— Training
Hands-on HPLC and LC-MS training, on your instruments.
Your analysts learn to set up, run, interpret, and troubleshoot on the instruments they use every day, from someone who has done this at the bench for 14 years. On-site across the GTA.
What it is
Most instrument training happens once, at install, by a vendor who never sees your matrix. Then the people who actually run the samples are left to figure out the hard parts alone. I train your team on your own instruments, with your own methods, on the problems your lab actually hits. When I leave, they can run the work without me.
What it covers
- Instrument setup and daily readiness checks
- Running samples and reading the output critically
- Method development logic rather than recipe-following
- Troubleshooting: sensitivity, peak shape, matrix effects, carryover
- Routine maintenance that keeps a source clean and a column usable
- Documentation habits that survive an audit
Scoped to your team. A focused day on one technique, or a multi-day block that walks a method from sample prep through validation. We agree the content before I arrive.
Who it's for
- Contract labs and CROs
- Generic and biosimilar pharma QC
- Natural health product manufacturers
- Cannabis, food, and environmental testing labs
- Academic core facilities
What you keep
Every engagement ends with a short take-home reference, a method checklist or troubleshooting guide built around what we worked on, so the training is still there after I leave and your next hire has somewhere to start.
Booking
$1,000 to $2,500 a day, scoped to your group size and depth.
Multi-day blocks come down a little. Book a 30-minute call and tell me your instruments, your team size, and the problems you want covered. I'll send a quote and a proposed plan. No obligation.
Need a method built or rescued rather than training? See method development and troubleshooting consulting.
Questions I get asked
- What does a day cost?
- Between $1,000 and $2,500 CAD per day, scoped to how many analysts are in the room and how deep we go. Multi-day blocks come down a little. I quote the day, not a per-person fee.
- We could train our people internally. Why bring someone in?
- Often you can, and you should. The question I'd ask is how long the problem has already been open. A day of focused training usually costs less than the weeks it has been costing you.
- Can you guarantee results?
- I guarantee your analysts leave able to do the thing we scoped. I can't guarantee they'll practise it afterwards. That part sits with the team.
- What is not included?
- I don't write your SOPs from scratch, I don't provide ongoing remote support, and I don't execute your validation. Those are separate pieces of work, and I'd rather scope them properly than let them creep into a training day.
- Do you train on our instruments or bring your own?
- Yours. That is the point. The training runs on the instruments your analysts use every day, with your methods and the matrices you actually see.
- Where do you travel?
- On-site across the Greater Toronto Area from Mississauga. Remote sessions work for the parts that do not need hands on hardware.
About the instructor
Pawliszyn-trained Ph.D. analytical chemist. 14 years across pharma, CRO, environmental, and natural-product labs. I've developed and validated LC-MS and HPLC methods, trained 200+ scientists, and published 18 peer-reviewed papers. I still do bench work, which is the point: the training is grounded in what actually happens in the lab.