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Part-Time Instructor - Welding (Credit)

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Posting Details

VEVRRA Federal Contractor – Priority referral protected veterans requested.

Position Information

Requisition Number 2023116F
Position Title Part-Time Instructor - Welding (Credit)
Salary Range DOQ
DBM Rating n/a
Job Type Part Time
Job Category Faculty
Anticipated Start Date 06/03/2024
Campus Brenham, Bryan, RELLIS
Application Deadline
Extended Open Deadline
FLSA Status Non-Exempt
Security Sensitive? Yes
Work Hours Varies
Position Summary Information

Objective
Perform part-time operations of the instructional program for credit welding.
Essential Duties
1. Provide instruction in credit welding courses following NCCER curriculum
2. Track and document student mastery of NCCER competencies
3. Submit NCCER documentation to college program staff for submission o NCCER database
4. Model lab safety protocols for students at all times
5. Require all students to follow lab safety protocols at all times
6. Once a year attend professional development for dual credit welding instruction, as provided by the college
7. Maintain office hours as set by the College.
8. Prepare course syllabus, which includes stated objectives for the course.
9. Stay current on developments regarding instructional methodology particularly supplemental, blended or on-line instruction and related instructional theories.
10. Assist in making recommendations to the program coordinator regarding curriculum additions, deletions, or revisions.
11. Utilize college’s online Desire2Learn system to provide syllabus, student attendance, and student grades related to the dual credit course in real-time to students and college.
12. Provide a grade evaluation on each student’s performance in a timely fashion and frequency required by the College.
13. Perform other Welding program related tasks, and attend part-time faculty meetings as assigned.
Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
1. Theoretical and practical knowledge of welding technologies
2. Mastery of STICK, and MIG welding techniques
3. Practical knowledge of industrial workplace safety and mastery of instructional lab safety practices
4. Work with other program instructors and program coordinator to ensure a consistent and high quality learning experience
Preferred Experience and Training
Documented confirmation of welding certifications and processes.
Physical Requirements
Ability to demonstrate welding techniques in all positions
Required Degree, License or Certifications
1. Associates Degree in Welding Technologies or Metal Science and three years non-teaching experience in the field
OR
Bachelor’s degree in related field
2. Applicant must be a Certified NCCER Instructor for Welding Technology OR complete certification prior to the school year (offered through the college and/or local ESC)
3. Applicant must hold OSHA-10 Hour card OR complete OSHA-10 Hour card prior to the school year
Special Notes To Applicants
Credentials
The College assigns appropriately credentialed faculty members in support of educational quality and the mission of the College, in keeping with Board policy DBA LOCAL-X (Employment Requirements and Restrictions – Credentials and Records: Credentials). College policy is consistent with sound educational practice and SACSCOC guidelines. Primary consideration is given to the highest degree earned in the discipline. Furthermore, Blinn College’s Faculty Credentialing Guidelines table specifies recommended credentials for each rubric within the college’s course inventory. http://www.blinn.edu/academic_affairs/Faculty_Credentialing_Guidelines.pdf
Quick Link https://employment.blinn.edu/postings/11720

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

  1. * Are you legally eligible for employment in the U.S.?
    • Yes
    • No
  2. * Do you have three years' work experience in welding?
    • I have more than three years' professional work experience in welding.
    • I have three years' professional work experience in welding.
    • I have less than three years' professional work experience in welding.
    • I do not have professional welding work experience, but I have non-professional experience.
    • Other
  3. * What is your highest level of formal welding education/training?
    • Associate's Degree or Higher in Welding or associated field
    • Completed Vocational/Trade School
    • Completed an apprenticeship
    • Attended a vocational/trade school or participated in an apprenticeship, but did not complete
    • My training is on-the-job
    • I have no training in welding
  4. * Have you previously used the NCCER curriculum to teach welding technology?
    • Yes
    • No
  5. * Please explain the welding techniques with which you are familiar.

    (Open Ended Question)

  6. * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
    • Advertisement (specify in next question below)
    • Blinn Website
    • Blinn Employee
    • Internet Site (specify in next question below)
    • Indeed
    • Higher Ed Jobs
    • HERC - Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
    • TACC - Texas Association of Community Colleges
    • Other (specify in next question below)
  7. If in the previous question you selected "Advertisement", "Internet Site", or "Other", please specify how you heard about this employment opportunity.

    (Open Ended Question)

  8. * To be eligible for employment in the U.S. and at Blinn College, will you now or in the future require Blinn College to commence ("sponsor") an immigration case in order to employ you (for example, H-1B or other employment-based immigration case)? This is sometimes called "sponsorship" for an employment-based visa status.
    • Yes, I will now or in the future need H-1B visa sponsorship
    • No, I will not need sponsorship now or in the future for an H-1B visa
  9. * If selected for the position, I am aware and accept the responsibility to present to the Division Dean original, official documents of all my educational work prior to receiving a class assignment.
    • Yes
    • No
  10. * Please choose all that apply below. If you answer yes to any, please upload a copy of your DD214 or DD1300 in the optional documents section. For definition of claiming military employment preference please see the following website:http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/GV/pdf/GV.657.pdf)
    • Yes, I am a veteran, including a veteran with a disability.
    • Yes, I am a veteran's spouse who has not remarried.
    • Yes, I am the spouse of a member of the United States Armed Forces or Texas National Guard serving on active duty.
    • Yes, I am an orphan of a veteran who was killed while on active duty.
    • Yes, I am a veteran who received a dishonorable discharge from the military because I refused the COVID vaccine.
    • Yes, I am claiming military employment preference.
    • No, to all the above.
  11. * Are you currently teaching for another higher education institution? If so, please list the institutions in which you are currently employed.

    (Open Ended Question)

Applicant Documents

Required Documents
  1. Resume
  2. Unofficial Other Transcripts 1
Optional Documents
  1. License
  2. Unofficial Other Transcripts 2
  3. Unofficial Other Transcripts 3
  4. Other Document 1
  5. Other Document 2
  6. Unofficial Undergraduate Transcript
  7. DD214 (required for Veteran's or Veteran's preference)
  8. DD1300 (required for orphan's or surviving spouse)