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Job Title: Electrical Trades Instructor
Reports To: Director, Instructional Services
Contract: 10-month
Benefits: Employee Health, Dental and Life Insurance; Sick and Personal Leave; 100% Paid Teachers' Retirement; $1,800 Flex Benefit
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SUMMARY: The Electrical Trades Instructor provides hands-on and classroom instruction in electrical theory, wiring, circuitry, blueprint reading, and National Electrical Code (NEC) standards to prepare students for entry-level employment in the electrical industry. The instructor integrates safety practices, industry certifications, CTSO (SkillsUSA) participation, and employability skills to ensure students are workforce-ready. This role also supports student success through collaboration with staff, industry partners, and advisory committees while maintaining a safe, structured, and industry-aligned learning environment.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Provide hands-on and classroom instruction in electrical theory, wiring methods, circuitry, blueprint reading, and National
Electrical Code (NEC) standards to prepare students for entry-level employment in the electrical trades industry.
Deliver instruction aligned with industry practices, emphasizing safety procedures, tool usage, electrical installation, troubleshooting, and foundational residential, commercial, and industrial electrical systems.
Integrate employability and soft skills development, including teamwork, communication, problem-solving, punctuality, and workplace professionalism.
Advise and support CTSO (SkillsUSA) participation by preparing students for leadership development opportunities and electrical trade competitions at the regional, state, and national levels.
Assist students in obtaining industry-recognized credentials and certifications related to electrical trades, including safety and foundational electrical certifications.
Maintain a safe and organized lab environment, ensuring strict adherence to all safety protocols, OSHA standards, and program-specific guidelines.
Collaborate with student services personnel to support student success, including academic progress, attendance monitoring, behavior support, and postsecondary transition planning.
Participate in and collaborate with an advisory committee composed of industry professionals, employers, parents/guardians, former students, and partner school staff to ensure program relevance and alignment with workforce needs.
Support student career readiness by assisting with resume development, interview preparation, job readiness skills, and potential employment opportunities.
Maintain accurate attendance records and submit all required reports in accordance with State Department of CareerTech and local school district policies and deadlines.
Conduct ongoing follow-up on all program completers and students to track employment, certification attainment, and postsecondary placement outcomes.
Enforce classroom and lab discipline policies consistently to maintain a structured, respectful, and productive learning environment.
Participate in staff development and professional organizations to enhance instructional effectiveness and support student success.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required. Four years of recent industry experience preferred. Teaching experience preferred but not required.
Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Certifications, Licenses, Registrations: Eligible to receive an Oklahoma State Department of Education teaching certification. Unlimited Journeyman license and two years of experience in the field preferred. Contractor license and two years of experience in the field preferred.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee frequently is required to sit, climb or balance, and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Salary : $59,870 - $78,870