Construction Instructor - NCCER CORE

About Skilled US

At Skilled US, we believe in transforming lives through education and workforce readiness. We operate a full-service, brick-and-mortar adult education campus that blends rigorous instruction, career training, and holistic wraparound support. We are a bold, entrepreneurial, and student-first organization driven by our core values:
Students First, Respect, Determination, Continuous Improvement, and Gratitude. We move fast, set the bar high, and work relentlessly to meet the evolving needs of our learners and the labor market.

The Construction Instructor is more than an educator—this role is a mentor, industry leader, and career coach who delivers the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) CORE curriculum to two audiences under one roof: high school scholars in the Career Youth Build program and adult learners in continuing education. Whether a student is sixteen or forty-six, the instructor meets them where they are and moves them toward industry‑recognized credentials, apprenticeship, and lifelong career success.

The role is built on hands‑on training, with learners learning by doing in a real‑world construction environment. Anchored in NCCER CORE:
Introductory Craft Skills, the instructor integrates essential‑skills instruction into career and technical education, ensuring students develop the technical expertise, safety discipline, and professional habits the trades demand. Beyond technical training, students gain the employability skills—teamwork, attendance, leadership, communication, and accountability—that are essential in both life and work.

This is an NCCER CORE instructional role. The instructor delivers NCCER CORE:
Introductory Craft Skills, the foundational, portable credential every NCCER craft pathway is built on, and guides learners from CORE into craft‑specific Level 1 modules and on to employment or registered apprenticeship. All completions are entered into the NCCER Registry as stackable, nationally recognized credentials.

• Holds—or completes within the first year—the NCCER Craft Instructor Certification (ICTP) in the CORE area, and maintains Master Trainer/lead‑instructor eligibility as required.
• Differentiates delivery for two populations: youth pedagogy for high school scholars and adult‑learning principles (andragogy) for continuing‑education learners, without lowering the credentialing bar for either.
• Builds seamless CORE‑to‑craft pathways so a high school scholar and an adult career‑changer can both leave with the same industry‑recognized NCCER credential.

• Basic Safety (OSHA 10)
• Introduction to Construction Math
• Introduction to Hand Tools
• Introduction to Power Tools
• Introduction to Construction Drawings
• Basic Rigging
• Basic Communication Skills
• Basic Employability Skills
• Introduction to Material Handling

• Plan, prepare, and deliver NCCER CORE and related craft curriculum aligned with NCCER standards and the Indiana Department of Education Career & Technical Education standards.
• Provide hands‑on instruction in construction fundamentals, ensuring learners develop technical skills, safety discipline, and workplace readiness.
• Supervise and support learners in the lab and at active construction/renovation sites, enforcing OSHA and site‑safety standards at all times.
• Administer NCCER module tests and performance profiles; deliver, track, and submit certification records to the NCCER Registry to secure credential attainment.
• Assess student learning outcomes and modify instructional processes to meet stated learning objectives for each class and each audience.
• Maintain and upgrade required licensure and NCCER instructor certification through ongoing continuing education.
• Represent the Career Youth Build program and Skilled US with professionalism at all times.

• Teach both scheduled high school CTE cohorts and adult continuing‑education sections, adjusting pace, examples, and coaching to each group.
• Serve, when needed, in a consulting role to help employer…