CDL​/Diesel Lab Technician

CDL/Diesel Lab Technician Walla Walla Community College

Salary: $4,004.00 - $5,240.00 Monthly

Job Type: Full-time

Job Number: N CDL

Location: Walla Walla, WA

Department: VPI/INSTRUCTION OFFICE

Closing: Continuous

Join our team to help inspire all students to discover their potential and achieve their goals by providing relevant, equitable, and innovative learning opportunities and services.

Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) is seeking applicants for a full-time Fiscal Technician CDL/Diesel Lab Technician at the Walla Walla campus.

At Walla Walla Community College, we inspire all students to discover their potential and achieve their goals by providing relevant, equitable, and innovative learning opportunities and services. As an organization, we value learning opportunities, a sense of community, diversity, health and humor, excellence, integrity, teamwork, innovation, personal and professional growth, and sustainability.

This position is open until filled. First consideration will be given to applicants whose complete application has been received by August 24, 2026 @ 11:59pm PST. See Required Application Materials section for more information.

The Instructional Tech for Diesel Technology & CDL will assist instructors with daily tasks involved in the classroom and automotive lab setting. This includes instructing and monitoring safety procedures involved in the various processes, and operation of shop equipment. In addition, the Instructional Tech will help with lab housekeeping, setup, and hands on demonstrations to assure program students have the tools and help available to safely and successfully meet each day's instructional goal.

Students learn to diagnose and repair vehicles in a shop or classroom environment, so continuous lab configuration updates, equipment maintenance and safety compliance is necessary to ensure efficient instruction.

Assisting students achieve success in the Lab setting, while ensuring appropriate, and safe operations of training equipment.

• Pre-trip inspection
• Strait back, off set back, and 90 degree backing
• Proper gear usage and recover/shifting procedures
• Coupling & uncoupling
• Starting/stopping
• Procedures for turning
• Procedures for entering intersections
• Railroad crossing procedures
• Demonstrate road test procedures

• Inspecting and Maintaining lab training equipment to ensure operability, and safe conditions for students

• Assembling and/or moving educational trainers, assisting in upgrades and ensuring enough trainers are available and operable for lab students, in addition to duties as assigned.

• Preparing the educational lab environment prior to lab operations, including housekeeping, consumable accountability, and duties as assigned.

• Ability to recognize the value of cultural, ethnic, gender and other individual differences in people.
• Ability to build constructive working relationships characterized by a high level of acceptance, cooperation and mutual respect.

Any combination of education, experience, and/or training that provides the applicant with the knowledge and skills to perform the job may be considered by the college.

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Knowledge of Diesel Technology
• Knowledge of safety rules in an automotive lab
• Possession of a Class A commercial driver's license with no restrictions for at least two (2) years

• Graduate of Automotive or CDL program or similar program
• Experience working in a shop environment
• Bilingual English/Spanish

You don't check every qualification listed? Please apply anyway!

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