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41201.02 – Post-secondary research assistants

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

Overview

Example job titles

  • Post-secondary research assistant
  • University research assistant

Core competencies

  • Critical Thinking and Problem Solving to evaluate whether the research methods are appropriate for the research objectives and determine if changes are required
  • Reading Comprehension to conduct literature reviews, surveys and other research for use in scholarly publications
  • Verbal Ability and Speech Clarity to interact with post-secondary educators, research participants and field experts to collect data and conduct research to interact with post-secondary educators, research participants and field experts to collect data and conduct research
  • Written Expression to clearly communicate complex research findings, methodologies and analyses in reports, summaries and papers
  • Attention to Detail to precisely record data to avoid errors in data entry or measurement that can lead to incorrect results or conclusions
  • Knowledge in Languages to communicate complex ideas clearly and accurately with faculty members, colleagues and participants

Main duties

This group performs 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.

Additional information

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

Similar occupations classified elsewhere

Exclusions:

  • Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants (43100)
  • Other instructors (43109)

NOC hierarchy breakdown

NOC version

NOC 2021 Version 1.0

Broad occupational category

4 – Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services

TEER

1 – Occupations usually require a university degree

Major group

41 – Professional occupations in law, education, social, community and government services

Sub-major group

412 – Professional occupations in education services

Minor group

4120 – University professors and post-secondary assistants

Unit group

41201 – Post-secondary teaching and research assistants

Occupational profile

41201.02 – Post-secondary research assistants

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