Art Glass Assistant | Centre College Job at Centre College, Danville, KY

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  • Centre College
  • Danville, KY

Job Description

Essential Job Functions:

  • Maintain equipment, inventory and a safe working environment in the hot shop, cold shop, and moldmaking studio.
  • Manage all glass studios, scheduling, charging, tools, and general cleaning.
  • Work with JVAC Studio Technician collaboratively on technical equipment and facility issues.
  • Post and enforce safety rules in the studios.
  • Instruct students in proper use of glass studio equipment.
  • Assist glass professor in scheduling and demonstrating for classes and public events.
  • Manage work-study students.
  • Establish and maintain an emergency call list. 
  • Understand and maintain guidelines for emergencies. 
  • General assistance with all aspects of running the glass classes.
  • Demonstrates an appreciation of and commitment to further an inclusive culture for those of diverse backgrounds such as ability, age, class, ethnicity, faith, gender, neurodiversity, race, and sexual orientation.

Marginal Job Functions:

Contribute to the overall success of the glass program specifically and the art program broadly, by performing other essential duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Education and Experience:  

  • College or technical degree focusing on glass preferred.
  • Must have experience running and maintaining glass furnaces, annealers, GH’s and other hot glass equipment.
  • Must have experience working in a hot glass studio and possess imtermediate level glassworking skills.
  • Must have some experience with power tools and mechanical equipment.

Knowledge and Skills:

  • Must demonstrate a strong work ethic;
  • Must be self-directed, able to carry on projects without prompting;
  • Must show an enthusiasm for the nitty gritty of studio maintenance;
  • Must be available some nights and weekends;
  • Must be a good colleague and work well with students of all levels;
  • Valid drivers license required;

Physical Requirements:

  • Mobility on campus;
  • Pushing, moving, pulling and lifting. Lifting would not exceed 50 pounds.

About Centre College

Centre College is a premier national liberal arts college that serves approximately 1,400 students and provides a supportive community and a flexible, personal academic path to a meaningful life and career. Founded in 1819, Centre accomplishes its goals in an atmosphere of caring and respectful relationships among faculty, student, and staff. The College has an endowment in excess of $420 million and an operating budget of more than $65 million. Centre welcomes and supports diversity. The College strives to create an environment where differences are celebrated, where individuals can exchange ideas and share in the richness of mutual experiences. Please view our Statement of Community. Located in Danville, KY, the historic, picturesque 150-acre campus is 30 miles from Lexington, in the famed Bluegrass Region of Central Kentucky. For information concerning the College, visit our web site at

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Job Tags

Flexible hours, Night shift, Weekend work,

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