Contract with a Laboratory Technician immediately after Probation
	The Management Committee of a school should enter into a contract with a laboratory technician immediately after his two years of probationary period, which shall not be subject to annual re-newal.
3.	Terms of Employment to be mentioned in the Contract of Service for the Laboratory Technician
	(a)	Probationary Period
		The duration of probation for a laboratory technician shall be two years or on completion of an approved Laboratory Technician Certificate Course or an approved appropriate course of training, whichever is the longer.
	(b)	Termination of Appointment during and after Probationary Period
		(i)	During probationary Period
			The appointment of a laboratory technician who is serving a period of probation shall be terminable by the giving of one month's notice in writing by the School Management Committee or by the laboratory technician.
		(ii)	After Probationary Period
			The appointment of a laboratory technician who has satisfactorily completed a probationary period, shall be terminable by the giving of three months' notice in writing by the School Management Committee or by the laboratory technician.
4.	Working Experience counted for Incremental Purpose
	Relevant laboratory technician experience in the universities and polytechnic, and in a caput or assisted private or bought-place school bound by contract since 1 September 1990, shall be accepted as recognized experience for incremental purpose in aided schools.
5.	Signing of an Undertaking by the Laboratory Technician recommended to attend an Approved Laboratory Technician Certificate Course or an Approved Appropriate Course of Training
	The laboratory technician who has been recommended to attend an approved Laboratory Technician Certificate course or an approved appropriate course of training shall sign an undertaking with the school by which he agrees to serve in the school for at least one year after completion of the course.
6.	Direct Appointment of Laboratory Technician II
	Should there be a vacancy, it is permissible for the school to offer direct appointment of Laboratory Technician II to the appropriate applicant who is serving as Laboratory Technician II in another aided school even under a different sponsor.