Lead Trainer, WDC - Broadband​/ Fiber Optics

Lead Trainer, WDC – Broadband/Fiber Optics/Cabling

The Workforce Development Center (WDC) serves local businesses and individual students in developing industry-relevant skills for today's changing workplace. WDC supports the college mission by offering custom, fast-paced programs that help people gain skills quickly and set them up for future professional and academic success. While the WDC is located in Evendale, programs may be delivered at various employer sites or other college campus locations.

In keeping with the College's mission to provide relevant workforce training, Cincinnati State anticipates continued participation in the Broadband/5G Workforce grant designed to enhance the quality of the broadband workforce in the region, through September 2029.

The Lead Trainer will be responsible for developing, setting up, and delivering hands-on broadband/fiber optic training programs, will create curricula based on industry needs and certification requirements, and will work with other WDC administrators to standardize course offerings, training methods, and knowledge outcome expectations.

• Implement and deliver instruction that emphasizes an experiential learning model focused on student involvement and success (lectures and labs)
• Effectively prepare and deliver all course materials and lessons
• Develop new programs and ensure the program is relevant to industry standards and expectations
• Ensure that students achieve course and learning outcomes as defined by the approved Broadband/5G curriculum
• Manage labs and set-up needs for the program
• Identify and recommend and submit requests for equipment and supply needs for the operation of quality programs
• Develop class syllabi, outlines, lectures, and labs for classes as required
• Meet with corporate customers to define training requirements
  • Prepare training proposals
  • Develop curricula
  • Project manage training, delivery, instructors, and classroom space.
• Standardize curricula, textbook, and classroom/lab training methods for WDC course offerings
• Coordinate industrial training lab equipment inventory, purchase, and maintenance requirements
• Assist in the recruitment of additional trainers, when needed
• Mentor new WDC instructors
• Support outreach efforts to recruit students into the program

• Demonstrated mathematics knowledge and ability
• Experience teaching in skilled trades: electrician, electronics technician, utility worker, security systems, IT Networking, cabling
• Computer literacy with working knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, and Power Point

• Demonstrated adult-learner teaching experience in an industrial or educational environment
• Project management experience
• Broadband and Fiber Optic certification
• Five (5) years' experience working as a technician in the broadband industry
• Knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas: UTP cable types, EIA-TIA 568, Fiber optics, Ethernet, Token ring, FDDI, FTTX, Power over ethernet, cabling structures, coaxial cables, wireless, networks, conduit bending, cable pulling, and testing equipment
• Willingness to obtain FOA certification
• Post-secondary degree in a relevant discipline

• Attention to detail
• Adaptability
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and to meet frequently occurring deadlines
• Ability to develop a professional rapport with diverse school/campus constituents
• Effective communication in individual or group settings

Reports To:

Senior Director, WDC Position Level: Adjunct Compensation: $40 - $50 per hour based upon experience Job Category:
Non-Bargaining Contractual Affiliation: N/A Exempt Classification:
Non-Exempt Status:
Part-time

Cincinnati State is an E-Verify employer:
If you're hired, you must complete a Form I-9, which verifies your identity and your legal right to work in the U.S. You'll need to provide original, acceptable documents—no photocopies—to complete the I-9 process. A list of acceptable documents can be seen here: USCIS I-9 website