Instructional Laboratory Technician III - Physics

FT Instructional Laboratory Technician III - Physics

Salary: $71,458.56 Annually

Job Type: Full Time

Closing: 1/16/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Location: Norwalk, CA

Department: Ins. Lab Tech III - Physics 25

Division: Science, Engineering, Mathematics

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The District is strongly committed to achieving staff diversity and the principles of equal opportunity employment. The District encourages a diverse pool of applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation in any of its policies, procedures or practices. In fact, the college encourages applications from all segments of qualified people.

Cerritos College is ranked 14th among the top 100 schools with the highest Hispanic enrollment in the United States by the United States Department of Education. Cerritos College serves as a comprehensive community college for southeastern Los Angeles County. Communities within the college's district include Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, La Mirada, Norwalk, and portions of Bell Gardens, Lakewood, Long Beach, Santa Fe Springs and South Gate.

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The Division of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (SEM) is committed to promoting equity, providing service excellence, and ensuring student success as we guide students in investigating and understanding the world in which we live. The Division offers degree programs, certificates, and courses in a variety of disciplines across six departments – biology, chemistry, computer and information sciences, earth sciences, mathematics, and physics, astronomy, and engineering.

The Division's rigorous programs of study prepare students to seamlessly transfer into a four-year course of study or to successfully start a career in the workforce. Programs and courses are offered in a variety of formats, including traditional on-campus, hybrid, and fully online sections. In addition to courses at our main campus in Norwalk, we offer classes at multiple educational sites in the area.

The SEM Division provides effective, experiential learning environments in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics at the highest standards by using the latest technology in our state-of-the-art laboratories and learning spaces. The Physics, Astronomy, and Engineering Department staff and faculty are committed to promoting all aspects of student learning and success through lecture and laboratory courses.

The Department believes that an effective department is one that: (1) provides instruction that enables high rates of retention and student success; (2) creates new curriculum that is relevant to its students; (3) actively supports and promotes majors in Physics, Astronomy, and Engineering; (4) provides creative and engaging experiences, both in a traditional classroom setting and in the laboratory; (5) fosters collaboration among staff, part-time, and full-time faculty and (6) is connected to the greater campus community.

Performs technical duties to assist in the operation and maintenance of instructional laboratories for Physics and related sciences. Sets up, demonstrates, oversees, and designs, tests, or simulation situations to support learning in compliance with student lab requirements.

• Coordinates with faculty to establish optimal laboratory schedules and supply needs, thus enabling timely preparation. Prioritizes lab preparation orders.
• Sets up, tests, demonstrates, and maintains demonstrations and experiments used in classrooms and laboratories. Works with faculty to design, construct, modify or rebuild equipment, modules, and experiments to assist in the delivery of desired instructional outcomes. Provides technical assistance to students and faculty, troubleshooting and diagnosing problems with equipment.
• Sets up, tests, and maintains computer-based experiments and demonstrations by using data acquisition software and hardware. Develops, tests, and documents procedures for new experiments.
• Provides direct assistance in the use of equipment and materials needed for instruction as well as orienting students to the laboratory. Sets up established laboratory experiences for students as required by course outline or faculty direction.
• Oversees and provides for the general cleanliness and security of laboratories, work, and storage areas. Handles and disposes of harmful or hazardous materials according to specific instructions relating to their disposal. Provides a safe environment for the conduct of the laboratory. Reports maintenance problems as they occur.
• Assists instructors in the classroom/laboratory concurrently with lecture or discussion. May actually perform dangerous and/or complex…