Assistant, Lab (Hourly)

Austin Community College District; United States; On-site; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Retirement plans

TRS/ORP

ACCMPP

Job summary

Austin Community College District is seeking an Assistant, Lab (Hourly) to support day-to-day lab operations in a classroom setting. You will help with setup, cleanup, and supervision of student experiments, and assist faculty as needed.

Role requires attention to safety, inventory tasks, and ability to troubleshoot equipment. This is a part-time, hourly position with a weekly cap, starting at $23.00 per hour.

Qualifications

• High school diploma including physics and exposure to lab environments.
• Experience in instructional lab settings is preferred.
• Knowledge of lab safety practices and equipment handling.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and assist with setting up and cleaning up lab equipment.
• Perform annual inventory of lab equipment.
• Maintain knowledge of lab equipment and safety procedures.
• Calibrate, test, and troubleshoot laboratory equipment as needed.
• Ensure lab safety and EH&S compliance.

Skills

Lab safety

Troubleshooting

Communication

Inventory mgmt

Admin duties

Education

High school degree incl. Physics

College-level Physics preferred

Tools

Laboratory equipment

Job description

Assistant, Lab (Hourly)

Job Description Summary

To provide temporary assistance in a lab setting as needed throughout the day from Monday through Thursday, and on Saturday from 11am to 3:30pm.

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Prepare and assist with setting up and cleaning up lab equipment for student-conducted experiments; may include assisting faculty and/or students during lab experiments, exercises, and exams.
• Performs annual inventory of lab equipment.
• Maintains a working knowledge of a variety of laboratory equipment and demonstrates the safe and proper use/disposal of equipment including hazardous material(s).
• Prepares, tests, adjusts, modifies, performs routine maintenance on, calibrates a variety of technical laboratory equipment, and troubleshoots equipment.
• Ensures lab safety and responds to laboratory emergencies.
• Maintain working knowledge of health and safety procedures/regulations.
• Ensures EHS compliance in the laboratory through proper storage of equipment and hazardous material(s).

Knowledge

• Knowledge of laboratory safety practices.
• Knowledge of discipline related technical equipment.
• Knowledge of basic discipline related equipment technical support.
• Knowledge of instructional lab best practices.
• Safely handling, using, and storing lab equipment.
• Basic administrative procedures and practices; including inventory.

Skills

• Maintains a regular, consistent work schedule.
• Ability to provide technical support including troubleshooting and maintaining lab equipment.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a multicultural population including faculty, staff, students, and external parties.
• Problem solving and analysis as an attempt to improve laboratory success and student learning.

Technology Skills

• Ability to use a variety of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software.
• Ability to set up, use, and maintain related laboratory-related software applications.
• Ability to perform technical support of discipline related equipment, including both hardware and software.

Required Work Experience

• Experience in an instructional lab setting.

Preferred Work Experience

• Two years of physics lab related experience and experience with working well with people.

Required Education

• High school degree, including high school-level Physics.

Preferred Education

• College-level physics

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in a classroom lab and prep setting and may include fieldwork.
• Must be able to lift objects up to 40 lbs.
• Ability to stand, kneel, sit and reach.
• Hand/finger dexterity to perform the essential functions, including the use of the keyboard.
• Visual ability to perform essential functions.

Pay Rate

$23.00/Hour Up to 19 hours per week.

Number of Openings

1

Job Posting Close Date

September 29, 2026

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non‑campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information. For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr. You may obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ([e-mail]). For an overview, see ACC's Clery Act website.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• life insurance
• short- and long-term disability
• retirement plans
• AD&D
• ACC does not participate in Social Security.
• ACC participates in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) and the Optional Retirement Program (ORP-Faculty and Administrators Only).
• Hourly employees participate in the ACC Money Purchase Plan (ACCMPP) as a retirement program required by federal law.
• Full-time faculty and staff employees who work in full-time and/or part‑time positions at the college are eligible for ACC medical benefits effective the first of the month after their first 60 days of employment.

Equal Education and Equal Employment Opportunity

Austin Community College (“ACC” or “College”) is an equal education and equal employment opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination in employment at the college and access to its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, and pregnancy), national origin, age (40 and older), veteran status or military service, disability, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. This includes the prohibition of discrimination, including harassment, against any employee, applicant for employment, student, or applicant for admission. ACC will take steps to ensure that the lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs.