South Texas College

Lab Specialist II (Biology)

Pecan Campus, McAllen Texas · Mid · Part-time

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About the role

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Work hours frequently include evenings and weekends throughout the year depending on course and laboratory schedules.

Collaborates with faculty to plan and organize weekly lab activities to ensure that instructional materials and lab experiments are available as needed.
Develops adequate training aids to train students and/or faculty on equipment use, as needed.
Cultures and maintains pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria.
Manages waste for the labs in compliance with federal, state, and local laws.
Maintains laboratory inventory and equipment.
Maintains accurate records related to inventory and operation of laboratory.
Performs routine repairs on equipment, and notifies proper personnel for warranty maintenance and major non-warranty repairs.
Maintains equipment and lab rooms in a clean and orderly condition.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
Bachelor's degree in Biology or related field required.
At least two (2) years of experience in a science lab setting preferred.

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