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Hazar Kabbara

Summary

Proficient laboratory officer with over ten years of experience in managing laboratories in the education sector, demonstrating extensive skills in safeguarding efficient lab operations, upholding OSHA compliance, managing multiple projects, and coordinating with academic and operational teams, suppliers, and external contractors. Detail-oriented chemistry graduate with a strong foundation in laboratory safety management, COSHH, and OSH.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience

Work History

Chemistry Teacher

Dubai International Private School
01.2024 - Current

Create lesson plans, prepare and deliver classroom sessions, track and evaluate student performance, assign grades, and administer assessments.

  • Develop and implement lesson plans for plans for grade 8 (Science) and grade 12 (Health and Food), administer tests and evaluations, analyze student performance, and participate in department meetings and parent conferences.
  • Conduct group activities and foster a classroom environment conducive to learning.

Senior Officer - Labs and Workshops

Higher Colleges of Technology
09.2018 - 07.2023

Managed laboratory operations, collaborated with staff, faculty, students, suppliers, and external contractors, and worked across college directorates to implement protective and preventive measures, minimize operational losses, and ensure occupational health and safety

  • Led the development and implementation of laboratory and workshop policies at HCT DBW's campus facilities
  • Supervised the laboratories' and workshops' operations across the campus, diligently reinforcing safety protocols
  • Effectively documented and managed records of risk assessments, hazardous material handling, periodic laboratory safety training, equipment preventive maintenance, management of change forms, and inspection reports
  • Safeguarded that laboratories and workshops maintain audit compliance by regularly reviewing and updating processes, procedures, and documentation
  • Effectively managed the reception, installation, and maintenance of laboratory equipment, contributing to the seamless operation of laboratory activities
  • Proficiently engaged in the initiation and execution of laboratory renovation projects from A to Z.

Laboratory Technician

ADNOC Schools
08.2010 - 07.2018

Maintained the science laboratories, supported the delivery of educational programs by sourcing and preparing materials for practical classes, maintained supplies and equipment, and provided relevant assistance to teachers and students.

  • Supervised all laboratory activities and operations, ensuring adherence to protocols and safety regulations
  • Maintained laboratory apparatus, equipment, chemicals, and general supplies
  • Liaised with teachers to discuss timetables, requirements, and lesson plans
  • Prepared chemicals and equipment, ran trials of experiments prior to classes, demonstrated techniques for experiments, and assisted in troubleshooting and correcting experimental errors
  • Managed the Lab Safety Guidelines, SDS Manuals, Chemical Inventory, Hazardous Chemical Register, and Lab Equipment & PPE Inventories
  • Prepared annual purchase requisitions of lab equipment/consumables for all school branches and technically evaluated quotations under ADNOC procurement department.

Science and Chemistry Teacher

Al Mawakeb School
02.2010 - 06.2010
  • Created lesson plans, prepared and delivered lectures, evaluated student performance, assigned grades, and administered assessments
  • Developed and implemented daily and unit lesson plans for 5th, 6th, and 9th grades, administered tests and evaluations, analyzed student performance, and participated in faculty and parent conferences
  • Conducted group activities and fostered a classroom environment conducive to learning.

Trainee

Station De Traitement Des Eaux De Tripoli
03.2009 - 05.2009

Performed basic microbiological and physical lab tests on water samples

  • Collected, handled, and tested drinking water samples for pathogens in bacteriological lab
  • Operated various laboratory equipment (microscope, membrane filter, colony counter, incubator, autoclave) and conducted decontamination of biohazardous waste
  • Prepared culture media, agar plates, bacterial cultures, and streak plates
  • Performed various microbiological water quality testings (turbidity, total chlorine, bacterial identification, and bacterial colony count).

Education

Master of Science - Food Science

United Arab Emirates University
Al Ain, UAE
05.2025

Teaching Diploma And Master of Science M1 - Chemistry

Lebanese University - Faculty of Sciences
Beirut, Lebanon
07.2008

Lebanese Baccalaureate - Life Sciences

Tripoli Evangelical School For Boys & Girls
Tripoli, Lebanon
08.2003

Skills

  • Lab Management
  • Inventory Management
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Project Management
  • Safety Management
  • Record Keeping
  • Lab Safety
  • OSHA Compliance
  • Risk Assessment
  • Team Leadership
  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Oral and Written Communication
  • Presentation Competency
  • Problem-Solving
  • Detail-oriented
  • Organized
  • Creative

Certifications

  • Laboratory Safety Management and Health Protection Aspect of OSHA Certificate
  • Highfield Level 2 International Award in the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
  • LEED Green Associate

Training/ Courses

  • First Aid
  • Fire Fighting
  • SAP & SAP Ariba
  • Blackboard Learn
  • SoftChalk Create

Accomplishments

  • Developed a laboratory safety course for students on Blackboard which was valued by my manager and coworkers and adopted in different campuses.
  • Successfully developed, implemented, and maintained laboratory safety protocols in different types of laboratories resulting in zero safety incidents.

Languages

Arabic
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English Proficient
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)

Timeline

Chemistry Teacher

Dubai International Private School
01.2024 - Current

Senior Officer - Labs and Workshops

Higher Colleges of Technology
09.2018 - 07.2023

Laboratory Technician

ADNOC Schools
08.2010 - 07.2018

Science and Chemistry Teacher

Al Mawakeb School
02.2010 - 06.2010

Trainee

Station De Traitement Des Eaux De Tripoli
03.2009 - 05.2009

Master of Science - Food Science

United Arab Emirates University

Teaching Diploma And Master of Science M1 - Chemistry

Lebanese University - Faculty of Sciences

Lebanese Baccalaureate - Life Sciences

Tripoli Evangelical School For Boys & Girls
Hazar Kabbara