Laboratory Technician

Job title: Laboratory Technician

Job description: IMPORTANT: Effective immediately. This is a 50% permanent position (17.5 hours per week)

JOB SUMMARY:

UNDER GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE DEAN OF ARTS & GENERAL EDUCATION, THE TECHNICIAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUPERVISION OF THE COSTUME LAB AND ASSOCIATED AREAS, THE PURCHASE OF MATERIALS, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE COSTUME LAB AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE AND EQUIPMENT, AND ASSISTING FACULTY AND STUDENTS IN THE AFOREMENTIONED SPACES AS ASSIGNED.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervision and guidance to students and faculty working in technical areas both during and outside of regular classroom activities. Assisting with implementation of safe working procedures, and overseeing they are followed. This included up-to-date SMS and WHMIS compliance.
• Maintain all wardrobe machines and prepare for costume classes and work sessions. i.e. domestic sewing machines and over lockers, computerized machines, industrial sewing machines and surgers, the industrial irons, dye vat, washers and dryers. Arrange for annual maintenance of all machines as required.
• Maintain, prepare and ensure that all vital notions are stocked for classes, work sessions and productions i.e. needles, threads, pins, buttons, zippers, scissors, manikins, grommets, tapes, seam rippers, fasteners, eyelets, tracing paper, interfacings, Velcro stock and all other materials as required.
• Ensure that all required fabrics are purchased for classes and productions, purchasing as necessary and maintaining the wardrobe budget. Procure quotes on new items to purchase through College Capital, and then finalizing purchases once expenses are authorized by Dept Chair or Production Manager in accordance with College procedures.
• Transporting equipment to repair shops and picking up rental equipment or small items as needed.
• Maintain and organise the large costume inventory, which includes contemporary and period apparel, boots and shoes, hats, and other clothing sundries, jewellery etc. Log in and out costumes used for productions and classes, ensure costumes are laundered or dry-cleaned as needed.
• Liaise with groups from the College, community, and other groups to pull and file costumes, while tracking which company borrowed them.
• Maintain the costume department’s collection of period wigs and ensure that make up is provided for productions.
• Research and share information on new state of the art techniques for costume construction, for pattern making and development, and all related costume fields.
• Assist faculty in coordinating and supervising all costume execution classes, production labs and performance runs for departmental productions and presentations including show calls, quick changes, set ups and strikes.
• Adhere to the department timetabling which often includes evenings and weekend work sessions as well as student vacation periods. Work hours will change according to the needs of the department. Evening and weekend work will be required during the department’s production periods. More specifically production periods are October, November, December and March, April and May. Classes will also be held during these times, therefore the work schedule will not be exclusively evenings and weekends.
• Performance of other elated tasks as required.
• Employee will report to the chair of the department or Production Manager to receive schedule and priority of tasks.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education

To have a college diploma (DEC) in Professional Theatre or an equivalent diploma in an appropriate specialty as recognized by the competent authority.

Specific Requirements:

• A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a professional theatre or live performing arts wardrobe environment.
• Field experience working with students an asset.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Prior knowledge of pattern-making and sewing
• Prior experience in working with production materials and vital notions as well as wardrobe machines
• Prior experience with Costuming software an asset
• Availability to work a flexible schedule according to Department needs, INCLUDING evenings and weekends.
• Quebec class 5 driver’s license

Testing may be required to demonstrate knowledge of:

• Word (Basic)
• Excel (Basic)
• PowerPoint (Basic)
• French (Basic oral)
• English (Intermediate oral and written)

We thank all candidates who submit their resumes for consideration. However, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. If your work experience has changed or if you have acquired additional education since your last visit, be sure to submit your updated resume so that we may review your full career path. If you are applying from a mobile device (smartphone, tablet), you will receive an acknowledgment email asking you to update your file by submitting your CV in order for your application to be considered.

Deadline Date

8/17/2022

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