4012 Post-secondary teaching and research assistants
Category: Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services
Major Group 40 : Professional occupations in education services
Post-secondary teaching and research assistants assist university professors, community college and CEGEP teachers and other faculty members in teaching and research activities at universities and colleges.
Example Titles
college laboratory assistant
college teaching assistant
graduate assistant – university
post-secondary research assistant
research assistant, university
Main duties
Post-secondary teaching assistants perform some or all of the following duties:
- Organize reference materials, visual aids and other materials as required by university professors or college teachers for lectures
- Conduct seminars, discussion groups and laboratory sessions to supplement lectures
- Assist in the preparation and administration of examinations
- Grade examinations, term papers and laboratory reports.
Research assistants perform some or all of the following duties:
- Conduct literature reviews, surveys, laboratory experiments and other research for use in scholarly publications
- Compile research results and assist professors in the analysis of results and the preparation of journal articles or papers.
Post-secondary teaching and research assistants specialize in a subject matter based on their field of study.
Employment requirements
- Enrolment in a university or college program is required.
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