Welding Trainer Workforce Training and Continuing Education Job at Texas Southmo

Overview

Welding Trainer Workforce Training and Continuing Education (WTCE) trainers are professional educators with the primary responsibility of fulfilling Texas Southmost College’s (TSC) mission, vision, values, and goals of providing a quality education for all students enrolled at the College. The trainer acts as a leader, teacher, adviser, and facilitator of learning. WTCE trainers are expected to engage in ongoing student recruitment and promote all product lines of TSC, including credit programs, non-credit/Workforce Training, and Dual Enrollment. They demonstrate service, excellence, and courteous behavior toward students, parents, employers, media, colleagues, and the public. WTCE trainers teach workforce-related, continuing education classes offered daytime, evening, weekends, and some college holidays at various locations.

Responsibilities

• Teach day, evening, or weekend classes at several sites around the city.
• Develop, revise, and continually update a cutting-edge, competency-based curriculum aligned with industry standards.
• Manage learning environments with accurate syllabi, attendance records, grading, feedback, and adherence to meeting schedules.
• Maintain a safe instructional environment and secure equipment; ensure students have opportunities for evaluation.
• Assess student learning outcomes at unit, course, and program levels to meet employer expectations.
• Provide timely and accurate advisement to students regarding career choices, preparation, and job opportunities.
• Support students in achieving academic and career goals; participate in tours and recruitment events; utilize data-driven practices to manage enrollment and meet goals.
• Participate in self, department, and college evaluation processes; adhere to TSC policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Experience teaching workforce-related, continuing education classes.
• Ability to work across multiple sites and accommodate daytime, evening, or weekend schedules.
• Familiarity with curriculum development, instructional materials, and industry-aligned syllabi.
• Strong communication, organizational, and student advisory skills.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities. The employee frequently stands; may walk, sit, use hands, reach, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; speak and hear. The employee may regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Additional Details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Management and Manufacturing
• Industries: Higher Education