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7.3 WORK ETHICS

All students are bound to the University Regulation & Guideline while working in the
laboratory. These guidelines are meant to provide safe working environment in order to
safe guard the equipments and building in the laboratory as well as to avoid accident.

The faculty has detailed out the regulations for working in laboratories as the working
procedures is the fundamental aspect of laboratory activities. Students are required to
follow these guidelines while they are in the laboratory or within the vicinity of the
laboratory. The objectives of these guidelines are as follows:-
a. To create a secure, safe and conducive working environment during laboratory and
practical works.
b. To guarantee the safety of the students and their environment.
c. To cultivate highly discipline culture among students.
d. To adapt professional working ethics.
e. To prolong the equipments’ life span and also to maintain it with proper use and
procedures.
f. To prevent misuse of equipments and avoid inappropriate and unnecessary damage
to the equipments.
g. To make sure the practical work session is efficient without undue interference.

The working ethics are divided into three (3) categories, namely General Work Ethics,
Laboratory Work Ethics and Dress Code in the Laboratory.

7.3.1 GENERAL WORK ETHICS

General work ethics is inevitably important. As student and future mechanical engineer are
the people who will shape the national future engineering environment, general work ethics
should be emphasised no matter where they are. To uphold these basic guidelines, the
following instructions are enforced:
a. No entrance into the laboratory or work with the equipments without permission of
laboratory manager or authorised staff.

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