IKM gives talk to 100 final year chemistry students

KUCHING: The Malaysian Institute of Chemistry (IKM) Sarawak held a talk on Chemist Act 1975 and IKM at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) recently.

According to a press statement issued by IKM Sarawak Branch, the talk was attended by the Head of Chemistry Department, Dr Sim Siong Fong and about 100 final year chemistry students, post graduate students and lecturers.

The talk was delivered by IKM Sarawak branch chairman Dr Alvin Chai Lian Kuet, who is also the Council Member of IKM Headquarters in KL.

The purpose of the talk is to explain the Chemist Act 1975 and function of IKM to the final year students who are the potential IKM members.

The talk is one of the 2014 IKM Sarawak activities to reach out to new chemists. The talk covers all aspects of Chemists Act in regulating the chemistry profession, the press release said.

Under the Act, all practising chemists must register with IKM to qualify as a registered chemist. Only registered IKM chemist can sign the chemical analysis report.

It is also the requirement of Malaysian standard MS ISO/IEC 17025 that only the registered IKM chemist can be qualified as signatory for chemical analysis report.

To become an IKM member, the minimum requirement is a degree in chemistry with one year practical working experience in a chemistry laboratory.

For non-chemistry graduates who want to become IKM member, they must sit and pass the LMIC examination (Licentiate Malaysian Institute of Chemistry) conducted by IKM headquarters.

In 2015, the IKM Sarawak Branch will bring the course to Kuching Sarawak. This course will be conducted during the weekends from May to August 2015 followed by an examination in October.

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