Instructor, Plumbing & Pipefitting-9 Month

Cape Fear Community College; Castle Hayne (NC); On-site; USD 48,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Cape Fear Community College seeks a Plumbing Instructor to provide classroom and laboratory instruction across designated programs. The role includes preparing lessons, developing tests, and advising students to support academic success.

Responsibilities include curriculum involvement, maintaining records, and ensuring safety in all instructional activities. Must stay current with industry developments and participate in committee work.

Qualifications

• Knowledge: classroom and laboratory instructional techniques and procedures.
• Knowledge: instructional program development and administration.
• Knowledge: current trends in the assignment area.
• Knowledge: record keeping procedures.
• Knowledge: test development and administration.
• Knowledge: relevant laws, codes, and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide classroom and laboratory instruction to students.
• Prepare lesson plans and schedule activities; develop supplemental materials.
• Develop and prepare tests to evaluate student performance; grade and record scores.
• Act as an advisor and academic counselor to students.
• Provide demonstrations on equipment and develop lab assignments.
• Participate in curriculum development and attend faculty meetings.
• Maintain accurate records of attendance and performance; maintain records in databases.
• Stay current with developments and participate in staff development programs.
• Oversee policy implementation in the teaching area.
• Participate in college committees and other activities.

Skills

Classroom instruction

Laboratory instruction

Test development

Advising / counseling

Curriculum development

Record keeping

Safety procedures

Communication skills

Education

Education or Certification(s) or Industry experience

Job description

DEFINITION:

To provide classroom instruction at designated work sites through lecture, demonstration, laboratory exercises, handouts, responding to questions, and testing.

Employees within this class are supervised by CFCC but must also follows the rules, policies and procedures of the partnering educational institution.

"Faculty, whether designated as curriculum or continuing education (CE/EWD), may be assigned instructional hours in either curriculum or continuing education courses as necessary to meet minimum workload requirements and institutional needs.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED:

• Receives supervision from Workforce Training Coordinator.
• Exercises no supervision.

ESSENTIAL AND OTHER IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS STATEMENTS:

Essential and other important responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide classroom and laboratory instruction to students.
• Prepare lesson plans and schedule classroom activities; develop, and prepare supplemental materials to enhance textbook lessons.
• Develop and prepare tests to evaluate student performance; grade and record individual scores.
• Act as an advisor and academic counselor to students as needed.
• Provide classroom demonstrations on various equipment and machinery; develop laboratory assignments to provide hands on experience as appropriate.
• Participate in curriculum development, evaluation, and change; attend faculty meetings as required.
• Maintain accurate records of student attendance, and performance; maintain other records and databases according to program needs, and accreditation requirements.
• Stay abreast of new developments, and changes in various academic fields; participate in staff development programs, workshops, seminars, and other continuing education programs as appropriate.
• Oversee the implementation of policies and procedures related to required teaching area.
• Participate on college committees and in other institutional activities and programs.

Other Important Functions:

• Assess the relevancy and impact of various lessons; revise and improve lesson format; evaluate various text books and select books to be used for future classes.
• Ensure a safe learning environment by following and enforcing all classroom, laboratory, and equipment safety procedures.
• Demonstrate community involvement.
• Instruct Plumbing CU classes.
• Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge:

• Classroom and laboratory instructional techniques and procedures.
• Principles and procedures of academic and instructional program development and administration in the area of assignment.
• Current trends, research, and development in the area of assignment.
• Principles and procedures of record keeping.
• Principles and techniques involved in test development and administration.
• Pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, codes, and regulations.

Ability To:

• Interpret and apply college goals, objectives, policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
• Interpret and apply Federal, State and local policies, procedures, laws and regulations.
• Maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for:
  1. making observations
  2. reading and writing
  3. communicating with others
  4. operating assigned equipment
  5. handling varied tasks simultaneously.
• Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities which may include the following:
  1. standing or sitting for extended periods of time
  2. operating assigned equipment
  3. preparing and presenting instructional material.
• Maintain mental capacity, which allows the capability of:
  1. making sound decisions
  2. responding to questions
  3. demonstrating intellectual capabilities.
• Communicate clearly, and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain cooperative-working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING GUIDELINES

Minimum Education/Training:

• Education or Certification(s) or Industry experience

Preferred Education/Training, Experience, Skills:

• 5 years plumbing/pipefitting work experience preferred.