National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2011

• 4 - Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services
• 40 - Professional occupations in education services
• 401 - University professors and post-secondary assistants

4012 - Post-secondary teaching and research assistants

Post-secondary teaching and research assistants assist university professors, community college and CEGEP teachers and other faculty members in teaching and research activities at universities and colleges.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • college laboratory assistant
  • college teaching assistant
  • graduate assistant - university
  • post-secondary research assistant
  • research assistant, university

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (4413)
  • Other instructors (4216)

• Main duties

  Post-secondary teaching assistants perform some or all of the following duties:

  • Organize reference materials, visual aids and other materials as required by university professors or college teachers for lectures
  • Conduct seminars, discussion groups and laboratory sessions to supplement lectures
  • Assist in the preparation and administration of examinations
  • Grade examinations, term papers and laboratory reports.

  Research assistants perform some or all of the following duties:

  • Conduct literature reviews, surveys, laboratory experiments and other research for use in scholarly publications
  • Compile research results and assist professors in the analysis of results and the preparation of journal articles or papers.

  Post-secondary teaching and research assistants specialize in a subject matter based on their field of study.

• Employment requirements

  • Enrolment in a university or college program is required.