Continuing Education trainer CATA- Avionics Technician

South Texas College; McAllen (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

South Texas College in McAllen seeks a CATA Trainer - Avionics Technician to support student education through interactive lessons and real-world scenarios. This role focuses on teaching skills related to aircraft electronics and navigation systems.

The ideal candidate should preferably hold an Associate's degree and have teaching experience, alongside strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with students of varying proficiency levels.

Qualifications

• One year of teaching/training experience required.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Responsibilities

• Instruct Avionics Technician classes for various proficiency levels.
• Evaluate and optimize educational curriculum.
• Maintain student and class records.

Skills

Excellent oral communication skills

Bilingual (English/Spanish)

Ability to prioritize multiple tasks

Education

Associate's degree preferred

Job description

General Statement of Job

The CATA Trainer - Avionics Technician trainer supports the education and hands‑on training of students pursuing careers in avionics technology. The trainer utilizes interactive lessons, technical demonstrations, and real‑world scenarios to teach foundational and advanced skills in aircraft electronics, navigation systems, communication equipment, and diagnostic procedures. This role is essential in preparing students to work alongside aviation professionals in maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing avionics systems in a variety of aerospace and aviation settings.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions

• Instructs Avionics Technician classes for students of various proficiency levels.
• Implements educational curriculum to ensure student success.
• Evaluates and optimizes educational curriculum.
• Motivates students to attend class, learn, and be successful.
• Creates individual educational plans to support timely coursework completion; ensures that students complete their individual educational plan in a timely manner.
• Maintains student and class records.
• Tracks student attendance.
• Assess students' academic performance.
• Completes and submits course documentation when due.
• Informs Coordinators of students not meeting attendance and academic goals and/or not complying with behavior expectations.
• Informs Coordinators of support services for students.
• Maintains a positive, productive classroom and handles behavior problems effectively.
• Communicates with students, staff and peers in a professional, respectful, and constructive manner.
• Conducts sponsor‑teacher conferences.
• Travels throughout the College district, as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

• Associate's degree preferred.
• One (1) year of teaching/training experience required.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent oral, written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and complete multiple tasks with attention to detail, within stated deadlines. Bilingual (English/Spanish), preferred.
• Ability to work evenings and/or weekends as needed; willing to travel throughout the college district using own means of reliable transportation.
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving the vision and mission of South Texas College.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to inquiries from groups of students, customers or employees of an organization.
• Ability to apply practical understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Checks, Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• Security Sensitive position: All applicants are subject to a criminal background check under South Texas College policy.
• Must have or qualify for a valid Texas driver's license and proof of liability insurance.

Physical Requirements

• Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force to move objects.
• Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.
• Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely.
• Standing particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and/or extensive reading.
• Mobility to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.