Welding Instructor: Impactful Vocational Trainer

Equus Workforce Solutions; San Marcos (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Equus Workforce Solutions is seeking an instructional professional to maintain attendance, manage classroom discipline, and deliver competency-based instruction across centers. The role involves weekly team participation, staff trainings, and reporting, with strong emphasis on using Microsoft Office tools and delivering quality customer service to students.

The position requires at least an Associate's Degree, with a Bachelor's preferred, and potentially relevant vocational certifications.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years related experience.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or government regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedural manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from peers, groups of managers, students, and the general public.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractures, percentages ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and saw related conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instruction in mathematical or diagram terms, and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Education: Minimum of Associate's Degree. Bachelor's Degree from a four-year college or university preferred. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid state driver's license recommended.
• Certification/experience in vocational trade preferred Certified, licensed, or credited in the state in which the center is located, or is accredited by a professional trade organization
• For NTC, instructor must be certified by union or trade organization, or by a national trade certifying organization (RO may waive if center is unable to hire certified or licensed instructors, but candidates must pursue certification)

Responsibilities

• Maintains accurate attendance records/hourly/per class period
• Demonstrates the ability to manage the classroom environment and classroom discipline for effective learning
• Demonstrates full knowledge of competency-based instruction, computer assigned instruction, cooperative learning techniques
• Actively participates in weekly center team meetings
• Actively participates in departmental and all staff meetings
• Completes required staff training in a timely manne
• Reports directly to departmental manager
• Model, mentor, monitor appropriate workplace behavior
• Completes weekly reports as required
• Basic computer skills are required, Microsoft Office, Outlook, Work and Excel
• Ensures clean and safe work environment
• Participates in active shooter and fire drills
• Delivers necessary accommodations to students
• Operates in accordance with the requirements of the PRH, Standard Operating Procedures in function area and corporate policies
• Evaluates and records student progress/evaluations and case notes in CIS, where appropriate
• Delivers quality customer service to students
• Assists with student retention
• Maintains lesson plans relevant to course material
• Facilitates communication with center departments
• Aligns curriculum with Industry Standards and Training Achievement Record
• Develops industry partnerships that could lead to work-based learning, internships, and job placement outcomes
• Assists students in obtaining primary and secondary credentials
• Coordinates and participates with academic department for integrated learning opportunities
• Updates electronic Training Achievement Record (eTAR) at a minimum bi-weekly
• Provides innovative, creative, and engaging training to the students
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Reading & analysis

Report writing

Presentation skills

Mathematical concepts

Problem solving

Customer service

Education

Associate's Degree

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Vocational certification/license preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Word

Excel

Job description

Equus Workforce Solutions is seeking an instructional professional to maintain attendance, manage classroom discipline, and deliver competency-based instruction across centers. The role involves weekly team participation, staff trainings, and reporting, with strong emphasis on using Microsoft Office tools and delivering quality customer service to students.

The position requires at least an Associate's Degree, with a Bachelor's preferred, and potentially relevant vocational certifications.