This advertisement is for recruiting for the position of Science Laboratory Assistant.
If successfully selected, you will be seconded to MOE primary school located in Towner.
Contract Period: From 01 Jan 2025 to 15 Nov 2025
Personnel to be deployed at the following hours during School Terms :
- Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays: 8:00am to 1:30pm inclusive of 0.5 hr break (5 hours per day, 3 days/15 hours a week)
- 15 hours work-week may be deployed flexibly, but still limited to the 3 working days per week.
- Deployment hours is capped at 15 hours weekly.
- Service not required on Saturdays, Sundays, gazetted public holidays and School Holidays (including March, June and September breaks) / Events / Activities
The Personnel shall be competent to perform the following:
Main duties to include but not limited to:
- Maintain a safe, clean and tidy laboratory environment.
- Ensure that all apparatus and equipment are safe and clean for use.
- Maintain laboratory equipment, apparatus, materials and specimens in good working condition.
- Report all faulty machines and equipment immediately, and display an “Out of Order” sign prominently on the machines/equipment.
- Ensure that all glass apparatus or breakages are disposed of appropriately.
- Ensure that Bunsen burners and high risk items (data loggers and microscopes) are properly kept and under lock and key.
- Inspect Bunsen burners to ensure they are in good condition.
- Keep a stock book and breakage record to indicate necessary replacement.
- Check and replenish first aid supplies.
- Aid Science teachers in preparing resources for laboratory lessons.
- Aid Science teachers during laboratory lessons, when required.
- Aid Science teachers with the clearing up after laboratory lessons, when required.
- Any other work assigned by the Science HOD.
The personnel shall minimally have the following qualifications, skills and experience:
- Has experience working at Science Labs in Primary Schools.
- Can speak, write and understand English
The Personnel should preferably be able to use phone message apps and emails.
The Personnel should preferably have performed the duties as prescribed in the section under “Scope of Services.”
