Education - Grade 5
Example job roles: Assistant Technician, Technician
Level: Developing/SkilledÌý
Experiences
Activities and responsibilities likely to be required when working at this level
Health & Safety responsibilities
- Report faults or damage to equipment or infrastructure and assist with simple maintenance tasks
- Promote and follow safe working practices
- Understand and follow safety paperwork, with the ability to identify and report hazards
- Conduct routine compliance tasks
- Maintain good housekeeping, assisting with waste disposal procedures and cleaning activities
Core responsibilities
- Contribute to meetings
- Make suggestions to improve the service
- Contribute to and support change
- Assist with stock control and stores operations
- Assist with record keeping, inventory and asset managementÌý
- Conduct manual handling of instruments and equipmentÌý
- With a high level of accuracy, prepare routine reagents and materials adhering to standard operating procedures where necessary
- Operate simple equipment following instruction or standard operating procedures and interpret simple resultsÌý
- Assist with calibration and testing of instruments/equipment, following instructions and standard operating procedures
- Organise laboratory spaces in preparation of scheduled activities
- Set up and operate equipment following well-established procedures
- Provide basic demonstrations and support to students in the laboratory space ensuring safe working practices are explained and usedÌý
- Assist with the induction of new staff
- Assist academic staff with the preparation of lecture demonstrationÌý
- Assist with preparation and running of outreach events for schools and colleges
- Contribute to and support Laboratory Efficient Assessment Framework (LEAF) award application
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Personal and professional development
Development options to consider when working towards this level
Learning on the job
- Take responsibility for the delivery of events e.g. external events and open days
- Under close supervision, begin to take responsibility for delivery of a module including procurement of simple consumables
- Liaise with important stakeholders e.g., senior members of the team and studentsÌý
- Develop an understanding of essential processes and procedures under supervision of management
Learning from othersÌýÌý
- Shadow senior members of the team in the working environment
- Expand knowledge of other classes do not come under the current remit
- Join a Community of Practice
Formal learning
- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy – Advance HE via °×С½ãÂÛ̳ Arena Centre
- Attend Health and safety training
- Accreditation/certification from a recognised professional body
Transferable skills and competencies
°×С½ãÂÛ̳ uses the Universal Competency Framework (UCF) to discuss transferable skills. Find out moreÌýdetails on the framework.
Applying expertise and technology
- Applying technical expertise.
- Building technical expertise.
- Sharing expertise.
- Using technology resources.
- Demonstrating physical and manual skills.
- Demonstrating cross-functional awareness.
- Demonstrating spatial awareness.
Presenting and communicating information
- Speaking fluently
- Explaining concepts and opinions
- Articulating key points of an argument. Presenting and public speaking
- Projecting credibility
- Responding to an audience
Learning and researching
- Learning quickly
- Gathering information
- Thinking quickly
- Encouraging and supporting organisational learning
- Managing knowledge
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°×С½ãÂÛ̳ Ways of Working
These describe expected behaviours in line with °×С½ãÂÛ̳ culture and values.Ìý For Ways of Working indicators and steps to development please refer to theÌýWays of Working website.Ìý
4 January 2024
“Career Pathway roles are indicative and are not intended to be a description of the role in terms of responsibilty and duties.
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Progression can lead to these types of roles.
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Natural Sciences Technician, Department of Chemistry
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