Laboratory Assistant

**Estimated start date**:Term 2 2024

**Position tenure**:Continuing

**Weeks worked**:School term weeks only (holidays unpaid)

**Total Paid Hours (per week) & days required**:3 days/week (22.8 hours/week) - Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday

**Salary level, range or hourly rate**:School Officer Level 4 - $34.86 per hour (School Salary Scale)/(Services Salary Scale)

**Employment conditions**: Diocesan Catholic Education Employing Authorities in Queensland Single Interest Agreement

**About the role -** We are seeking an enthusiastic Laboratory Assistant to join our welcoming College community. Duties include:

- Prepare experimental equipment and chemicals related to task methodology and work practices of practical lessons
- Trial experiments and determine their suitability
- Carry out construction and maintenance of equipment
- Prepare standard solutions and chemicals of known concentrations.
- Assist graduate teachers unfamiliar with laboratory techniques and assist teachers with new equipment
- Encourage and stimulate students with extra-curricular activities and opportunities
- Clean, store and maintain equipment after use
- Dispose of hazardous chemical and biological wastes in accordance with Workplace Health and Safety practices
- Prepare and provide Material safety Data Sheets and Risk Assessments
- Label chemicals in compliance with Workplace Health and safety regulations
- Store chemicals safely
- Monitor laboratory maintenance and follow through on necessary maintenance
- Monitor and maintain stocks of chemicals, equipment and biological specimens in compliance with Work Place Health and Safety Regulations
- Assist the Science Coordinator with the purchase of new equipment, and the maintenance of electronic equipment, microscopes, etc
- Maintain a current list of stockiest and catalogues and discuss with sales representatives the merits and costs of their supplies
- Conduct periodic audits of equipment and chemicals in stock
- Assist teachers in class with practical work when requested
- Provide resource material relative to current text chapters and provide student copies where necessary.

**About you - **The successful applicant will require current Senior First Aid qualifications.
Tertiary qualifications at Associate Diploma relevant to position and experience necessary to carry out the duties of the position.
To be eligible to be considered for this role you will:

- hold a Paid Employee Positive Notice Blue Card prior to commencement;
- be eligible to work in Australia for the duration of the appointment; and
- have a commitment to and understanding of the ethos and traditions of Catholic Education.

**About the school -** Marymount College is an exceptional coeducational secondary College with a strong faculty culture, a commitment to adolescent learners and to life-giving learning for all.

The College serves the southern Gold Coast, just 3kms from Burleigh Waters, and has an enrolment of 1410 students in 2023, a solid reputation for holistic Catholic education and a proud record, academically, in the arts and in sport.

We embrace the person and vision of Jesus, and the example of Mary and St Francis, as we encourage all to respond to the creative presence of God in the spiritual, pastoral and social dimensions of their life.** Explore **our school website** to learn more about us.**
- Everyone at Brisbane Catholic Education models and fosters a _commitment to the safeguarding of children_ and promotes a culture where _**_student protection is everyone’s responsibility_**_. Successful applicants will complete requisite _Working With Children (WWC)_ pre-employment screening, in accordance with legislation, prior to appointment._

**Contact**: Kristina Baker

**Contact number**: 0417 636 702

**Closing date: 24-March-2024