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About the Position:
As a Lab Assistant, your primary role will be to assist with the preparation, analysis, and disposal of client samples and under supervision perform routine laboratory procedures.

Specific Responsibilities:

Weigh samples, look for boxes, scan boxes to location and return them to the proper location after weighing;

Sort and organize boxes and labels;

Clean and maintain orders of lab wares and ensure they are returned to the proper location;

Adhere to clean-up schedules to ensure that balances and weigh stations are clean, tidy and in working order;

Perform other clean-up tasks as required;

Maintain inventory records for standard materials & certain weighing room items;

Report equipment/ balance breakdowns to supervisor;

Report any quality issue (e.g., coarse sample, mix-up) to supervisors and/or lead hands;

Maintaining balance verification records and ensure the staff in the weighing room adhere to all routine balance maintenance schedules;

Perform fluoride fusions, sample transferring;

Perform inventory count and advise supervisor or shift leaders of low levels of supplies, standards or chemicals required for continued operation;

Run specific gravity, moisture and density analysis;





Perform certain leaching and filtration procedures;

Load samples for CO2 or LECO instruments with minimum supervision;

Handling routine digestion procedures;

Running pH and conductivity independently;

Responsible for training current staff in the weighing room;

May assist Lab Analysts (T) in training of A3;

Use correct methods in accordance with the established procedures and schedules while ensuring analytical quality;

Observe established safety regulations and comply with all ALS health and safety policies and procedures;

Other duties as assigned by the Supervisor or Manager.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Strong analytical and mechanical skills;

Organized and highly motivated individual;

Excellent hand eye coordination;

Detail oriented individual with a strong commitment to quality;

Ability to work independently or as part of a team;

Ability to effectively handle a high volume of work and time critical issues;

Intermediate English communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills;

Intermediate computer skills including MS Word, Excel and Outlook;

Familiarity with any of the following would be an asset:

Calibration of routine instruments

Evaluation of QC Checks and calibration standards

Analyses of all partial and total digestions

Chemical and physical interferences in geological analyses

Detection limits

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📌 Laboratory Assistant, Specialty Assay-1 (British Columbia)
🏢 ALS
📍 British Columbia