Teacher CTE-Welding Teacher

CTE Center Position- Welding Teacher
Pay Grade: 820 (Min $340.54 per day)
Work Days: 185

2025-2026 New Hire Schedule (First year teacher salary $63,000)
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Primary Purpose:
The Welding Teacher provides hands-on instruction in welding processes including MIG, TIG, SMAW, and fabrication. Students will learn how to modify parts to make or repair machine tools, maintain individual machines, and how to use hand-welding or flame-cutting equipment.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
• Industry welding experience.

• TEA Certification in one of the following:
• Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources: Grades 6-12
• Agricultural Science and Technology: Grades 6-12
• Any vocational agriculture certificate Secondary: Industrial Arts Industrial Technology
• Technology Education: Grades 6-12
• Trade and Industrial Education: Grades 6-12 - This assignment requires appropriate work approval; Grades 8-12 - This assignment requires appropriate work approval.
• Trade and Industrial Workforce Training: Grades 6-12. This assignment requires appropriate work approval.
• Vocational Trades and Industry - This assignment requires appropriate work approval.

• Special Knowledge/Skills:
• Welding Certified
• Major Responsibilities and Duties:
• Teach welding theory, blueprint reading, and safety.
• Instruct students in the use of automatic and computer-controlled machines, tools, and robots that perform work on metal or plastic, making or repairing machine tools, and using hand-held welding or flame-cutting equipment
• Maintain welding labs, ventilation systems, and equipment.
• Prepare students for NCCER Core and AWS certifications.
• Oversee fabrication projects and competition involvement.

Equipment Used:
Computer, scanner, printer, copier, calculator
Working Conditions:
Mental Demands:
Reading; ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written); maintain emotional control under stress; work with frequent interruptions
Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing and pulling; prolonged use of computer and repetitive hand motions; occasional lifting up to 50 pounds

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