Professional Lab Assistant (Hourly)

austincc; United States; On-site; USD 35,000 - 49,000; Part time

Job summary

Austin Community College seeks a Professional Lab Assistant (Hourly) to support Fashion Design labs, assist instructors, ensure lab setup and safety, and help students progress.

Responsibilities include providing support during non-class lab times, communicating with instructors, maintaining lab cleanliness, monitoring attendance, and securing equipment and spaces at the end of lab sessions.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting fashion design labs or classrooms.
• Strong interpersonal and communication abilities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of work materials.

Responsibilities

• Provide support during non-class/open lab times for Fashion Design courses, including lab setup and safety.
• Communicate with instructors to monitor student attendance and participation during lab time.
• Serve as a liaison for Fashion Design courses and programs, providing course information.
• Assist students in the lab to support progress and understanding of coursework.
• Maintain lab cleanliness and ensure adherence to the Fashion Design Code of Conduct.
• Ensure equipment is operational and turned off at lab end, secure students' work, and lock spaces.

Skills

Work schedule

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Confidentiality

Job description

Austin Community College employees are required to maintain a domicile in the State of Texas while working for the college and throughout the duration of employment. – AR 4.0300.01

Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester. We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement. We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching
• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities
• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.
• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes
• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others
• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Professional Lab Assistant (Hourly)

Job Description Summary:

With no direct supervision, provides very complex specialized services and support to department, office, or program.

Job Description:

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Provide support services during non class/open lab times for Fashion Design courses and programs, including Instruction, lab setup and lab safety for the Fashion Design department.
• Communicates with instructors to monitor students attendance and participation during lab time.
• Serve as communications liaison for Fashion Design courses and programs. Provide information regarding courses and program offerings.
• Assist students attending lab as needed to support student progress and comprehension of course work.
• Maintain lab cleanliness and ensure all students are following the Code of Conduct specific to Fashion Design
• Ensure all equipments is in running condition and is turned off at end of lab sessions
• Secures all students work in appropriate cabinets and spaces
• Safely secures classroom at end of lab time

Knowledge

• Course work in all areas of Fashion Design, with specific attention to construction of garments and pattern work

Skills

• Maintaining an established work schedule.
• Effectively using interpersonal and communications skills including tact and diplomacy.
• Effectively using organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
• Maintaining confidentiality of work-related information and materials.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in a standard office environment.
• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing, and pulling.
• Occasional lifting of objects up to 30 pounds.

Safety

Work safely and follow safety rules. Report unsafe working conditions and behavior. Take reasonable and prudent actions to prevent others from engaging in unsafe practices.

Pay Rate

$30.40/hour

Up to 19 hours per week

Number of Openings: 1

Job Posting Close Date: September 3, 2026

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 m