diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/util/script_context_util.tcl b/site_ansto/instrument/util/script_context_util.tcl
index d15993ae..041a3a39 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/util/script_context_util.tcl
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/util/script_context_util.tcl
@@ -59,3 +59,46 @@ proc ::scobj::hinitprops {scobj args} {
     }
   }
 }
+
+##
+# @brief find the node with property 'sicsdev' matching the given name
+# start at top (or path) and work down
+# @param name, the name of the device we are looking for (e.g. 'tc1')
+# @param path, optional starting path (e.g. '/sample')
+proc ::scobj::find_sicsdev {name {path "/"}} {
+  foreach node [hlist ${path}] {
+    if { [hpropexists ${path}/${node} sicsdev] } {
+      if { [string match -nocase "${name}" "[hgetpropval ${path}/${node} sicsdev]" } {
+        return [string map {// /} ${path}/${node}]
+      }
+    }
+    set result [find_dev ${name} ${path}/${node}]
+    if { ${result} != "" } {
+      return [string map {// /} ${result}]
+    }
+  }
+  return ""
+}
+
+##
+# @brief find the node with the property 'type' matching 'sct_object'
+# start at the bottom and work up
+# @param path, the path of the node where we start looking (e.g. '[sct]')
+proc ::scobj::find_myobject {{path ""}} {
+  if { [string length "${path}"] == 0 } {
+    if { [catch {
+      set path "[sct]"
+    } catch_message] } {
+      set path ""
+    }
+  }
+  while { [string length ${path}] > 1 } {
+    if { [hpropexists ${path} type] } {
+      if { [string match -nocase "sct_object" "[hgetpropval ${path} type]"] } {
+        return [string map {// /} ${path}]
+      }
+    }
+    set path [pathname ${path}]
+  }
+  return ""
+}