Hands-on GC maintenance

  • Duration: 1 day for live courses
  • Experience level: Intermediate
  • Delivery methods: Face-to-face | Offsite training & consultancy | Onsite training & consultancy | Tailored training |
  • Type of course: Universal
  • Applicable to manufacturer(s): Agilent | Bruker | PerkinElmer | Scion | Shimadzu | SRI | Thermo | Varian |
  • CPD Approved: Approved
  • Scheduled course price: £650.00 + TAX per delegate
  • Course discounts: RSC CAMS HEaTED Cambridge Network members receive a discount on this course
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30/06/2026 - 30/06/2026
Hands-on GC maintenance
Face-to-face
Southampton, UK
£650.00
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06/10/2026 - 06/10/2026
Hands-on GC maintenance
Face-to-face
Milton Keynes, UK
£650.00
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Your Hands-on approach to learning gas chromatography (GC) maintenance

Day 2 of our Hands-on GC and GC-MS

Combine the practical theory of GC maintenance with laboratory-based exercises in this Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) approved training for the purposes of Continued Professional Development (CPD). This course is designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice, enabling you to confidently maintain GC instrumentation within the laboratory.

This Hands-on course is ideal for students, analysts and professionals who want to gain practical experience with all aspects of GC maintenance including gas supplies, regulators, plumbing, generators, filters and traps, autosamplers, inlets, analytical columns and detector systems. Learn how to identify common sources of contamination, leaks and performance issues, while developing the skills needed to perform preventative maintenance procedures safely and effectively.

Why should I join?

On completion, you will have both the theoretical knowledge and practical experience required to confidently maintain GC systems in your laboratory

 

This Hands-on GC maintenance course gives you:

  • Strong practical skills for maintaining and troubleshooting GC instrumentation
  • Practical guidance on maintaining autosamplers, inlets, columns and detectors
  • Hands-on experience replacing and maintaining common GC consumables
  • A structured approach to preventative maintenance planning
  • Practical techniques for identifying and resolving leaks and gas purity issues
  • Experience maintaining FID and ECD detector systems
  • Confidence interpreting maintenance-related performance problems and analytical symptoms
Combine other days or modules.

What would I learn?

A user-friendly GC maintenance course that combines in-depth theory with practical laboratory exercises, you will learn:

  • The principles of gas management, gas purity and contamination control
  • How carrier gases, detector gases and gas delivery systems influence GC performance
  • The selection, installation and maintenance of regulators, tubing, fittings, traps and filters
  • How to safely work with gas cylinders and gas generators
  • Routine maintenance procedures for GC autosamplers and injection systems
  • How to inspect, replace and maintain septa, liners, seals, ferrules and associated consumables
  • The principles of column installation, conditioning, trimming and storage
  • How to use guard columns and backflushing to improve system performance and column lifetime
  • Approaches to troubleshooting leaks, contamination, baseline noise, sensitivity loss and poor chromatographic performance

What knowledge will I gain?

  • Understand the critical role of preventative maintenance in ensuring reliable chromatographic performance
  • Be confident discussing GC gas management systems, gas purity requirements and contamination control strategies
  • Understand the impact of leaks, oxygen, moisture and hydrocarbons on GC performance and column lifetime
  • Explain the function and maintenance requirements of regulators, tubing, joints, traps and filters
  • Understand the operation and maintenance of autosamplers and sample introduction systems
  • Understand correct procedures for column handling, installation, conditioning, trimming and storage
  • Recognise symptoms of column contamination and deterioration before they significantly affect analytical performance
  • Diagnose and correct common causes of baseline noise, instability and reduced sensitivity
  • Create practical preventative maintenance schedules tailored to laboratory workloads and applications

Is this course for me?

This RSC approved for purposes of CPD training is designed for anyone responsible for maintaining, operating or supporting GC systems, including:

  • Analysts & technicians requiring training or a clear structured refresher of GC and GC-MS
  • Laboratory or line managers overseeing GC and GC-MS instrumentation
  • Data analysts and report writers who interpret results but don’t use the instruments
  • Service and consultant engineers who need both a theoretical and a hands-on reminder
  • Sales, marketing or commercial teams working with GC and GC-MS systems, consumables, data or laboratory services

If GC and GC-MS touches your work in any way, this well-planned course delivered by experts in the field equips you to understand the science behind these techniques.

Course combinations

Can’t attend the full course? No worries, combine days or modules to create training that works best for you. The more days you book the larger the discount.

  • For 2 days, pay £1250
  • For 3 days, pay £1825
  • For 4 days, pay £2350
  • For 5 days, pay £2850

Please note, discounts won’t apply when booking but will appear on your invoice.

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