The document discusses organizing training to meet the standards for a healthcare science portfolio. The portfolio prepares trainees to work safely in any laboratory on their first day. It focuses on learning the laboratory culture, governance, interpersonal skills, diagnostics, and basic laboratory investigations. The author describes organizing the training into categories like health and safety, quality, and laboratory investigations. Training is networked across disciplines by having experts teach topics to all trainees. This maximizes efficiency by sharing the training burden and allowing topics like quality and health and safety to be delivered generically across specialties. Discipline specific training like practical skills and specimen reception are taught in-house. Assessments are signed off by relevant experts with the training officer overseeing completion of