Welding Technology Instructor
Salary: $61,382.00 - $71,027.00 Annually
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 2025-00420
Closing: 7/7/2025 8:00 AM Eastern
Location: Aero Park Campus - 2600 Aero Park Drive, Traverse City
Division: Educational Services
Summary & Qualifications:
Summary
Duties include teaching and delivering curriculum at all levels within the Welding Service Technology program, including following the American Welding society (AWS) standards are met, and coordinating partnerships with local and national industry contacts. Teaching responsibilities includes the possibility of teaching night and weekend courses.
Qualifications
Required:
• Associate's degree in Welding or related Technology field
• Minimum of 2 years/ teaching or training in the welding field
• Minimum of 4 years' experience as a certified welder, welding technician, management of a welding service provider or welding equipment provider
• Qualified (certified) American Welding Society (AWS) welder
Preferred:
• Bachelor degree in education or a technical program
• Three or more years teaching at the college level
• Experience in developing a curriculum or training materials in the welding area
• Experience in the robotic and welding automation
• Qualified (certified) American Welding Society (AWS) pipe welder
• Two or more years' industry involvement (committees, standards, advocacy, etc.)
• American Welding Society (AWS) member
Essential Responsibilities
Provide classroom/lab instruction to students and develop theory including but not limited to online, accelerated, livestream, hybrid and face-to-face formats
Instructor responsibilities
• Teach a full load in the Welding Technology Program, including:
• Stay current in the field by attending approved training as per AWS requirements
• Promote the Welding Technology Program through recruitment activities
• Advise and enroll Welding Technology students
• Participate in committee work per the NMC mission statement
• Build workable schedules for students, faculty and staff
• Class schedule may require nights and/or weekends
Supervisory Responsibilities
None
Teaching Responsibilities
When teaching any classroom or lab courses, the instructor will meet the responsibilities of regular faculty in the areas of Curriculum, Teaching Effectiveness, Faculty Professional Development, Support of College, Community Initiatives, and Professional Qualities and Abilities.
• Compiles, administers, and grades examinations and other learning activities
• Uses current and emerging technologies in distance learning and in the classroom; conducts classroom research with classroom assessment techniques
• Listens to students and coaches them to actively participate in the learning process
• Uses a variety of assessments to promotes student demonstration of learning through exams, discussions, debates, presentations, simulations, and/or debriefings
• Provides a course syllabus to the students that includes the College Syllabus information outlined in Moodle
• Is accessible to students during formal office hours and other times as needed
• Maintains and regularly updates Moodle gradebook and/or other electronic grading systems
Faculty Professional Development
Continually engages in learning and scholarship in the area of specialization
Support of College, Community Initiatives
• Participates actively in the shared governance system
• Participates in dental assistant and academic area meetings and other scheduled area activities including participating in writing and supporting accreditation standards
• Meets requirements for faculty evaluation and academic advising
• Serves on specific academic area and College wide committees
• Supports the academic area and college through other work normally expected of faculty members
• Is fully committed to the mission and values of Northwestern Michigan College
Instructor Professional Qualities and Abilities
• Successfully organizes, executes and follows up on projects; sets specific objectives and measures to achieve results
A list of Faculty General Responsibilities may be found in the Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement. Please refer to our https://www.nmc.edu/departments/human-resources/handbooks.html for more information.
Other duties may be assigned.
Work Environment
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
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 to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
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