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. • Physical/Mental Requirements: • Proficient in tig welding thin gauge sheet steel and aluminum • Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to draft routine reports and correspondence. • Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, • using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, • and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. • Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out • instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. • Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized • situations. • The employee is regularly required to stand. The employee is frequently required to • walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. • The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, • or crawl. • Lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, • peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus. • Environment: • While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving • mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
See More Details >>Description: Savannah Technical College is seeking a full time Welding program instructor. The instructor is responsible for teaching students in classroom and lab environments as well as advising students and performing various departmental and school wide assignments. Education and Occupational Experiences • Diploma in Welding from an accredited community college or technical school *or* five (5) years of documented welding work experience. • Must have three (3) years of welding work experience within the past seven (7) years. • Must demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills along with computer skills. • Current American Welding Society Certification strongly preferred. • Teaching experience at a post-secondary institution is strongly desired. • Underwater welding experience/certification preferred, but not required. Responsibilities • Duties include a flexible schedule of lecture, lesson planning, student advisement, and registration, which may involve split teaching shifts and/or travel to multiple campuses. • Instructs students, evaluates and records student progress in attaining goals and objectives. • Advises/counsels students, maintains appropriate student records on each student; provides student registration assistance. • Recruits new students to the Welding program, and manages student retention. • Ensures compliance with accreditation standards of regional and national accrediting agencies. • Ensures safety requirements are met in the classroom and laboratory environments. • Completes reports and responds to requests for information from internal and external departments and agencies. • Monitors student use of supplies, materials, and equipment. Reports inventory and orders supplies/equipment as necessary. • May serve on committees and/or work on projects with other instructional departments/divisions and school-wide planning. • Performs other duties as assigned by the Dean of Industrial Technology. • Follows all policies and procedures of Savannah Technical College. • Flexible work schedule hours to include day/evening classes. Physical Demands Teaching responsibilities are typically performed in a classroom/lab environment with the employee intermittently sitting, standing, walking, bending, pushing, and pulling for three (3) - four (4) continuous hours at a time. The employee frequently lifts lightweight objects up to 50LBS. The work is performed in campus buildings and outdoors where the employee is occasionally exposed to cold or inclement weather. The exposure to dirt, dust, grease, machinery with moving parts, chemicals, and fumes is possible in the laboratory environment. Salary/Benefits Salary is commensurate with education and work experience . Benefits include paid state holidays, annual and sick leave, and the State of Georgia Flexible Benefits package. Application Deadline Position considered open until filled. Candidates must pass a criminal background check. Applicants must submit an electronic application through Team Georgia Careers , and attach cover letter and resume (incomplete submissions will not be considered). Please include your annual salary for each position held. POSITION CONTINGENT UPON FUNDING AND ALLOCATION OF POSITION. Note: No phone inquiries please. Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to personally contact each applicant. If we are interested in scheduling an interview, a representative from our college will contact you. All male applicants between the ages of 18 and 26 years of age must present proof of Selective Service Registration. Savannah Technical College is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, gender, religion, disability, age, political affiliation or belief, genetic information, disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam Era, or citizenship status (except those special circumstances permitted or mandated by law). Invitation to Self-Identify For compliance activities, contact Melissa Banks, Title IX and Equity Coordinator, Room A110 or (912) 443-3388, mbanks@savannahtech.edu . Send written correspondence to Savannah Technical College, Attn: Melissa Banks, 5717 White Bluff Road, Savannah, GA 31405. STC is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate degree. Candidates may be required to submit a valid Driver's License, proof of insurability, and/or a driver's history report for positions involving state travel . Qualifications: 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
See More Details >>About the position Savannah Technical College seeks a part-time, Professional Laboratory Assistant for the Welding program. The Professional Laboratory Assistant works under the direct supervision of faculty members and performs routine standardized laboratory work requiring close attention to detailed procedures in the preparation and basic maintenance and operation of laboratory equipment, inventory, and requisition of supplies. Assists faculty in supervision of students assigned to laboratories and other related duties. Employment is on an individual academic term basis. Responsibilities • Daily teaching duties include safety lecture and lab management. , • Ensuring safety and security requirements are met in the classroom and laboratory areas. , • Assist faculty members with classroom instruction, exams, record keeping, adherence to safety procedures, tracking attendance and other miscellaneous tasks related to instruction. , • Cleaning/preparing labs as needed. Requirements • Successful completion of the course(s) which are appropriate to the assignment as assigned. Nice-to-haves • Completion of Master Welder TCC , • Completion of Gas Metal Arc Welder TCC , • Completion of Flux-Cored Arc Welder TCC Benefits • Salary is commensurate with education and work experience.
See More Details >>Entering the welding profession in Hinesville, GA, typically begins with an apprenticeship, combining hands-on experience with classroom learning, allowing individuals to earn while they learn. Apprenticeships last about four to five years, requiring many hours of training under licensed professionals. According to the American Welding Society, there are approximately 402,333 welders nationwide, with a median annual salary of $45,190. In Hinesville, GA, welders earn an average of $1,500 per week, with experienced professionals often exceeding $108,000 annually. Trade schools, unions, and platforms like AWS help aspiring welders find apprenticeship opportunities, leading to a career with strong earning potential.
