Electrical Engineering Lab Assistant - RLC

Dallas College•Mountain View, CA

13h•Onsite

About The Position

Provides direct tutorial, training and/or instructional lab support to students and laboratory personnel in an instructionally supervised laboratory. This role involves assisting students with course assignments, lectures, tests, and lab exercises, demonstrating procedures and equipment use, and supporting the instructor with various tasks. The position also includes clerical duties such as ordering and maintaining supplies, preparing reports, and troubleshooting minor equipment repairs. The Electrical Engineering Lab Assistant is expected to maintain a safe learning environment and provide excellent customer service.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
Good understanding of laboratory and lab information systems and automated laboratory equipment.
Ability to utilize computer technology to access data, maintain records, generate reports.
Able to have great degree of knowledge based on instructional programs.
Able to instruct credit classes in the absence of the assigned instructor.
Able to collaborate and work with students, faculty and staff.
Demonstrate ability to provide instruction to students in non-credit/non-transferable courses.
Knowledge of safe use and disposition of hazardous chemicals.
Able to perform laboratory tests including pre and post analytic phases.
Able to document activities, record results and insert/retrieve data.
Must have strong organizational skills, ability to multi-task, detail-oriented approach to work, strong decision-making skills, good follow-up, ability to complete tasks.
Strong knowledge and experience providing effective customer service.
Official transcripts are required.
Will be subject to a criminal background check.
Some positions may be subject to a fingerprint check.
Position requires regular and predictable attendance.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual preferred.

Responsibilities

Prepares laboratory experiments/exercises necessary to demonstrate learning experiences taught by course instructor in lecture environment.
Assist in the supervision of lab activities to ensure a safe learning environment.
Provide clerical support to include ordering, cataloging, and maintaining laboratory supplies and equipment.
Assist in the preparation of reports and correspondences.
Assist students through clarification of course assignments, lectures, tests and lab exercises.
Work with students individually and in small groups to demonstrate procedures and use equipment and materials.
Assist instructor through selection of tests from tests banks, administration of exams, and recording grades.
May participate in development of curriculum/resources.
Participate in periodic inventory of capital equipment.
Troubleshoots minor equipment repairs; may coordinate major repairs with vendors or college repair department.
Maintain a variety of related records and provide information required for decision making.
Utilizes excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with internal/external stakeholders and constituents within the Dallas College community network.
Provide excellent customer service.
Completes required Dallas College Professional Development training hours per academic year.
Performs related duties as assigned.