Maritime Trades Program Instructor

Title: Maritime Trades Program Instructor

Agency: Paul D. Camp Community College

Location: Franklin (City) - 620

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: $65,607 - $75,747

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Additional Detail

Job Description:

Paul D. Camp Community College is a small 2-year college in Southeast Virginia. Campuses are located in Franklin and Suffolk. There also is a center in Smithfield. The college offers associate degrees, certificates, and career studies certificates in transfer and career/technical programs; credit and non-credit workforce services and training for businesses and industries; special interest classes for the community; and summer classes for youth through the Regional Workforce Development Center. A dual enrolment program for high school students, online courses, and developmental studies classes is available at the college as well.

Provide instruction, support and assessment and mentorship to community college learners for various maritime trades programs for the Division of Workforce Development. Includes programs related to the Maritime Trades in such areas as pipe fitting, sheet metal, ship fitting, coating, outside machinist and electrical. Instructors are required to fully participate in the mission and community of the college. The major emphasis shall be on teaching, by working with Workforce (non-credit) program participants in classrooms, laboratories, field sites, distance learning, individual conferences, and related contexts to help learners develop their interest and abilities to the fullest.

This is a Grant-Funded Restricted Full-time position.

Minimum Qualifications:

Valid active certifications in at least one of the maritime trades industries: AWS (American Welding Society) or any other maritime trade recognized industry.

• Knowledge of industry-related safety topics.
• Knowledge of industry-related tools and equipment.
• Knowledge of industry-related practices, processes, and performance tasks.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, flexibility, and customer service orientation.
• Good computer skills.
• Ability to teach and facilitate skill development.
• Ability to assess performance and progress and to provide appropriate feedback.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and without supervision.
• Ability to make sound recommendations and decisions.
• Ability to interpret and apply policy and procedures to a variety of processes.
• Ability to measure, assess and align learner outcomes within courses
• Ability to serve the needs of traditional and non-traditional students
• Ability to plan and organize instruction in ways that maximize documented student learning
• Ability to manage a class of 12, which includes live work, lectures, and labs on site, and off site
• Ability to higher order thinking and problem solving among educational participants
• Ability to adhere to established standards for educational quality
• Ability to maintain complete accurate educational records
• Ability to state requirements local needs and national trends
• Ability to use email (Outlook), Microsoft Word, and Excel.

Additional Considerations:

Prior teaching or training experience in a workplace or community/technical college setting