Lab Technician

**Responsibility 1: Laboratory Management**
- Coordinate operation of the technical laboratory program for staff and students.
- Extensive responsibility for all the equipment/technology within the Science Department.
- Create, update and uphold established laboratory procedures to reinforce curriculum learning.
- Maintain and organize a master schedule for multiuse facilities, equipment and laboratory consumables.
- Communicate with teaching staff and resolve any scheduling or equipment use conflicts.
- Train new teaching staff on school specific laboratory procedures.

**Responsibility 2: Laboratory Experiment Preparation and Supervision**
- Organize supplies for laboratory use.
- Dismantle; clean; restore laboratory materials when labs are completed.
- Evaluate the effectiveness regarding the technical aspects of laboratory use, and suggest required changes.
- Train teaching staff and students in the use of a wide variety of scientific and technical equipment. (i.e. pH meters, microscopes, scientific probes...)
- Assist with supervision of students in laboratory setting as requested.

**Responsibility 3**:Organization and Management of Equipment and Supplies**
- Coordinate all equipment repairs and annual maintenance schedules.
- Perform preventative maintenance in all areas.
- Develop and maintain an accurate inventory of all chemicals, equipment and materials within the science areas and keep adequate stocks of consumables on hand.
- Contact suppliers to determine equipment specifications, prices and take appropriate action for coordinating purchases.
- Track and record expenditures, submits invoices and receipts, working within departmental budget.
- Calibration of scientific equipment including balances, scientific probes and pH meters.

**Responsibility 4**:Coordination of a Safe Working and Learning Environment**
- Exercise leadership and initiative to ensure the safety and well-being of all individuals working in the science areas.
- Coordinate with teaching staff and other school personnel during a minor incident such as instrument breakage, spills, etc.
- Maintain an up-to-date internal Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) database when required.
- Demonstrate and practice knowledge of safe and appropriate handling of biologically and chemically hazardous materials according to Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) standards.
- Responsible for organizing a large amount of chemicals and waste and ensuring that they are stored and/or disposed of in a safe manner.
- Training new staff in school specific science safety procedures.
- Maintaining safety specific equipment within the Science Department such as spill kits, eyewash stations, safety showers, and first aid kits.

**Skill & Competency Requirements**

**Core Competencies**:
The necessary core competencies for this position include:

- Strong interpersonal skills
- Exceptional leadership skills
- Sound judgement and critical thinking
- Teamwork
- Professionalism and high ethics standards

**Technical Competencies**:
Required technical competencies for this position include:

- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong language processing skills of reading, writing and spelling.
- Strong mathematics skills
- Strong computer skills and the ability to learn the school database system

**Education, Knowledge & Experience**
- Minimum requirement DEC in Science; or Laboratory Technology or related field
- Knowledge and familiarity on the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- Knowledge and familiarity on the Material Safety Data Sheets
- Working in an equivalent science related position is an asset.
- Knowledge of growth and developmental characteristics of children and/or adolescents
- Complete fluency and literacy in language of instruction