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Job Description

Department: Fire Science

General Statement of Job

The Lab Assistant supports the instructional programs in the Fire Academy Program. Assists instructors with hands-on skills labs, cleans and maintains training equipment including self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBAs), ladders, hoses, hand tools, rescue equipment, props, and fire gear.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

Performs routine and assigned activities in the Fire Academy Program.
Assists instructors during scheduled skills labs, live fire training support, and practical evaluations.
Assists in the maintenance, cleaning, inspection, and servicing of fire training equipment such as SCBAs, turnout gear, ladders, ventilation tools, hose appliances, and props.
Assists with inventory management, documenting equipment condition, and reporting items needing repair or replacement.
Helps ensure classrooms, apparatus bays, and training spaces remain clean, organized, and compliant with safety procedures.
Supports check-in/check-out processes for fire gear, tools, SCBAs, and College-owned vehicles; reports violations or safety concerns.
Monitors use of college owned equipment and simulator and reports when equipment is malfunctioning, needing repair or replacement.
Operates and conducts routine preventive maintenance on College vehicles; notifies appropriate personnel of any vehicle maintenance required.
Assists during training evolutions that require additional operational safety oversight. Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

College Certificate, a minimum of 30 college hours required.
Graduate of a Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP)-approved Fire Academy preferred.
Minimum one (1) year of fire service experience, preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office including, but not limited to, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, the Windows environment, and internet research skills.
Fine-motor control sufficient to operate related equipment independently.
Knowledge of firefighting equipment, PPE, SCBAs, and rescue tools.
Ability to apply safety rules and emergency response protocols in skill-based environments.
Ability to read and interpret operating manuals, safety documentation, and instructional guides.
Demonstrated practice of safety precautions and rules.
Must be insurable under South Texas College’s insurance policy for driving.
Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and mission of South Texas College.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of students, customers or employees of organization.
Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Checks, Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

All applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy.
Must have a valid Texas driver’s license and be insurable under South Texas College’s insurance policy for driving.
Must maintain authorization to drive College-owned vehicles.
Successful completion of the Basic Structural Fire Fighter Course required.
Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) certified preferred.

Physical Requirements

Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
Body agility is emphasized.
Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet. Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.
Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
Standing particularly for sustained periods of time.
Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
Shouting in order to be heard above ambient noise level.
Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
Including color, depth perception, and field vision.
Visual Acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.
Have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment.
Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, operation of machines; using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
Mobility to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Minimum Compensation

$15.75 Hourly

Desired Start Date

February 19, 2026

Posting Close Date (No Close Date if Blank)

4 March 2026 11:59pm

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Direct Wage - Lab Assistant (Fire Science) - 2

Department: Fire Science

General Statement of Job

The Lab Assistant supports the instructional programs in the Fire Academy Program. Assists instructors with hands-on skills labs, cleans and maintains training equipment including self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBAs), ladders, hoses, hand tools, rescue equipment, props, and fire gear.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

Performs routine and assigned activities in the Fire Academy Program.

Assists instructors during scheduled skills labs, live fire training support, and practical evaluations.

Assists in the maintenance, cleaning, inspection, and servicing of fire training equipment such as SCBAs, turnout gear, ladders, ventilation tools, hose appliances, and props.

Assists with inventory management, documenting equipment condition, and reporting items needing repair or replacement.

Helps ensure classrooms, apparatus bays, and training spaces remain clean, organized, and compliant with safety procedures.

Supports check-in/check-out processes for fire gear, tools, SCBAs, and College-owned vehicles; reports violations or safety concerns.

Monitors use of college owned equipment and simulator and reports when equipment is malfunctioning, needing repair or replacement.

Operates and conducts routine preventive maintenance on College vehicles; notifies appropriate personnel of any vehicle maintenance required.

Assists during training evolutions that require additional operational safety oversight. Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

College Certificate, a minimum of 30 college hours required.

Graduate of a Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP)-approved Fire Academy preferred.

Minimum one (1) year of fire service experience, preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.

Strong computer skills with knowledge of Microsoft Office including, but not limited to, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, the Windows environment, and internet research skills.

Fine-motor control sufficient to operate related equipment independently.

Knowledge of firefighting equipment, PPE, SCBAs, and rescue tools.

Ability to apply safety rules and emergency response protocols in skill-based environments.

Ability to read and interpret operating manuals, safety documentation, and instructional guides.

Demonstrated practice of safety precautions and rules.

Must be insurable under South Texas College’s insurance policy for driving.

Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and mission of South Texas College.

Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Ability to speak effectively before groups of students, customers or employees of organization.

Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Checks, Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

All applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy.

Must have a valid Texas driver’s license and be insurable under South Texas College’s insurance policy for driving.

Must maintain authorization to drive College-owned vehicles.

Successful completion of the Basic Structural Fire Fighter Course required.

Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) certified preferred.

Physical Requirements

Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.

Body agility is emphasized.

Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet. Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.

Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.

Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.

Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.

Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.

Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.

Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.

Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.

Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.

Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.

Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.

Standing particularly for sustained periods of time.

Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Shouting in order to be heard above ambient noise level.

Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.

Including color, depth perception, and field vision.

Visual Acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.

Have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles and/or heavy equipment.

Have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, operation of machines; using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.

Mobility to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.