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Job Description
Department: Physics
General Statement of Job
The Lab Specialist II - Physics provides direct professional support to all Physics, Physical Science, Geology, and Astronomy faculty. Maintains safety in the labs according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and Global Harmonized System (GHS) guidelines, which includes but not limited to maintaining eye wash stations, maintaining properly labeled receptacles for broken equipment and used batteries, maintaining receptacles for various waste streams, and Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Collaborates with faculty to plan and organize weekly lab activities to ensure that instructional materials and lab experiments are available as needed.
- Assists lab instructors during regularly scheduled labs or as needed.
- Develops adequate training aids to train students and/or faculty on equipment use, as needed.
- Performs and assists in preparatory work for the labs, including reagent preparation, and preparing carts with materials for lab.
- Manages waste for the labs in compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
- Assists with completion of chemical hygiene plan for the division.
- Maintains laboratory inventory and equipment.
- Maintains accurate records related to inventory and operation of laboratory.
- Orders, receives, issues, and stores materials, parts, and supplies.
- Assists with the review of bids on materials and equipment purchases, as needed.
- Performs routine repairs on equipment, and notifies proper personnel for warranty maintenance and major non-warranty repairs.
- Coordinates and develops workshops for special and community events.
- Recommends laboratory equipment and researches potential new laboratory experiments, as needed or as requested by faculty.
- Maintains lab rooms in a clean and orderly condition.
- Cross-trains in other physical sciences (engineering and chemistry) to assist faculty in the other disciplines within the Physical Science department, as needed.
- Interviews, conducts reference checks, selects, trains, and supervises the Physics part-time staff.
- Responsible for managing the labs and may be temporarily assigned to other campuses, as needed.
- Travels throughout the college district, as needed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Physics or related field required.
- At least two (2) years of experience in a science lab setting required.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong background in computers and office automation, including word processing, spreadsheets, database, Excel, PowerPoint and knowledge of the Windows environment.
- Knowledge of the physical science field, preferably physics.
- Familiarity of a science laboratory, including safety and precautions.
- Ability to use specialized instruments, equipment, software and perform experiments and demonstrations in the specialty area.
- Knowledge of Environmental