Laboratory Assistant
hace 29 días
Chicago
Job Description Summary: A lab assistant supports laboratory work by preparing equipment and materials, assisting with experiments, recording data, maintaining cleanliness and safety, and helping researchers or instructors with routine tasks. Responsibilities • Transfer data from paper formats into computer files or database systems using keyboards, data recorders or optical scanners, • Type in data provided directly from customers, • Create spreadsheets with large numbers of figures without mistakes, • Verify data by comparing it to source documents, • Update existing data, • Retrieve data from the database or electronic files as requested, • Sort and organize paperwork after entering data to ensure it is not lostRequirements, • Proven experience as data entry clerk, • Fast typing skills; Knowledge of touch typing system is strongly preferred, • Excellent knowledge of word processing tools and spreadsheets (MS Office Word, Excel etc.), • Working knowledge of office /Lab equipment and computer, • Basic understanding of databases, • Good command of English both oral and written and customer service skills, • Great attention to detail, • Specimen Processing, • High school degree or equivalent