Job Description

DepartmentUniversity of Venda -> Vice Chancellor and Principal -> Deputy Vice Chancellor: Teaching and Learning -> School of Environmental Sciences -> Urban and Regional PlanningJob TitleSenior TechnologistPost LevelGrade 7Job TypeSupport - Univen FundedClosing DateJob RequirementsJob requirements:

• Masters or M Tech in Technical degree, Architecture/Urban Design/Surveying/Quantity Surveying/Landscape Design/Town and Regional Planning is a prerequisite
• Eight years' Experience in Laboratory work or similar Environment
• Technical Registration or membership status and or eligibility to the planning professional body of the South African Council for Planners (SACPLAN); or Technical/Technologist registration membership of the South African Council for the Architectural Profession (SACAP); or Technical/Technologist registration membership of the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA); or Technician/Technical membership of the South African Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP) is a requirement.

• Supervising junior lab staff members.
• Supervising and managing practicals for Year 1 to Year 4 students.
• Filing and compiling students' practical portfolios.
• Teaching studio related practical modules.
• Executing applied and technical knowledge of applicable land use planning statutes, regulations, policies, standards, processes and best practices.
• Ensuring professional management of the laboratories and planning studios.
• Maintaining inventories of equipment in the laboratories.
• Ensuring proper upkeep of the drawing studios and laboratory spaces.
• Ensuring compliance with security, health, and safety standards in the laboratories.
• Ensuring that the highest standards of maintaining the laboratories are followed and met by students and lecturers as they conduct classes in line with the requirements of SACPLAN.
• Keeping an up-to date departmental assets register, and ensuring that all the practical drawing studios are equipped, clean, and setup with enough materials for students to use.

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