| CHARACTER OF THIS CLASSIFICATION LEVEL
In positions at this level, incumbents work under the general direction
of a more senior technician, administrator or academic staff member.
In performing the duties, incumbents utilize a wide variety of standardized
technical procedures, analyses and/or equipment and provide technical
and administrative assistance. Incumbents may also be responsible
for organizing specific work areas. Duties are performed with independence,
initiative and judgement. Supervising students and the supervision
and introductory training of other employees at the same or lower
levels may be a requirement.
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CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHICH ARE INTENDED
TO ILLUSTRATE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS CLASSIFICATION LEVEL AND SHOULD
NOT BE INTERPRETED AS A DESCRIPTION OF ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL POSITION WITHIN
THIS CLASSIFICATION LEVEL
General Duties and Responsibilities
- Answers inquiries and/or provides technical assistance to students,
staff and the public, referring more complex matters to a senior staff
member when necessary
- Operates, demonstrates, monitors and maintains equipment, diagnosing
and performing minor repairs (eg: laboratory equipment, graphic equipment,
etc.)
- Orders and maintains inventories of supplies, materials and equipment,
recording annual inventory and communicating with suppliers
- Monitors budget and expenditure records and provides input in the
preparation of annual budgets
- Maintains records on staff actions, supplies, equipment, facilities,
specimens, subjects, etc. manually or on computer and makes purchase
recommendations
- Supervises students, assigns and monitors tasks and assists in the
introductory training of other employees at the same or lower levels
Other Duties and Responsibilities
- Prepares, sets up and demonstrates samples, objects, materials, supplies,
equipment and models for laboratory classes and/or research and ensures
these are readily available
- Maintains laboratories in an organized fashion, ensuring safety procedures
are observed and consults with instructors regarding problems, revisions
and improvements
- Monitors the environment in specific facilities to meet required storage
practices - ie: humidity, temperature, light, security, etc.,
adjusting as necessary and/or reporting malfunctions
- May plan field work activities including: making schedules, assigning
resources and monitoring success
- Collects, downloads and interprets data from a number of sources,
compiling reports as required
- May conduct and coordinate interviews and surveys for research purposes,
maintaining records and data
- Enters and performs statistical analysis (both quantitative and qualitative
analysis) on data and prepare results and reports
- Based on discussions with user(s), creates original designs and layouts
of printed materials including brochures, posters, publications, signs,
instructional artwork and charts and makes modifications to existing
designs
- Prepares solutions and mixtures and performs technical procedures
- Orders, catalogues, files, stores, repairs and maintains collections
including artifacts, maps, photographs, etc.
- Organizes and maintains books, journals, historical maps and travel
information in a library and supervises material use and borrowing by
users
- Performs other related duties as required or assigned
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