Truck Driving Academy - Instructor

Employment Status:
Part-time.

Reports To:

Training Manager Truck Driving Academy. FLSA Status:
Non-exempt. Division:
Enrollment and Workforce Innovation. Campus:
College-wide.

Instruct students to operate various types of commercial equipment to obtain commercial driver’s licenses.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must perform essential duties to expected performance standards. Reasonable accommodations are made as required for persons who are disabled under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

• Instructs students using a variety of methods including lectures, demonstrations, and visual tools to assist students in attaining commercial driving skills.
• Trains students in areas including operating a commercial motor vehicle, proper method of up and down shifting, speed management, visual scan, vehicle control and instruments, left and rights turns, maintaining required driving logs, vehicle inspection, and safety techniques.
• Teaches students commercial driving rules and DOT regulations. Evaluates students performance in meeting course objectives. Prepares and administers course examinations.
• Maintains accurate records documenting students’ progress and training hours.
• Prepares and presents lesson plans including course and student performance objectives.
• Assists in academy student job placement.
• Works assigned schedule, exhibits regular and punctual attendance and works as required to meet workload demands. Travel to Ohio locations and some limited overnight travel is required.

Performs other related duties as required.

None

Commercial Motor Vehicles; computer; printer; copier; television; CD and DVD player; telephone and other standard office equipment.

Student and other information covered by FERPA guidelines and agreed to in the College’s FERPA Confidentiality Agreement.

Works in a classroom or outdoor environment. The work environment involves risks or discomforts requiring normal precautions typical of classroom and outdoor environments and driving conditions. The employee is exposed to weather conditions when driving or riding with students and during outdoor classes including wind, rain, sleet, snow and ice. The work requires the use of safe work practices when operating a commercial motor vehicle, and observance of safety and traffic regulations.

Exposure to typical traffic conditions and hazards when driving or riding with students.

The following physical demands are typically used to perform this job’s essential duties and responsibilities. They are not qualification standards, rather they may be used to help the College, employee, or applicant identify where and how reasonable accommodations may be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the job’s essential duties due to an ADA disability. While performing duties of this job, the employee frequently stands and walks for extended periods of time when teaching and frequently sits at the controls of commercial motor vehicles for extended periods of time, uses hands to hold and control equipment;

reaches with hands and arms. The employee must normally exercise good eye/hand/foot coordination when operating CMV. Vision demands include distance vision when driving CMV. The employee frequently talks and hears when instructing and working with students. The employee occasionally lifts up to 10 pounds.

Knowledge of: instructional methods and techniques; commercial driving techniques; commercial driving rules, regulations and safety practices and…