ABSTRACT

The laboratory supervisor should have at least a bachelor’s degree with a major in chemistry or equivalent and at least 1 year of experience in the analysis of drinking water for radiochemicals. The laboratory supervisor should have at least a working knowledge of quality assurance principles. The laboratory supervisor has immediate responsibility to insure that all laboratory personnel have demonstrated their ability to satisfactorily perform the analyses to which they are assigned and that all data reported by the laboratory meet the required quality assurance criteria.