Services provided by our Physics and Astronomy Operations Team
In alphabetical order by service type:
Books, Telephone,
both Yellow Pages and White, pickup from Elliott in his office. Currently
2000-2001 versions.
Chemical Safety, maintenance, documentation,
monitoring, securing, recommending, locating
Electrical/Electronic evaluation, testing,
repairing, maintaining, installing, constructing
General low level maintenance and repairs
General repairs, hanging of pictures, chalkboards,
bulletin boards, etc..
HARDWARE: I have lots of HARDWARE such
as bolts, nuts, washers, screws (machine, wood, sheet metal, lag), clamps,
as well as lots of small electrical and electronic items such as potentiometers,
resistors, relays, lugs and the like. If you are considering purchasing
things like this, and only need a few, please contact me and see if I might
have what you need without your having to take the time to go shopping
for them. It will also help me clean out a lot of small unused items from
my stock.
Inventory control, tagging of items, tracking,
and documentation of all incoming, outgoing, and loaned items and equipment.
KEYS: Issuing, recording, tracking, receiving
of keys to all department resources from buildings to padlocks
Maintenance of The main building # 207
at Yale and Lomas, the Campus Observatory building # 208, the department
Warehouse, and Capilla Peak Observatory buildings # 402, 402a, 402b, 402c,
and 402d, and all of their associated grounds, structures, and trailers.
This includes all facets of maintenance to include heating/air conditioning
systems, plumbing, lighting, structural, telephone, computer network wiring,
access, and grounds services.
Network connection and installation
Packaging, shipping, and documentation
of items to be shipped out of the department through our services
PC (Personal Computer) services: Installing
of software and some hardware. Initial setup and connecting to network.
Minor troubleshooting of hardware and/or software. Assist with recommendations
for purchasing needs and department requirements. Training in the use of
assorted software and operating systems currently in use.
PPD (Physical Plant Department) services:
See the PPD Service Guide now available in my office. It covers services,
areas of campus, maps of areas and the like. Some items covered in the
manuals are: Becoming familiar with your area, Campus Police and PPD, work
requests, customer follow-ups, schedules of regularly performed services,
Alarms, trees, automotive, building maintenance, custodial, emergencies,
estimates, grounds services, keys, Lawrence Ranch Cabin Rental, moving,
pest management, remodeling, sign shop, special activities, telecommunication
services, campus operators, utilities, work control, phone number contact
points, and a map of the various PPD service area Zones.
PROGRAMMING: Visual dBASE 5.0 programming
and database processing and set-up
Projection services:
Purchasing and installation of office,
door, and personnel name tags and signs
Radioactive Materials, purchase assisting
and directing, storage, tracking, monitoring, safety
Receiving of all incoming items and processing
of all UNM or Department purchased items
Software installation and removal
Vehicle loaning and scheduling, maintenance,
storing, monitoring, tracking, supervising
See also John Behrendt in
the Electronic Shop, Room 146, 277-1463
Novell
Windows 95, 98, NT
GroupWise e-mail
Purchasing, recommending,
locating
Maintenance of projectors
Loaning of Proxima display
panels and Infocus Panelbook display panels
People
Faculty