Microbiology Technician
Listed on 2026-09-21
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Education / Teaching
Biology, Academic
Microbiology Technician
Job No: 562070
Work Type: Staff
Location: Pomona
Categories: Unit 9 - CSUEU
- Technical Support Services,Administrative, Probationary, Full Time, On-site (work in-person at business location)
Type of Appointment: Full-Time, Probationary
Job Classification: Instructional Support Technician III
Anticipated Hiring Range:$5,044-$5,569/monthly
Work Schedule: Monday
- Friday 8:00am
-5:00pm
THE DEPARTMENT:
The primary functions of the Biological Sciences Department are (1) to provide the highest quality and up- to-date instruction at the undergraduate and graduate levels in a broad range of topics in thebiological sciences; (2) to advance biological knowledge through research and creative scholarly and professional activities; (3) and to serve the university, local, and global communities. The Department serves over 1,200 undergraduate majors and over 90graduate I (Master's) students.
As of the 2013/14 academic year,the department faculty is composed of 22 full-time tenure-track faculty, 1 joint tenure-track appointment with CEMaST (Center for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching), 5 faculty in theearly retirement program (FERP}, up to 29 part-time faculty per quarter (with a teaching load ranging from 1-15 WTUs per quarter),and up to 60 graduate teaching associates (with a teaching load of4-8 WTUs per quarter).
The Department has 3 administrative support staff and 6 full-time technical staff members, who collectively andin collaboration with the Department Chair and other faculty,oversee the activities of a few Graduate Assistants (GAs) and up to20 student assistant's (per academic quarter) to carry out the teaching mission of the department. Consistent with the Cal Poly Pomona core value of "learn by doing", the curriculum offered bythe Biological Sciences Department is laboratory intensive,providing the students with valuable experiential learning opportunities in order to prepare them for future careers.
Thisaspect of our curriculum is essential to delivering a quality andmodern biology education to our students. As part of its teachingmission, the Biological Sciences Department maintains a; largeselection of microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, and viruses) for itslower-division, upper-division, and graduate-level Microbiologyclasses. At the undergraduate level, these classes serve all fourmajors but, in particular, our Biology
- Microbiology,Environmental Biology (Cluster
3), as well as Biotechnology majors.
At the graduate level, these courses serve all our graduate(Master's) students. This position will be responsible for providing technical support to faculty and students in the area of microbiology teaching and research. This technician will work closely with faculty, other staff members, graduate teachingassociates, graduate assistants, and undergraduate I student assistants to provide support for undergraduate and graduateclasses, as well as for research purposes.
- Independently support laboratory preparation and instructional support for BIO 2060L, BIO 3620L, BIO 3640L, BIO 4360L, BIO 4635L,BIO 4650L, BIO 4670L, BIO 4680L, and BIO 4690L.
- Provide partial support for BIO 1110L, BIO 1150L, BIO 1210L,BIO 1220L, BIO 4660L, and other Biology instructional laboratories as assigned.
- Coordinate laboratory setup requirements with faculty and Teaching Associates (TAs), ensuring all instructional supplies,equipment, reagents, media, microbial cultures, tissue culturematerials, specimens, PPE, and support resources are available for assigned laboratory classes and support other courses asneeded.
- Assist instructors and students in preparing teaching laboratories with instructional materials for microbiology,molecular biology, and cell biology experiments.
- Organize and fulfill daily and weekly preparation requests by providing microbial cultures, tissue culture materials, media,solutions, reagents, laboratory supplies, specialized biologicalmaterials, and other instructional resources for teaching and research laboratories.
- Assist instructors in the development of new or modified laboratory courses and experiments.
- Maintain microbial cultures, tissue culture materials, andother biological resources to ensure their quality, viability,availability, and compliance with instructional and research laboratory standards. Laboratory Operations and Technical Services
- Evaluate laboratory materials, equipment, and procedures to optimize instructional quality, laboratory efficiency,…
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