Art - Ceramics Studio Assistant 26/27

Job Description

Job Description

This position is for the full academic year, open only to enrolled upperclassmen. Freshmen are not eligible to apply for this position.

Expected hours of work per week : 10-20

Work Location & Hours : Lucas Art Workshop, hours are variable

Qualifications for Position:

• Friendly, willing to learn, punctual
• Time management: Able to get necessary assigned tasks done on time as the entire class depends on work studies ability to perform their job.
• Basic knowledge of Ceramic clay and processes. (prior or current enrollment in Ceramics Course)
• Art Major preferred
• Willing to get dirty at times
• Able to handle student artwork with care
• Able to keep studio organized and clean as well as perform learned clay processes (Firing, recycling clay, mixing glazes, rolling slabs. Professor teaches you all of these.)
• Able to lift 25lbs
• Mechanical inclination preferred
• Ability to assist the professor during studio times preferred.

Expected Duties and Responsibilities:

• Keep studio organized
• Load and unload kilns, conduct, and monitor kiln firing
• Organize, inventory, and mix dry glazes
• Recycle clay
• Prepare slabs and other clay needed for classes
• Help set up and clean up instructor demonstrations
• Keep abreast of needs of the studio and inform the instructor

Resume skills development (NACE Competencies required by employers) to be developed

• Career & Self-Development including building workspace management skills in an area where those skills can translate into future management opportunities
• Communication in the form of clarity regarding weekly time-sensitive tasks as well as semester goals
• Critical Thinking in the form of ordering and sequencing weekly needs compared with semester goals
• Leadership through demonstrating competency with tool and machine usage
• Professionalism by embodying a responsible and safe studio work approach
• Teamwork including regular dialogue with Professors and offering assistance to students in the 3-D Studio when applicable
• Technology as it pertains to proper machine functioning and maintenance

Work Habits (with alignment of Core Values)

The College asks its staff members the following fundamental work habits:

• Do good work. ( Service, Diligence, Faithfulness )
• Take ownership of your job. ( Selflessness , Diligence, Resourcefulness, Enterprising, Creative )
• Be punctual. ( Service, Diligence, Integrity, Faithfulness )
• Dress professionally and appropriately for your job. ( Humility )
• Make suggestions when appropriate. ( Resourcefulness, Enterprising, and Creative )
• Communicate openly and honestly. Seek to resolve differences in accordance with the scriptural patterns summarized in the Staff Manual policy on Fair Treatment as well as the Grievance and Appeals Procedure . ( Integrity, Faithfulness )
• Attend chapel services at least once per week, on average. ( Integrity, Faithfulness )

Competencies

Must be a Covenant student participating in the work-study program.

Work Environment

This job operates in a studio lab and classroom environment. This role routinely uses standard art and clay materials including mechanical equipment.

Physical Demands

Sitting: Remaining in the seated position

Lifting: Raising or lowering an object from one level to another (includes upward pulling) 25-50 lbs.

Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word to impart oral information to clients or to the public and to convey detailed spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly