Lab Assistant – Fire Service (FST)

About the role

This position is an on-campus, part-time, up-to 19-hour appointment based in Champaign, Illinois. Applications accepted until the position is filled.

Responsibilities

• Maintain computer lab environment.
• Prepare laboratory environments for instruction by assembling necessary resources.
• Aid instructors, answer questions, and direct students to resources.
• Disassemble and store equipment; operate audio-visual equipment.
• Notify the FST Program Director or Clinical Coordinator of equipment repair, maintenance, and replacement needs.
• Cookordinate with other campus departments to troubleshoot problems.
• Manage the FST labs in compliance with college safety policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Previous experience of at least 1-year as a volunteer firefighter or a Full-time firefighter currently with a department agency or similar environment.
• Must be a Firefighter and cannot be on probationary period.
• Prospective new hires will successfully complete a post offer, pre-employment criminal background check with fingerprinting.
• Verbal and mathematical abilities sufficient to organize the efficient use of the laboratory, operation of computers and software, and effective communication.
• Ability to learn the computer laboratory resources and new programs and equipment as technology changes.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office or Office 365, including Teams and Outlook, and the ability to learn the Parkland systems and adapt to new programs as technologies are implemented.
• Ability to lift and move equipment weighing up to 50 pounds with no assistance.

Qualifications

• Must be willing to suspend his/her SURS annuity upon employment.

Skills

• None specified

Benefits

• None specified

Pay

• Hourly Rate: $22.18

Schedule

• Part-time, 19-hour-per-week appointment on a schedule established by the FST Program Director.