
As a demonstrator, your role is to provide casual teaching support to your course convenor.
As a demonstrator, your role is to provide casual teaching support to your course convenor. Your duties as a demonstrator may include:
Demonstrating is a crucial aspect of the delivery of the School's teaching program. As a demonstrator, you’ll be gaining valuable experience and improving your communication and presentation skills while broadening your subject knowledge and expertise.
To get the most out of your demonstrator experience, consider your study workload alongside potential responsibilities. UNSW School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering recommends that:
International students: are usually permitted to work a maximum of 20 hours per week. Please refer to your student visa to confirm any working restrictions required.
External applicants: if you’re not currently studying or working for UNSW, you’re permitted to work a maximum of 35 hours per week.
UNSW employees: you aren’t permitted to exceed the working maximum of 35 hours per week, across the University.
Applicants are responsible for ensuring they do not exceed maximum work hours.
As a demonstrator, you’ll play a vital role in the teaching and learning experiences offered at the School. To ensure a positive experience for yourself, your convener and students be sure to:
Around Week 8 of term, the MME Demonstrator Application Webform will be opened for three weeks for positions in the upcoming term.
Before applying, please first speak with the course convenor(s) to obtain information on the course content, expertise needed and role requirements.
Apply here: MME Demonstrator Application Webform
The School receives close to 800 demonstrator applications each year.With so many applications annually, demonstrating for the School is a very competitive process.
The course convenor will contact shortlisted applicants.
They may be required to attend an informal interview (in person, online or over the phone; and maybe in a group) to discuss:
If successful in obtaining a demonstrator position, the School will send a welcome email to your UNSW email account. It will ask you to log onto the web-interface CASTLE to fill in your employment forms.
If unsuccessful, you’re welcome to apply again next year.
If selected for the job, you’ll be sent a link to the web-interface CASTLE where you’ll be required to fill out an Offer of Employment Form (HR63), a Tax File Number (TFN) form, and a Work Health and Safety (WHS) Checklist Form. Please note, if you don't have a Tax File Number, you should apply for one through the Australian Taxation Office as soon as possible.
If you’re an international student, you'll be asked to provide a copy of your passport and student visa if this is your first time demonstrating. If you have a doctorate, you’ll be asked to provide your testamur.
You must supply all employment documentation before the start of term. Until such time, you will not be legally permitted to begin working.
The HR63 is a contract taken between you, your course convenor, and the School.
You’ll be automatically paid fortnightly according to the work hours displayed in your schedule in CASTLE.
It’s your responsibility to ensure that you work the hours allocated to you. The School will not guarantee payment for any additional work you undertake above the hours allocated in your CASTLE schedule, unless you have been given prior written approval.
If you have been asked to do additional hours, before taking on the extra work, first check the guidelines about Workload Restrictions (which can be found on this webpage).
If you’ve been asked to work additional hours, before taking on the extra work, first check the guidelines about Workload Restrictions.
When taking on extra hours, you need to:
Check these hours have been added to your CASTLE schedule, before doing the work.
OR
A) Confirm the maximum claimable hours for the task beforehand in writing, and then B) after doing the work, tell your course convenor how many hours you actually did so they may add them to your schedule.
You have the right to refuse any additional hours requested of you.
During the term, you can request to reduce your scheduled work hours by either transferring them to another demonstrator or simply dropping them. Discuss this with your course convenor.
If you notice an error in your CASTLE schedule, notify your course convenor immediately.
You'll be paid for attending training (if applicable), however, note these training hours are not shown in your CASTLE schedule.
Update your bank account or view your payslip: sign in to myUNSW > My Staff Profile tab > Payroll Information > Update My Bank Account or View Payslip.
All new demonstrators to our School are required to complete the mandatory training in Week 0:
4-hour training program conducted by UNSW Engineering.
1-hour training program conducted by the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.
1-hour training program conducted by the DUS UNSW Training.
Our school will provide you with links to register for these training sessions at the commencement of your employment.
Please be aware that you can only attend the training sessions for the term you’re demonstrating for, e.g. if you’ll be demonstrating in term 2, you cannot participate in the training sessions in term 1.
You will not be permitted to work as a demonstrator until you have completed this training.
For 30-minutes in one of your classes during the term, your course convenor will review your performance. You’ll then receive feedback to ensure consistency in course delivery.