Looking for FT Instructional Laboratory Technician II - CAI in Norwalk, CA
Job title: FT Instructional Laboratory Technician II - CAI
Company: Cerritos College
Job description: The District is strongly committed to achieving staff diversity and the principles of equal opportunity employment. The District encourages a diverse pool of applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation in any of its policies, procedures or practices. In fact, the college encourages applications from all segments of qualified people.
Closing Date
This position will close on September 28, 2023 at 11:59 PM (or when 150 applications are received, whichever occurs sooner)
College Profile
Cerritos College is ranked 14th among the top 100 schools with the highest Hispanic enrollment in the United States by the United States Department of Education. Cerritos College serves as a comprehensive community college for southeastern Los Angeles County. Communities within the college's district include Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, La Mirada, Norwalk, and portions of Bell Gardens, Lakewood, Long Beach, Santa Fe Springs and South Gate. Cerritos College offers degrees and certificates in more than 180 areas of study in nine divisions. Enrollment currently averages 20,000 students. Visit Cerritos College online at .
Department Profile
The Cerritos College student computer lab is part of the library, where faculty and staff work cooperatively to guide students to the completion of their academic goals by providing an accessible, responsive, learner-centered space for students to study, research, complete course assignments, access online class content, and collaborate with other students. The computer lab has 140 public access computers, with an additional 34 computers in a library instruction lab and 30 computers in the library reference area, printers, and copiers. Laptops are available for students to check out. Assistive equipment with scanners and software such as JAWS, ZoomText, Kurzweil 3000, and Read & Write are also offered by the library and student computer lab. Computer lab staff are available to answer students' technical questions during all open hours in-person and via email, chat, and phone.
Summary
Provides support to instructional computers in laboratory and classroom environments, including hardware, operating systems, common application software, troubleshooting, software installation, and support. Assists faculty members and students in proper use of instructional computing facilities. Monitors dedicated local area network servers and peripheral equipment in connection with operation of computer laboratories.
Distinguishing Career
Features The Instructional Laboratory Technician II - Computer-aided Instruction provides extended support for educational applications, basic programming, workstations, and basic network operations to one or more labs with high volumes of student traffic and encompassing a wide variety of subjects and courses.
Job Duties
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Monitors security and student access to computer applications. Takes action on student misuse of access privileges.
- Troubleshoots computer workstations and peripheral equipment, integrating into existing network environments and ensuring continuous operation of equipment and software. Assists in connecting workstations to College-wide networks.
- Establishes and maintains student user accounts and profiles based on established user account policies. Facilitates access controls to systems, files, and folders by implementing privileges and permissions.
- Provides support to a wide variety of subjects and course-specific software that operate on Windows and Mac platforms. Works with students on simulations and use of software requiring
- Oversees and supports independent study labs. Checks out/in, and monitors whereabouts of materials.
- Analyzes workstation problems and makes basic corrective measures, referring complex occurrences to centralized technical support. Corrects connectivity failures.
- Participates in installing, configuring, and maintaining of specialized software that supports a variety of technical courses offered by the College.
- Participates in testing of software to ensure compatibility with the current operating environment and to equipment capability. Configures software to communicate with peripherals such as printers, modems, scanners, and screens.
- Provides assistance to students and other users having diverse levels of ability and from multiple academic disciplines. May assist with setup and use of computers by students with various physical and learning disabilities.
- Inspects lab computers for necessary repairs and maintenance, making basic repairs or arrangements for servicing, as necessary.
- Maintains records of student and faculty attendance in labs. Initiates orders for computer and instructional supplies as authorized.
- Develops, recommends, and implements approved policies and procedures that govern lab operations.
- Oversees and provides scheduling, training and staffing of student workers. May participate in the selection of student workers.
- Maintains currency of knowledge and skills related to the duties and responsibilities.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Three years of full-time, paid experience in a public, school, or college computer lab with 30+ workstations.
- Experience overseeing the day-to-day operations and assisting students in the use of standard software applications, learning management systems, and computer equipment.