Core Function Technical Snr Technical Chief Technical Principal Technical Officer Principal Technical category Officer Officer Officer PC 10 PC11 Officer PC 8 PC 9 PC12 a routine a technical specialist a specialist technical a highly specialised technical service service to staff to technical service to service to support research technical service to support to support the support research support research enterprise (e.g. Demonstrates research enterprise (e.g. Is research enterprise. (e.g enterprise (e.g. comprehensive understanding of the recognised as an authority in a enterprise (e.g. by maintenance, repair, operations, research enterprise by contributing to field; Demonstrates maintenance of operations of maintenance, repair of technical conceptualisation of comprehensive understanding routinely-used routinely-used equipment, fault finding; research projects; operations and of the research enterprise by equipment in equipment in research accesses appropriate maintenance of complex equipment; contributing to technical research labs) labs; Demonstrates resources to support design of complex apparatus; conceptualisation of research Research proficiency as a research needs; design expertise to find and assess projects; operations and Support under competent end user of of apparatus) resources) maintenance of complex supervision. equipment). equipment; design of complex to train new users technical service for apparatus; expertise to find and sometimes on equipment use. research projects within or across assess non-standard resources) under supervision departmental contexts. and engages independently technical service for proficiently with staff as part of research research projects across researchers. team. departmental and faculty contexts/ engages with researchers within UCT and externally Provides a routine a technical a specialist a specialist technical a highly specialised technical service service in technical service in service for teaching laboratories (e.g. technical service for teaching in undergraduate undergraduate undergraduate teaching operations, maintenance, repair of laboratories (operations, teaching teaching laboratories laboratories laboratory equipment and design of maintenance, repair of laboratories (e.g. (e.g. operations, (e.g.operations, laboratory apparatus) laboratory equipment and operations and maintenance, repair maintenance, design of complex laboratory Teaching maintenance of of routine lab and repair of Management of a technical teaching apparatus) routine laboratory Support equipment) laboratory equipment; service for students and staff / equipment) design of laboratory Postgraduate students are taught Management of a technical apparatus) and supervised to use workshop teaching service for students Performs sometimes equipment and machinery as and staff / Postgraduate Performs Performs independently under supervision in required by their studies students are taught and according to set in consultation with consultation with supervised to use workshop standards. lecturer. lecturer. equipment and machinery as required by their studies
Core Function category Technical Officer PC 8 Snr Technical Officer PC 9 Chief Technical Officer PC 10 Principal Technical Officer PC11 Principal Technical Officer PC12 Research Support a routine technical service to support the research enterprise (e.g. by maintenance of routinely-used equipment in research labs) under supervision. a technical service to staff to support research enterprise. (e.g maintenance, repair, operations of routinely-used equipment in research labs; Demonstrates proficiency as a competent end user of equipment). sometimes under supervision and engages proficiently with staff researchers. specialist technical service to support research enterprise (e.g. operations, maintenance, repair of equipment, fault finding; accesses appropriate resources to support research needs; design of apparatus) to train new users on equipment use. independently as part of research team. a specialist technical service to support research enterprise (e.g. Demonstrates comprehensive understanding of the research enterprise by contributing to technical conceptualisation of research projects; operations and maintenance of complex equipment; design of complex apparatus; expertise to find and assess resources) technical service for research projects within or across departmental contexts. a highly specialised technical service to support research enterprise (e.g. Is recognised as an authority in a field; Demonstrates comprehensive understanding of the research enterprise by contributing to technical conceptualisation of research projects; operations and maintenance of complex equipment; design of complex apparatus; expertise to find and assess non-standard resources) technical service for research projects across departmental and faculty contexts/ engages with researchers within UCT and externally Teaching Support Provides a routine technical service in undergraduate teaching laboratories (e.g. operations and maintenance of routine laboratory equipment) Performs according to set standards. a technical service in undergraduate teaching laboratories (e.g. operations, maintenance, repair of routine lab equipment) Performs sometimes under supervision in consultation with lecturer. a specialist technical service in undergraduate teaching laboratories (e.g.operations, maintenance, and repair of laboratory equipment; design of laboratory apparatus) Performs independently in consultation with lecturer. a specialist technical service for teaching laboratories (e.g. operations, maintenance, repair of laboratory equipment and design of laboratory apparatus) Management of a technical teaching service for students and staff / Postgraduate students are taught and supervised to use workshop equipment and machinery as required by their studies a highly specialised technical service for teaching laboratories (operations, maintenance, repair of laboratory equipment and design of complex laboratory apparatus) Management of a technical teaching service for students and staff / Postgraduate students are taught and supervised to use workshop equipment and machinery as required by their studies
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