Instructional Assistant (PT LIA). The Multicraft Lab is a space that primarily supports Fluid Power and Mechanical Systems courses. Students build skills on industry trainers and tools during scheduled class labs and limited open lab hours.
Reporting to the Coordinator of Multi craft Industrial Maintenance, the LIA will be responsible for, but not limited to:
- Keep the lab clean, organized, and safe. Put tools back in the right place, label bins and shelves, reset stations, and lock up at close.
- Assist during scheduled labs, including setup, coaching students on tasks, and teardown.
- Staff weekly open lab hours during the semester, support students one on one, track attendance, and enforce safety rules.
- Prepare equipment, trainers, tools, and materials before classes and demonstrations.
- Assist in teaching students how to construct, test, and troubleshoot hydraulic and pneumatic circuits on trainers, read schematics, and properly document results.
- Assist in teaching students how to construct build and test rotational drives and complete basic mechanical tasks, including belt, chain and gear drives, laser and manual shaft alignment, fasteners and torque, bearings, seals, and basic measurement with calipers, micrometers, and scales.
- Monitor equipment condition, perform first-line maintenance like cleaning and simple checks, and report repair needs and keep the lab equipment organized.
- Maintain inventory, restock consumables, and help with parts and materials ordering.
- Provide tours of the lab and talk with visitors about programs that use the space.
- Attend occasional campus activities and promotional events on behalf of programs that use the Mechanical Systems Lab.
- Other duties as assigned.
