TA138673- Winter 2020-PBIO*3110 Crop Physiology

Teaching Assistant Work Assignment
Posting Details
Type of Work Assignment and Bargaining Unit: 
GTA, Unit 1
Academic Unit: 
Plant Agriculture
Semester(s) of Assignment(s): 
Winter 2020
This Work Assignment(s) may be assigned to fulfill the terms and conditions of a guaranteed Job Security Period: 
N/A
Course Details
Course Number: 
PBIO*3110
Course Name: 
Crop Physiology
Course Format: 
In-Class
Course Description: 
See Course Calendar
Projected Class Enrolment: 
50
Level of Appointment for GTA, GSA-1 UTA(s)
The following is an estimate of number and levels of available appointments at the time of posting. This may change (increase or decrease) at the time of assignment contingent on departmental needs.
This Posting includes Multiple Work Assignments: 
No
Number of Available 0.5 (70 hour) Work Assignments: 
0
Number of Available 0.75 (105 hour) Work Assignments: 
1
Number of Available Full 1.0 (140 hour) Work Assignments: 
0
Total Number (Load) of Assignment(s) Available: 
1
Duties and Responsibilities
Anticipated Duties and Responsibilities: 
Preparation
Student Consultation
Attending Lectures
Email Correspondence/Monitoring
Conducting Labs/Seminars
Meetings
Other Duties (specify below)
Other Duties Described: 
Collaboration with supervisor on designing lab exercise Preparation and maintenance of lab materials (plants) Student Consultation, by appointment Weekly Meetings with supervisor Grading of lab assignments and presentations Conduct course evaluations in courses other than the one in which you are a GTA.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications: 
Experience growing plants under controlled environment conditions. Some graduate level training in experimental design and statistics. Familiarity with any or all of the instruments used in the laboratory would be an asset (leaf gas exchange measurement equipment, SPAD meter, reflectance spectrometer, leaf area meter, chlorophyll fluorometer)
Days Required and Wages
Days and Times Required: 
Lecture are Monday, Wednesday and Friday 09:30AM - 10:20AM Laboratory is Tuesday 11:30AM - 02:20PM and Monday 02:30PM - 05:20PM
Period of the Work Assignment (Start Date and End Date): 
January 6, 2020 to April 20, 2020
Wage Rate (per hour, per semester, per Full-load 1.0 Work Assignment): 
GTA $42.52/hr; $5954.98/semester effective 2019/20
Other Posting Information
Application Deadline (All postings will automatically expire at 11:59 pm on this day): 
Monday, November 18, 2019
Posting Email Contact: 
papost@uoguelph.ca
Hiring Contact Information: 
Dr Hugh Earl is the instructor for this course. Applications will be accepted by the Graduate Program Administrator

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Teaching Assistant work assignments are unionized with CUPE 3913 and their terms and conditions of work are covered by the Unit 1 Collective Agreement between the University and CUPE 3913 (email contact: president@cupe3913.on.ca).