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Subject: position avaliable: UBC CPSC
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Date: 21 Jul 89 22:14:16 GMT
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Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Computer Programmer: Text Processing and Graphics

Job Title: Text Processing and Graphics Programmer


Primary Function

	Duties include installation and maintenance of text processing and
graphics software, running on the various computer hardware owned by the
Computer Science Department.  This hardware includes Sun Microsystems
Computers running SunOS 4.0 (a variant of Berkeley UNIX), Apollo workstations
running DOMAIN, Apple Macintoshes, and assorted other machines.  As well as 
installation and maintenance of software packages obtained from external 
sources, the programmer will modify software to make it suitable for our 
environment, and create new software where no suitable packages are available.


Major Responsibilities

	Text processing packages used by the department include TeX and troff 
on the UNIX based systems, Interleaf on the Apollos, MacWrite, Word 3.0, and 
others on the Macintoshes.  A variety of packages for graphics, image 
processing, and display are used.  The programmer would be expected to become 
familiar with these packages and their operation, and be able to provide 
consultation to users on their usage, in addition to installation and 
maintenance.


Organizational Relationship

	This position is supervised by the department Facilities Manager.


Supervision Received

	Computer programmers are supervised by the Facilities Manager, but are 
expected to need minimal supervision and operate in cooperation with other 
technical staff.


Qualifications

	Applicants should have a degree in Computer Science, or equivalent 
software experience.  A good working knowledge of the UNIX operating system is 
essential.  Familiarity with software mentioned above, and a good background in 
text processing and graphics would be advantageous.



Please send resumes to:

Personnel Services
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C.
V6T 1W5