Technical Assistant
A Technical Assistant is a non-specialized Engineering-departmment employee who presumably failed to get their technical degree but are nonetheless tasked with assisting Engineering personnel with their work. As with the other two flavors of Assistants aboard station, it is impossible to hit a cap on Technical Assistants and a person joining the game late may always become one. They occupy a very low place on the official and de facto hierarchies of the station and alternate between being unfairly oppressed and giving provocation for further oppression. Despite being tasked with assisting technical personnel, they must ask the AI to enter sensitive areas such as Engineering proper.
Every flavor of Assistant assignments provides an opportunity for learning as well as Grief; they are ubiquitous, ever-present, and often unnoticed, but they also have no responsibilties and can take the shift to mentor under an experienced player. This is often a job to take if you want to learn how to set up the Singularity firsthand under regular Engineer supervision and education.