Precision Manufacturing and Maintenance Instructor

🔍 Georgia - Carroll - Carrollton

📁: Education

💼: West Georgia Technical College - WGTC

📅   : Feb 09, 2024 Post Date

Instructor is responsible for performing all aspects of instruction for the Precision Manufacturing and Maintenance program. The responsibilities of this position relate to day, evening, and online programs with regard to traditional and dual-enrolled students.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Instruction

· Provides instruction in theory and practical applications of the discipline in accordance with academic state standards

· Teaches face-to-face, hybrid, or on-campus, as needed, in accordance with college faculty loads

· Instructs courses in a classroom/lab/clinic/field environment that closely simulates the environment of the industry

· Utilizes current technology in the classroom/lab/clinic

· Evaluates students’ progress in attaining goals and objectives

· Grades all coursework in a timely manner

· Meets with students, staff members, and other educators to discuss students’ instructional programs and other issues

· Maintains program certification/accreditation requirements as appropriate for the teaching discipline.

· Prepares and maintains all required documentation and administrative reports

· Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the discipline

· Attends professional development training, workshops, seminars, and conferences

Safety/Technology

· Ensures safety and security requirements are met in the program.

· Supports faculty to ensure all equipment is in working order

· Suggests new/updated technology to remain current with trends and developments within the field.

· Ensure students are instructed in and follow all safety rules for operating equipment and using tools.

· Ensure classrooms and work areas are properly cleaned and maintained at all times

Curriculum/Student and Program Learning Outcomes

· Develops program curriculum, syllabi, goals and objectives

· Prepares lesson plans for instruction

· Works collaboratively with faculty within the discipline to establish, measure and evaluate program or departmental student learning outcomes for continuous student improvement and success and submits to the appropriate program chair/director.

· Submits reports and data with respect to accrediting bodies

· Reviews and edits master course shells in the online learning platform as necessary.

Supports Program Chair/Division Deans/Associate Deans

· Requests and maintains supplies and equipment

· Prepares budget requests

· Assists with recruitment, retention, and job placement efforts

· Serves on committees and project assignments as necessary

· Performs other duties as assigned.

Competencies

· Knowledge of the mission of postsecondary technical education;

· Knowledge of academic course standards;

· Knowledge of the college’s academic programs;

· Skill to work cooperatively with students, faculty and staff

· Skill in the preparation and delivery of classroom/lab/clinic content

· Skill to make timely decisions;

· Skill in the operation of computers and job-related software programs;

· Ability to break larger tasks into manageable smaller tasks;

· Decision-making and problem-solving skills;

· Skill in accurate grade-keeping;

· Skills in interpersonal relations and in dealing with the public;

· Oral and written communication skills.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional classroom/lab/clinical environment. This role routinely uses standard office/classroom/lab equipment and technologies.

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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift or move classroom/lab equipment and supplies, up to 25 pounds.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time instructional position. Work load is Monday-Friday day/evening hours. Weekends based on need.

Travel

Travel to other campuses is a possibility for teaching assignments, meetings, trainings, and professional development.

Required Education and Experience

Associate’s Degree in Industrial Systems Technology, Precision Manufacturing, or a related field such as Advanced or Industrial Manufacturing from an accredited institution
Three (3) years out of the past seven (7) years of experience in-field
Valid Driver’s License

Preferred Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Systems Technology, Manufacturing, or a related field from an accredited institution
Directly related teaching experience at the postsecondary level
Six-Sigma and/or other lean manufacturing or other Industry recognized in-field Certifications

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Minimum qualifications for this position will be determined by the teaching discipline and compliance with appropriate accrediting bodies. Faculty must be credentialed to satisfy all appropriate accrediting bodies for the course assigned

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