Job Description

APS Graduate Teaching Assistant

The Department of Animal & Poultry Science invites applications for a Teaching Assistant for the following course during the 2023-2024 Regular session:

Course Name, Course Abbreviation & Number: The Department of Animal & Poultry Science has multiple positions available for teaching assistants. Appointments will vary in nature up to 75 hours per term. Please indicate which courses you are applying for. You may apply for more than one course.

ANSC 212 - Livestock and Poultry Production

ANSC 313 - Animal Breeding and Genetics

ANSC 315 - Animal and Poultry Nutrition

ANSC 316 - Feed Technology

ANSC 355 - Sheep and Goat Management

ANSC 410 - Cow Calf Management

ANSC 430 - Intensive Management of Beef Cattle

ANSC 440 - Poultry Production

ANSC 460 - Dairy Management

ANSC 485 - Swine Production and Management

ANBI 110 - Introductory Animal Bioscience

ANBI 360 - Canine and Feline Science

ANBI 375 - Animals and the Environment

ANBI 411 - Behaviour of Domestic Animals

ANBI 420 - Comparative Animal Endocrinology

ANBI 470 - Applied Animal Biotechnology

ANSC 801 - Animal Experimentation

AGRIC 112 - Animal Agriculture and Food Science

Start Date & End Date: September 2023 or January 2024

Rate of Pay: $22.12 per hour

Duration of Employment: 2023-2024 Regular session

Qualifications

Duties

In the appointment of a Teaching Assistant position, your general duties and responsibilities will

be as follows:

• Preparation, delivering and/or attending lectures; demonstrating, marking, student consultation, invigilating, holding office hours, setting up experiments, and conferring with the supervisor in charge as required by the assignment.
• You will report to the faculty supervisor of the class you are assigned.
• The successful candidates are required to report their hours of work through the pay and time reporting service on PAWS unless the signed contract has specified the number of hours.

Skills and Abilities

Minimum of a BSc degree or equivalent in Agriculture or related field.

You must be a current graduate student in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science at the University of Saskatchewan and a member of the Graduate Students\' Association.

To apply:

• Submit application no later than August 18, 2023.
• Inquiries for this position can be directed to Colin Peterson. colin.peterson@usask.ca.
• Indicate which courses you are applying for. You may apply for more than one course.

Where a graduate student is appointed to this position, it will be in-scope of PSAC.

Department: Animal & Poultry Science
Status: Casual
Employment Group: Graduate Students - PSAC
Rate of Pay:
Posted Date: 7/28/2023
Closing Date: 8/17/2023
Number of Openings: 0
Work Location: On Campus

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