Welding Lab Assistant

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is seeking a part-time Welding Lab Assistant to assist in and around the welding lab and maintain a safe lab environment. This role supports faculty members with routine laboratory tasks, equipment maintenance, and student supervision on an academic-term basis.

Responsibilities

• Maintain supplies and equipment for laboratories and/or stock rooms, including inventory and requisition of supplies.
• Assist faculty with the preparation and administration of student assignments.
• Support the development and enforcement of safety practices in instructional laboratories.
• Prepare materials and machinery for lab exercises, including metal preparation using grinders and plasma track torches.
• Maintain welding booths, demo stations, and tool storage in organized and good working order for student use.
• Keep the work area clean and safe, including minor troubleshooting of the plasma track torch system and reviewing quality control of beveled cuts.
• Assist in supervising students assigned to laboratories.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience/proficiency in the use of manual and semi-automatic welding equipment.
• Extensive knowledge of safety procedures related to welding, cutting, and brazing.
• Ability to work mornings and afternoons, Monday through Friday.

Skills

• Ability to write using proper grammar and punctuation.
• Proficiency in standard mathematical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, etc.).
• Understanding of and commitment to the role of a community college.
• Physical ability to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle tools, and occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Pay

$15.00 per hour (non-exempt).

Schedule

• Part-time, up to 29 hours per week.
• Must be available mornings and afternoons, Monday through Friday.