Find Your Beamline Contact
The User Office staff will give you directions to the beamline where you will be working. You must locate your beamline contact and complete a few more steps with him or her before you can begin your experiment.
The information below is general to all beamlines. In addition, each beamline has specific requirements and operating procedures that you must follow.
Complete Sector Orientation
Each sector (representing one or more beamlines) has a separate orientation covering issues specific to that sector. Your beamline contact will conduct this orientation. You must complete sector-specific orientation for each sector in which you work.
Meet Your Floor Coordinator
Your beamline contact will introduce you to your floor coordinator. The floor coordinators are APS employees who work rotating shifts 24 hours a day during user operations periods. They facilitate interactions between users and APS/Argonne in safety matters and in obtaining services.
Complete Safety Assessments
The floor coordinator will complete the paperwork authorizing you to begin your experiment. An approved Experiment Safety Assessment Form must be posted at the beamline before you can begin work.
