Instruction & Classroom Support Technician

Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) is seeking applicants for a
full-time, temporary Instruction and Classroom Support Technician 3at the Walla Walla campus.

At Walla Walla Community College, we inspire all students to discover their potential and achieve their goals by providing relevant, equitable, and innovative learning opportunities and services. As an organization, we value learning opportunities, a sense of community, diversity, health and humor, excellence, integrity, teamwork, innovation, personal and professional growth, and sustainability.

The mission of Walla Walla Community College is to remove barriers to access, provide high-quality educational experiences, and facilitate equitable learning and success to cultivate thriving rural communities.

The Instruction & Classroom Support Technician 3 (ICST
3) position provides direct support for science lab instruction by working collaboratively with science faculty and managing science laboratories.

Science Lab Management responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with science faculty to determine apparatus and set up needs for pending lab sessions. Complete demonstrations and application of laboratory techniques and concepts.
  • Anticipate and order materials, supplies and equipment to ensure that lab instruction can occur. Create and maintain an electronic record of purchases to enable quick retrieval and summary.
  • Assist students in learning the specifics of lab equipment and materials to be used during the lab exercise, emphasizing safety and appropriate handling of lab equipment and materials.
  • Maintain a safe, secure, well-organized and adequately stocked storage space for laboratory apparatus, glassware, instrumentation, chemicals, preserved animal tissues, and live cultures.
  • Perform or arrange for regular preventive maintenance and repair on scientific instruments and devices including (but not limited to) microscopes, natural gas burners, centrifuges, autoclaves, water deionizers, pH meters, incubators, hot plate stirrers, electronic and mechanical balances. Explore maintenance agreements where feasible and logical.
  • Notify facilities of maintenance and repair needs.
  • Take the lead in developing safe laboratory standards; safe procurement, handling, storage and disposal standards of hazardous chemicals and live and preserved biological specimens; and safe laboratory environmental standards. Bring safety concerns to science faculty and supervisor.
  • Assist science faculty and other College personnel in recruiting events within the service area.
  • Select, hire, train and monitor student employees for work in the science labs. Ensure student employee understands and practices safety in the science labs.

• Assess need of each science discipline and determine best use for lab equipment and materials.
• Lab set up including consultation with instructional faculty, ordering, preparing, demonstrating and maintaining use of all equipment, apparatus, supplies and materials.
• Prioritize needs and develop a purchasing plan to ensure materials arrive on time, tracking the use of supplies and managing orders
• Receive and restock inventory
• Secure and maintain computerized chemical inventory
• Develop and follow laboratory procedures in conjunction with supervisor and faculty

• Coordinate with faculty to provide appropriate preparation for laboratory instruction
• Complete demonstrations and application of laboratory techniques and concepts
• Teach portions of lab classes as needed
• Maintain computerized chemical inventory
• Prepare acids, bases, organics, and other corrosive reagents
• Make microbiology media and maintain stock organisms
• Correct,…