Assistant I, Lab (Hourly)

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3 Locations
In-Office or Remote
23-23 Hourly
Entry level
Edtech
The Role
Provides clerical and technical support in a physics laboratory. Maintains records, files, inventories, and reports; operates, installs, configures, calibrates, and performs routine maintenance on laboratory equipment. Assists students, faculty, and staff with equipment and facility use while following safety procedures. Uses office productivity, database, presentation, and laboratory software. The role requires physical activity, handling laboratory materials, and occasional lifting of heavy objects.
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Austin Community College employees are required to maintain a domicile in the State of Texas while working for the college and throughout the duration of employment. – AR 4.0300.01

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

  • Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

  • Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

  • Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

  • Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

  • Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

  • Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Assistant I, Lab (Hourly)

Job Description Summary:

Provides assistance to the lab.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks 

1) Performs clerical duties including operating a computer, maintaining records and files, and compiling data and reports as required.
2) Maintains an inventory of supplies and materials.
4) Operates, installs, and maintains equipment.
5) May set up, configure and/or calibrate new equipment; may perform routine maintenance and repair.
6) May assist students, or monitor and assist students, faculty, and staff in the use of equipment or facilities.


Knowledge 


* Physics lab experience (Usually as a student in a physics class)

* Office administration and bookkeeping principles and practices.
* Knowledge of specialized discipline (Physics) depending on the area of assignment.
* Safety principles and practices as it applies to area of assignment.


Skills

* Effectively using organizational and planning skills.
* Effectively working with a multicultural student body.
* Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
* Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
* Understanding and following instructions precisely.
* Handling lab materials precisely and accurately.
* Maintaining an established work schedule.
* Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills.


Technology Skills 

* Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.
* Use related laboratory software applications.


Required Education 

* High school diploma or educational equivalent.


Physical Requirements 

* Work is performed in a variety of settings.
* Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling, and at times subject to stooping, crawling, and climbing.
* May need to lift heavy objects of up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 100 pounds.
* May be exposed to a variety of temperatures, noise, moving mechanical parts, or chemicals.
* Specific vision abilities may include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to focus.


Safety
* Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Pay Rate

$23.00/hour


Up to 19 hours per week.

Number of Openings:

2

Job Posting Close Date:

October 12, 2026Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information.

For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr . You may obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ( [email protected] ). For an overview, see ACC's Clery Act website.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.

Skills Required

  • High school diploma or educational equivalent
  • Physics lab experience, usually gained as a student in a physics class
  • Knowledge of office administration and bookkeeping principles and practices
  • Knowledge of physics or the specialized discipline relevant to the assignment
  • Knowledge of applicable safety principles and practices
  • Ability to use spreadsheet, word processing, database, presentation, and laboratory software
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 100 pounds
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