[CAUT] tech position

[Barbara Richmond]

When a friend asked me to apply for a unversity tech position 10 years ago, 
that was the salary package offered.

Barbara Richmond, RPT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard West" <rwest1@unl.edu>
To: "College and University Technicians" <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 8:00 AM
Subject: [CAUT] tech position


> Hello, All,
>
> Here's a real life scenario from a music school administrator who used to 
> live here in Lincoln.  I'd like to get your comments/suggestions/ideas 
> before I send a reply.
>
> Richard West, RPT
> University of Nebraska, Lincoln
>
>
>
> "we farm our piano work out to a number of different individuals.  We pay 
> about $13,000 a year, but this is basically tuning.  Instruments are 
> repaired only as needed and then only when absolutly necessary.  Regular 
> scheduled maintenance is non-existant. What we need is a piano technician, 
> but there is no way that I will be able to convince the upper 
> administration to fund such a position.
>
> So what I'm exploring is the possibility of going together with one other 
> university in the area to hire a full-time technician who could serve 
> essentially as a half-time technician at each school.  I'm not sure how a 
> contract would or could be drawn up, but conceptually I'm interested in 
> seeing if this would work.
>
> so
>
> Do you know of any other place that has this type of an arrangement, i.e. 
> one person who is hired by two schools to a full-time position where 
> he/she would essentially work 1/2 time at each school
>
> How would we go about finding such a person?  How would ascertain if they 
> are competent?
>
> Finally, what would a new technician earn?  I understand that this will 
> vary in different parts of the country, but I'm hoping that I could pull 
> together @$30,000 a year in salary + all the benefits that would go along 
> with a normal university staff position; health care, retirement, life 
> insurance, dental, etc.
>
> Do you think that would do it?"
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