Welding Lab Assistant

Enterprise State Community College; Opp (AL); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Lurleen B. Wallace Community College invites applications for a Welding Lab Assistant to support faculty in welding laboratories and classes, including potential evening sessions and off-campus sites such as the Luverne Center.

The role focuses on maintaining a safe lab, assisting students with welding tasks, supplying instructional materials, and helping with curriculum updates and recruitment efforts. Requires welding credentialing and related experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum postsecondary education certificate, diploma, or equivalent in welding.
• Demonstrated ability to deposit sound welds on ferrous structural plate according to AWS D.1.1.
• Two years of in-field work experience or equivalent; credentials may substitute.

Responsibilities

• Assist in laboratory or classroom as assigned, including labs and classes scheduled during day or evening at any campus or off-campus site.
• Advise students in welding lab regarding procedures, problem-solving, and assignments.
• Provide laboratory written materials to welding students enrolled in lab classes.
• Assist students with software, learning resources, and welding demonstrations.
• Maintain records such as attendance, assignments, and tests.
• Ensure a safe learning environment and keep the lab orderly; manage inventory of supplies.

Skills

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Reliability

Communication skills

Education

Postsecondary education certificate, diploma, or equivalent in welding

Tools

AWS D.1.1 Structural Welding Code

SMAW 3G/4G

GMAW .035

FCAW .045

OFC-PAC-CAC Setup and Operation

Job description

The Welding Lab Assistant is responsible for assisting faculty in the day-to-day activities in welding laboratories and classes.

SALARY: Commensurate with experience as determined on Salary Schedule H35, Rank 01 of the Alabama Community College System Board of Trustees salary schedules.

1. Assist in laboratory or classroom as assigned, which may include laboratories and classes scheduled during the day or evening at any campus or off-campus site, including the Luverne Center.
2. Act in an advisory capacity to students in the welding lab regarding laboratory procedures, problem-solving, and laboratory work assignments.
3. Assist in providing laboratory written material to all welding students enrolled in lab classes.
4. Assist students with software, learning resources, and welding demonstrations.
5. Maintain all records as needed, including student attendance, assignments, and tests.
6. Ensure a safe environment for student learning; maintain classroom or laboratory in an orderly manner; maintain laboratory inventory of supplies.
7. Assist in reviewing and recommending appropriate revisions of the welding curriculum periodically.
8. Assist instructors with recruitment activities.
9. Assist in the coordination of the Institutional Effectiveness Plan.
10. Participate in professional development through professional organizations and seminars to maintain and improve skills.
11. Maintain appropriate professional licensures and/or certification.
12. Assist in enforcing all college policies.
13. Participate in College committees when assigned.
14. Attend meetings as required.
15. Maintain professional conduct in dealing with students, staff, administration, faculty, and the college community.
16. Adhere to the prescribed policies of the College.
17. Perform other related duties as assigned.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF ALL LBWCC EMPLOYEES:

• Communicate professionally while working effectively in all aspects of the position.
• Make independent judgments, solve problems, and work with diverse people.
• Maintain excellent organization skills, beattentive to detail and prioritize multiple tasks.
• When needed, be flexible with work schedule as workload dictates and to meet College needs.
• Understand and maintain confidentiality and professional integrity.
• Be reliable and punctual.

A minimum of a postsecondary education certificate, diploma, or equivalent in the welding field from a regionally accredited institution. Demonstrated ability to deposit sound welds on ferrous structural plate according to AWS D.1.1 Structural Welding Code using appropriate welding procedures and the following positions 3G/4G - SMAW (6010/7018), GMAW (.035), FCAW (.045), OFC-PAC-CAC Setup and Operation. A minimum of two years of in-field work experience or the equivalent and recognized industry credentials may be accepted in place of a postsecondary award.

In accordance with Alabama Community College System policy and procedures, the applicant chosen for employment will be required to sign a consent form and to submit a nonrefundable fee of $24.40 for a criminal background check. Employment will be contingent upon receipt of a clearance notification from a criminal background check. Lurleen B. Wallace Community College is an active participant in the Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-verify). E-verify electronically confirms an employee's eligibility to work in the United States as required by the Department of Homeland Security.

Lurleen B. Wallace Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the official policy of the Alabama Community College System, that no person shall, on the grounds of race, color, disability, gender, religion, creed, national origin, or age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program, activity, or employment.

Lurleen B. Wallace Community College will make reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled applicants or employees. If you have a disability and require accommodations, please notify us at [phone].

The College reserves the right to fill the position within one year of the stated anticipated starting date or not to fill the position due to budgetary or operational considerations. Further, the College reserves the right to fill more than one position in the same job classification should another vacancy occur during the search process.

Lurleen B. Wallace Community College reserves the right to withdraw this job announcement at any time prior to the awarding.