Adult Education Instructional Assistant, Welding

Job Title

Provides tutorial and technical assistance to welding students in a classroom, workshop, or walk-in setting and provides technical and clerical support to the welding program.

• Tutors students in small group and individual settings within a classroom and laboratory environment to reinforce concepts taught by the instructor and develop and increase skills in welding, including providing assistance to students in the use of equipment and materials needed for instruction, performing complex procedures for students, and orienting students to the laboratory or workshop.
• Assists with presentation of lessons, learning materials, instructional exercises, and other classroom activities such as lab projects, small group exercises, and independent study; conducts demonstrations and simulations to support instruction.
• Works with instructors to design, construct, modify, and rebuild equipment, modules, and experiments for use in the classrooms/laboratories.
• Inspects, troubleshoots, diagnoses, and performs repairs on welding and related equipment.
• Sets up, tests, and takes down equipment, supplies, and work stations used in classes and laboratories.
• Cleans equipment and work areas; handles and disposes of harmful or hazardous materials according to specific instructions relating to their disposal.
• Maintains and inventories equipment, materials, and supplies such as but not limited to tools, parts, metal items, consumable supplies, and written materials and manuals required for student instructional needs; checks out and monitors tools, equipment, supplies, and materials used by students.
• Performs clerical duties in support of the welding program, including ensuring that students sign into the laboratory, preparing orientation and testing schedules, composing and preparing forms, documents, and materials, inputting data, maintaining files and records of classroom activity (e.g. answer keys, answer sheets, laboratory instructions, modules, charts, signs), recording attendance, and ordering materials and supplies.
• Serves as a liaison between students and instructors and keeps instructors apprised of student progress.
• May proctor tests in the absence of the instructor.

Education and Experience

• A high school diploma or GED AND six months of experience providing assistance to students in a welding instructional program or welding in an industrial/commercial environment OR Completion of a recognized welding program of at least six months' duration
  * Completion of 48 semester units at an institution of higher education, or an associate's (or higher) degree highly desirable. Incumbents hired into this classification, and who have completed (and provided proof) of this level of education will be assigned as an Adult Education Instructional Assistant at salary range 60.

Licenses and Certificates

• Welding certification granted by a recognized certifying agency such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Welding Society (AWS), Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety (LADBS), or comparable agency is preferred
• May require a valid California driver's license

Knowledge and Skills Requires knowledge of:

• Industrial and commercial welding, including but not limited to MIG, TIG, and ARC
• Welding laboratory or workshop procedures, organization, equipment, tools, tests, experiments, and simulations
• Basic inventory methods
• Materials to enhance or supplement student learning
• Tutorial techniques
• Standard and common office clerical practices
• Principles and procedures of records management
• Fundamentals of English grammar, spelling, and punctuation

Abilities Requires the ability to:

• Provide instructional support and tutoring to adult students of diverse backgrounds, abilities, and skill levels
• Operate, diagnose, repair, and maintain welding equipment, tools, torches, and power saws
• Construct welding equipment, work stations, and demonstrations used in instruction
• Instruct students in the proper use of equipment
• Read and understand operating manuals
• Conduct welding demonstrations to students
• Relate positively to students in a teaching/learning…