Select supplies, chemicals, reagents, glassware, apparatus, and instruments, in terms of safety, quality, quantity, reliability of manufacturer, cost, and budgets which requires a knowledge and understanding of pedagogical objectives and non-routine laboratory techniques as well as routine technical and managerial skills. Brief Description of Duties: The Instructional Support Technician is the chemist who is responsible for technical support services for the Organic and/or General Chemistry instructional laboratories and other laboratory courses, as may be appropriate.