Skilled Trades Shop Technician

Cambrian College; Belleville; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambrian College in Belleville, Ontario, seeks a Skilled Trades Shop Technician to support carpentry, manufacturing, welding and Building Sciences labs.

The role involves organizing shops, maintaining inventory and preparing spaces for a range of functions to support both students and faculty.

Qualifications

• Completion of a two-year postsecondary education program or Provincial Trades Certification in millwright, machinist or carpenter.
• Ability to work safely with handheld and power tools.
• Experience with inventory management is an asset.
• Ability to work independently and in a team setting.

Responsibilities

• Organize instructional shops and maintain inventory
• Order materials for program professors
• Prepare instruction shops for a variety of functions
• Build items for post-secondary programs and for program professors
• Maintain teaching assets in good repair
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Tool handling

Inventory management

Teamwork

Independent work

Education

Two-year trades program

Job description

Reporting to the Associate Dean, Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship, the Skilled Trades Shop Technician supports students and faculty with a safe and effective learning environment. The incumbent orders materials for program professors, work with full-time technicians and faculty to organize labs within the Carpentry, Manufacturing, welding and Building Sciences programs, maintain inventory, prepare instructional shop spaces for a variety of functions, build items for instructional shops as well as for program professors.

• Organize instructional shops and maintain inventory
• Order materials for program professors
• Prepare instruction shops for a variety of functions
• Build items for post-secondary programs related to carpentry, manufacturing, and building sciences as well as for program professors
• Maintains teaching assets in good repair
• Other duties as assigned.

• Completion of a two (2) year post secondary education program or Provincial Trades Certification in any of the following trades, millwright, machinist or carpenter and Minimum of five (5) years work experience in fields related to the trade certifications or a relevant combination of education or experience
• Ability to work safely with handheld and power tools building a variety of items
• Experience with inventory management considered an asset
• Ability to work independently and in a team setting