Part-time Welding Adjunct

Position Title: Welding Instructor

Focus Instruction: (Metal Arc Welding (GMAW/MIG) Gas Tungsten Welding (GTAW/TIG) Welding Oxyacetylene Weld/Cut (Oxy Fuel Welding) and Seam Welding)

Position Type: PartTime/ Adjunct

Location: Ranger College (Erath)

Salary: Commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Job Category: Education

Job Description: We are looking for a certified welding instructor to provide highquality instruction in seam welding metal arc welding (GMAW/MIG) gas tungsten welding (GTAW/TIG) and oxyfuel welding (welding oxyacetylene weld/ cut). They must provide instruction on safety measures characteristics and proper use of equipment materials and tools. They must report and maintain documentation of students progress attendance and performance. Perform other duties that are assigned. They may be required to work with industry to create a customized welding curriculum that fits their needs and schedule. Develop lesson plans and create welding activities. The instructor must have a strong background working in the welding industry. They must have a strong passion for teaching supporting and preparing students to reach their educational goals.

Job Description Key Responsibilities:

• Provide instruction over seam welding gas tungsten welding oxyfuel welding and metal arc welding.
• Provide instruction over welding wheels cable knurl drives direct drive wheels and shunts.
• Educate students on the importance and proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
• Educate students on the amount of power required and the appropriate materials to use to join specific metals.
• Provide instruction over aluminum metallurgy how to make fillets and Vgroove welds on aluminum plates in all positions.
• Educate students on aluminum wire and shielding gas.
• Provide instruction on setup care maintenance and safety procedures of MIG equipment.
• Demonstrate on how to clean and prepare base metal joints for welding or cutting.
• Identify and explain joint designs.
• Educate students on how to use gauges to check joint fitup.
• Provide instruction on how to fitup joints using pipe and plate fitup tools how to check for poor fitup and misalignment.
• Provide instruction over the different types of filler metals and their relationship to welding electrical current.
• Educate students on how to select electrodes.
• Provide instruction on how to use E7018 and E6010 electrodes to make beads fillets welds and Vbutt welds on flat vertical horizontal and overhead positions.
• Educate students on how to safely cut setup care and maintain maintenance on TIG equipment.
• Provide instruction on how to make GTAW V groove and modified Ugroove welds on aluminum pipe in 2G 5G and 6G positions.
• Provide instruction over gas tungsten arc welding.
• Provide instruction over oxyfuel welding.
• Educate students on basic and intermediate level welds.
• Provide instruction over reading a variety of shop drawings.
• Provide instruction over fabrication and assemble various metal components using various handpower tools.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Certification in welding from American Welding Society (AWS)
• Other certifications in welding will be considered.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Mastery of skill in welding.
• Patient flexible positive consistent cooperative and dependable.
• Great communication skills.
• Must be able to work evenings and weekends if needed.

Physical Requirements:

• Able to stand for long periods.
• Able to lift moderate weights of materials equipment and supplies.

Review of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until the position has been filled. Official transcripts are required upon employment. Offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background check and sufficient course enrollment and budget allocations. College Home Page: www.rangercollege

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