Student Assistant

Position Description

Position Description

Position Title: Collegiate High School Student Assistant

• Natural Science, SPG

Department/Location: SPC Gibbs Natural Science Department

Hours per week: 5 - 10 hours/week

Desired Work Schedule: Flexible; Monday

• Friday, 9:00am

• 4:00pm.

Hourly Rate Compensation: $15.00

Position Summary: The Natural Science Department is looking for laboratory assistants for the anatomy and physiology, biology, chemistry, physics, and microbiology labs.

Responsibilities may include preparing media, buffers, and materials for labs; sterilization techniques, installing, setting up, maintaining, storing, and disposing of equipment and supplies. Laboratory Assistants also aid in keeping the lab facility clean and organized.

Educational Requirements: Current degree seeking students to maintain six credit hours in your current program. Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.0.

Experience Requirements: Must have taken at least one science lab.

Familiar with lab procedures and lab safety. Dependable and able to work independently after training. Applicants must be at least 18 years old.

General Responsibilities: Helping to set up labs, maintaining, organizing, and cleaning labs and lab prep rooms.

Specific responsibilities will be designed around the lab needs. For example, helping to prepare standards for chemistry labs or setting up models for anatomy labs. Collegiate high school student assistants may also aid professors in grading student lab reports.

Knowledge: Some science background preferred but not required.

Skills: Attention to detail, good organization, and good communication skills preferred.

Physical Requirements: Working in a lab can require standing or walking on your feet for extended periods of time. All employees are required to follow lab safety procedures and must wear closed-toed shoes, long pants, and a lab coat when necessary.