Assistant, Lab
Austin Community College
Highland Campus, TX
Job posting number: #7281514 (Ref:R-6687)
Posted: September 18, 2024
Job Description
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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.
As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:
Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.
Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes
Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC
Job Posting Title:
Assistant, LabJob Description Summary:
To provide temporary assistance in a lab setting.Job Description:
Description of Duties and Tasks
1) Prepare and assist with setting up and cleaning up lab equipment for student-conducted experiments; may include assisting faculty and/or students during lab experiments, exercises, and exams.
2) Performs annual inventory of lab equipment.
3) Maintains a working knowledge of a variety of laboratory equipment and demonstrates the safe and proper use/disposal of equipment including hazardous material(s).
4) Prepares, tests, adjusts, modifies, performs routine maintenance on, calibrates a variety of technical laboratory equipment, and troubleshoots equipment.
5) Ensures lab safety and responds to laboratory emergencies. Maintain working knowledge of health and safety procedures/regulations.
6) Ensures EHS compliance in the laboratory through proper storage of equipment and hazardous material(s).
Knowledge
* Knowledge of laboratory safety practices.
* Knowledge of discipline related technical equipment.
* Knowledge of basic discipline related equipment technical support.
* Knowledge of instructional lab best practices.
* Safely handling, using, and storing lab equipment.
* Basic administrative procedures and practices; including inventory.
Skills
* Maintains a regular, consistent work schedule.
* Ability to provide technical support including troubleshooting and maintaining lab equipment.
* Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse population including faculty, staff, students, and external parties.
* Problem solving and analysis as an attempt to improve laboratory success and student learning.
Technology Skills
* Ability to use a variety of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software
* Ability to set up, use, and maintain related laboratory-related software applications.
* Ability to perform technical support of discipline related equipment, including both hardware and software.
Required Work Experience
* Experience in an instructional lab setting
Preferred Work Experience
* Two years of physics lab related experience and experience with working well with people.
Required Education
High school degree
High school level physics
Preferred Education
College level physics
Physical Requirements
* Work is performed in a classroom lab and prep setting and may include fieldwork.
* Must be able to lift objects up to 40 lbs.
* Ability to stand, kneel, sit and reach.
* Hand/finger dexterity to perform the essential functions, including the use of the keyboard.
* Visual ability to perform essential functions.
Pay Rate
$23.00/Hour
Number of Openings:
1Job Posting Close Date:
October 1, 2024Clery Act
As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.
Disclaimer
The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.