Simulated workplaceCAQA Veritas Laboratories is a fictional business created by CAQA for training and assessment. It is not a real company and no person, client or record here is real.About this simulation
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Simulated workplace
Staff directory

The people

Ten roles you will work with. Sign in as any of them to personalise the workspace. All people are fictional.

Every person here is fictional. Names, roles and biographies were invented by CAQA for the simulation and do not describe any real person.
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Amara Okonkwo

Laboratory Director
Executive · she/her

Leads the laboratory, chairs management review and holds final authority over the quality system, after twelve years with Veritas and six as director.

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Ben Castellano

Sample Reception Supervisor
Sample Reception and Logistics · he/him

Runs the reception bench, trains new assistants in registration and chain of custody and has kept holding times under control for eight years.

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Priya Venkatesan

Chemistry Section Manager
Analytical Chemistry · she/her

An analytical chemist who manages the instrument suite, authorises chemistry reports and has led the section for five years.

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Hamish McLeod

Microbiology Section Manager
Microbiology and Food Testing · he/him

Manages the microbiology suite, the media kitchen and the weekend on-call roster, and joined Veritas as a microbiologist in 2013.

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Olivia Brennan

Materials Testing Manager
Construction Materials and Geotechnical · she/her

Oversees the materials hall and site testing crews, signatory for construction materials reports, and has been with the laboratory for nine years.

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Tariq Haddad

Field Services Coordinator
Field Sampling and Environmental Monitoring · he/him

Plans every sampling run, keeps the field meters calibrated and the vehicles roadworthy, and started as a field technician seven years ago.

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Sarah Whitmore

Quality Manager
Quality, Compliance and Client Services · she/her

Owns the quality management system, leads internal audits and accreditation assessments and has held the role for four years.

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Jasper Nguyen

Senior Laboratory Technician
Analytical Chemistry · they/them

Runs the inductively coupled plasma spectrometer and metals digestion bench and reviews batch quality control, after joining as a trainee in 2019.

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Ruby Anderson

Laboratory Assistant
Sample Reception and Logistics · she/her

Registers samples, prepares subsamples and manages the cold room, and has been part of reception for two years.

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Marcus Feld

Field Technician
Field Sampling and Environmental Monitoring · he/him

Collects water and soil samples across the Illawarra, maintains his own field kit and has three years of site sampling experience.