Ceramics Lab Monitor

Position Summary

Who We Are:

The department of Art is filled with creative people with a strong commitment to its community of Studio Artists, Art Educators, and Art Historians. We are an engaging and dynamic place to work and we hope to find an individual who is passionate about the Arts and excited to help support our students, faculty, and staff.

The Ceramics area of the Department of Art and Art History is looking to fill several positions to operate the lab after and in between class hours. Friday, Saturday and Sunday are our most critical days for work hours, the remainder of the week we will work with your schedule as much as possible. The job entails, monitoring the lab during your shift for health and safety issues, making and mixing slips and glazes, firing of both gas and electric kilns, and other duties as needed by the Faculty and Staff in the Ceramics area.

• Must be available to work weekends
• Work study approved
• Experience with UNM Ceramics Lab
• Knowledge of glaze and mixing application methods
• Basic knowledge of firing both electric and gas kilns
• Inventory of glaze and glaze materials
• Knowledge of shop safety procedures including wheel and kiln safety

Only applications submitted through the official UNMJobs site will be accepted. If you are viewing this job advertisement on a 3rd party site, please visit UNMJobs to submit an application.

For position consideration, please submit the following:
1) Resume - include references
2) Cover letter - describe why you feel you are a good fit
3) Work study award confirmation
-Type and Amount
4) OPTIONAL:
Include spring semester class schedule (confirm availability and assist with scheduling)

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