Job Title: Science Technician: Physics
Location: Hulme, Manchester
Salary: £19,719 – £20,126 per annum, pro-rata. (Actual amount – £16,721 – £17,066)
Job Type: Full Time, Term-time only (37 hours per week)
Closing Date: 10am Monday 17th January 2022
The College is located in Hulme a mile south of the centre of Manchester and very close to Manchester University and Manchester Metropolitan University, with excellent transport links. It is one of the largest Sixth Form Colleges in the country and rated as Outstanding at the last Ofsted Inspection.
Purpose of the role:
To work as part of a team to deliver practical equipment and materials for a department, so that staff and students can carry out practical work efficiently, accurately and safely.
Each Science Technician will be expected to have a primary oversight of either the Biology, Chemistry or Physics Department, depending on their specialism.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Delivering materials for whole class practicals and demonstrations, including those required by the subject’s practical endorsement
- Managing the departmental practical timetable and coordinating the delivery of experiments as specified in the scheme of work
- Preparing solutions and chemicals for student use
- Maintaining excellent housekeeping standards within the prep room
- Appropriately using PPE and acting in a professional manner at all times when working with chemicals and equipment
- Ensuring the safe custody of chemicals and equipment within the science department, maintaining records of stock and ensuring the accurate and clear labelling of chemicals
- Disposing of biohazardous and chemical waste correctly
- Using published data sheets and guidance to carry out risk assessments for all practical activities
- Preparing orders for scientific equipment and chemicals, through the completion of internal requisition forms, and purchasing goods directly from local suppliers as required
- Handling dissection materials, including locusts, rats, frogs, mammalian organs and fish heads
- Caring for animals and plants kept for observation or experiment
- Checking that all the safety equipment in the teaching laboratories are present in sufficient quantity, in-date and fit for purpose, for example safety spectacles, laboratory coats, emergency eye washes, fire blankets and fire extinguishers
- Identifying apparatus for maintenance and repair through regular checks of laboratory equipment, models and visual aids
- Providing technical advice within own area of expertise to teachers and students
- Creating new experiments and developing existing activities in conjunction with teaching staff within the department
- Assisting in the delivery of extracurricular and marketing events such as Science Club, outreach masterclasses and Taster Days
The Candidate:
Essential Experience/Skills/Required:
- The ability to handle apparatus/materials confidently and appropriately
- A good knowledge of health and safety issues relating to science laboratories and the use of equipment and chemicals
- Ability to work to deadlines and deliver an agreed scheme of work
- Good organisational and administrative skills
- Proficiency in working with standard office applications such as MS Word, Excel, Outlook
- Good communication skills
- Good motivational skills
- Excellent attention to detail and maintaining a quality service
- Educated to Level 2, or equivalent, in English and Mathematics
- Educated to Level 3, or equivalent, in the relevant specialism
- Ability to use initiative
- Flexibility in approach to work and adaptability to changing situations
- Enhanced DBS Clearance
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