Laboratory Aide
Title: LABORATORY AIDE 1
Job Code Number: 100097
Salary Group: A
Duties may include washing or sterilizing lab equipment and instruments; defrosting and cleaning freezers and refrigerators; wiping down lab areas; and sorting and storing lab equipment.
Desirable Qualifications: Familiarity with laboratory setting preferred; ability to work with little supervision.
Title: LABORATORY AIDE 2
Job Code Number: 100254
Salary Group: A to B
Responsibilities may include preparing specimens, solutions, reagents, and buffers; set up lab equipment for specified experiments; and assisting in stocking and ordering of supplies.
Desirable Qualifications: One year of relevant coursework with lab experience required; sufficient math skills to make solutions.
Title: LABORATORY AIDE 3
Job Code Number: 100075
Salary Group: B
Duties may include determining basic components and characteristics of experimental samples; staining, titrating, or filtering, recording test data in a form usable for the investigation; and performing data entry or other computer tasks.
Desirable Qualifications: Minimum one year of relevant coursework with lab experience and one year work experience in laboratory setting required, two years preferred; in some instances, departmental coursework may be required; computer experience preferred.
Title: LABORATORY AIDE 4
Job Code Number: 100428
Salary Group: B to C
Responsibilities may include performing tasks which use specialized lab equipment; assisting in data interpretation and analysis; preparing graphs and charts of publishable quality; and performing extensive computer work.
Desirable Qualifications: Junior or Senior; department major preferred; two years relevant coursework required; two years laboratory experience required, at least one year within same department; ability to work with little supervision.
Title: LABORATORY AIDE 5
Job Code Number: 100669
Salary Group: C
Duties may include supervising laboratory; assisting in training other researchers and coordinating their work; suggesting changes in experimental protocols to improve quality of results; and grading lab reports for classes.
Desirable Qualifications: Senior or outstanding Junior; department major required; minimum two years of coursework and lab work experience in department required; ability to lead others.