Chabot College

Senior Laboratory Technician, Biology

Job: 2CSM02

Salary: $4,556.85/month

Closing Date:  9/14/2020

Location: Chabot College, 25555 Hesperian Blvd., Hayward, CA 94545

To apply, submit your application and required documents on-line via our applicant system at: https://clpccd.peopleadmin.com/postings/1871

Job Summary

Chabot College is committed to educational equity in its academic programs and college services so that students may achieve their personal, educational, and career goals. Our equity work today builds upon a strong history: the Puente and Umoja programs were first created at Chabot College, and have since been replicated across the state. These programs have paved the way for a series of additional educational and student support programs intentionally focused on equity that thrive at Chabot College today. Chabot College is located in Hayward, California, the third most diverse city in the United States. We serve a highly diverse student population and are proud to be designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution. Information about the demographics of our campus community can be found here.

Serving our diverse community requires a culturally-responsive approach that recognizes the myriad strengths and assets that our students bring to the campus community. We do so by promoting a classroom and co-curricular learning environment that is inclusive, collaborative, engaging, and challenging, and where respect, dignity, and integrity are core values. We see students as producers of knowledge, not just consumers of knowledge. We work to reframe inequities as a problem of practice, and view the elimination of inequities as an individual and institutional responsibility.

Joining Our College Community

We seek equity-minded applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to an educational community.

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is seeking a Laboratory Technician, Biology for Chabot College in Hayward, California.

Minimum Qualifications

The following generally describes the knowledge and ability required to enter the job and/or be learned within a short period of time in order to successfully perform the assigned duties.

Knowledge of:

1. Operational characteristics of laboratory apparatus, equipment and materials pertaining to assigned laboratory and subject area.

2. Theories and applications of the assigned subject matter.

3. Principles and practices of laboratory operations.

4. Proper methods of storing equipment, materials and supplies used within the assigned laboratory.

5. Standard federal and state laws that affect safety and health with particular reference to the assigned laboratory activities.

6. Emergency first aid procedures.

7. Operation, maintenance, repair, and calibration of technical equipment.

8. Principles and methods of preventive maintenance.

9. Methods, materials, practices and tools of equipment repair.

10. Principles and procedures of record keeping and filing.

11. Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.

12. Occupational hazards and standard safety practices.

13. Basic inventory and purchasing processes and procedures.

Job Work Schedule

40 hours/week, Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., hours may vary depending on department needs, occasional evening and weekends required as needed, 12 months/year.

Physical Demands and Working Environment

The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Environment:

Work is performed primarily in a laboratory setting; exposure to potentially hazardous chemicals, solvents, noise, dust, grease, smoke, fumes, noxious odors, and gases; work in or with water.

Physical:

Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in a laboratory setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate laboratory and office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; to verbally communicate to exchange information; may require the wearing of safety glasses or goggles and rubber or plastic gloves.

EEO Statement

It is the policy of this District to provide equal opportunity in all areas of employment practices and to assure that there shall be no discrimination against any person on the basis of sex, ancestry, age, marital status, race, religious creed, mental disability, medical condition (including HIV and AIDS), color, national origin, physical disability, family or sexual preference status and other similar factors in compliance with Title IX, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, other federal and state non-discrimination regulations, and its own statements of philosophy of objectives. The District encourages the filing of applications by both sexes, ethnic minorities, and the disabled.

Notification to Applicants

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District reserves the right to close or not fill any advertised position

Instructions for Personal Qualifications Statement

The purpose of the personal qualifications statement is for you to provide information on how your education and experience relate to the requirements and duties of the position. There is no form to complete. Applicants are requested to provide their personal qualifications statement by uploading a document, the same way as you do for your cover letter.

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

1. * Describe your prior experience in preparing for lab classes, including the types of materials you prepared, equipment installed, maintained and serviced, and purchasing that you completed.

(Open Ended Question)

2. * What type of relevant lab work experience do you have? Describe your experience working in labs.

(Open Ended Question)

Documents Needed To Apply

Required Documents

1. Resume

2. Cover Letter

3. Personal Qualifications Statement

Optional Documents

1. Other Document

2. Transcripts/Credentials/Licenses