Instructor of High Voltage Lineman Technology in Newport

Arkansas State University - Newport invites applications for the position of Instructor of High Voltage Lineman Technology. This is a nine-month position on the Newport campus. The Instructor of High Voltage Lineman Technology (HVLT) reports to the Director of HVLT and is responsible for teaching HVLT courses as appropriate to the two-year college level including classroom and laboratory instruction. This role supports the College’s mission of providing and ensuring quality educational programs for ASUN’s various constituencies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotes, develops, and assesses quality curriculum and coursework that align with the college’s mission.
• Conducts effective instructional sessions to teach and demonstrate principles, techniques, procedures, or methods of designated subjects.
• Develops course curriculum, course handouts, lectures, labs, and presentations, including reviewing and participating in textbook selection process where appropriate.
• Schedules, supervises, debriefs, and evaluates students in observation and field experience, and similar settings as appropriate for the course or program.
• Supervises and monitors students' use of equipment.
• Supervises independent or group projects, field placements, laboratory work, or other training.
• Provides individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction.
• Observes and evaluates students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.
• Determines training needs of students.
• Administers oral, written, or performance tests to measure progress and to evaluate training effectiveness.
• Participates in conferences, seminars, and training sessions to keep abreast of developments in the field of study and integrate relevant information into training programs.
• Maintains accessibility to students via email, phone, or personal conferences.
• Maintains course/student records such as student grades, attendance, and training activity details in accordance with FERPA regulations and submits records by established deadlines.
• Keeps a flexible weekly schedule that best facilitates student learning and access.
• Remains current in academic or program discipline, including maintaining licensure, certification, or continuing education requirements where appropriate.
• Receives training or stays current in advances within the field of study that promote student learning.
• Supports the Director of HVLT in cultivating and maintaining strong partnerships to ensure local support and demand for graduates.
• Helps students identify and achieve their educational goals through participating in the college's advising process, as well as providing incidental academic advice to students in classes.
• Attends commencement or other ceremonies appropriate to the faculty member's discipline or program.
• Attends departmental, divisional, and college-wide meetings where appropriate or as required by supervisor.
• Performs other academically-related duties as assigned by instructor's supervisor.
• Posts and keeps office hours to facilitate interaction with students, the college community, and the public.
• Assists the Director of HVLT in the development of program/department budget requests as appropriate.
• Assists the Director of HVLT in maintaining indoor and outdoor laboratory and training facilities and coordinates appropriate safety guidelines, training, and equipment in conjunction with program faculty.
• Assists Director of HVLT in coordinating special events related to the appropriate programs.
• Serves on college-wide committees, special project teams, state and local committees, and community service and civic committees as needed, and acts as a professional and positive representative of the College.
• Promotes and supports concurrent partnerships with area high schools (and career technical center).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum requirements for this position include an Associate Degree or equivalent credentialing. Experience and professional certification may be substituted for the degree requirement.
• Proficiency involving first aid and experience and knowledge of electrical circuits, pole climbing, and safety procedures are required. A pole climbing evaluation will be performed.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Preferred qualifications include an associate degree or appropriate industry certification(s) and/or three to five years’ experience in HVLT.
• Preference will be given to anyone who is a certified journeyman lineman with previous rural electric cooperative experience.
• Previous recruitment, administration, and college teaching experience are also preferred.

KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of work-related subject area.
• The successful candidate will teach HVLT courses as appropriate to the two-year college level including classroom and laboratory instruction.
• The candidate must be able to work cooperatively with other entities of the university in a learning centered environment.
• Applicants must also ensure quality and cleanliness of the lab, demonstrate teaching and educational facilitation skills, and exhibit excellent interpersonal and communications skills.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Not applicable.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Strong communication and computer skills are required.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent, and to prepare and interpret bar graphs.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of known variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram formats.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

• Under general direction of the Director of HVLT, working from policies and general directives. Refers specific cases to supervisor when clarification or interpretation of the organization's policy when needed.

PLANNING

• Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work.

DECISION MAKING

• Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and also frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance, either of which would affect the work operations of the organization and the organization's customers.

ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVING

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.

USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERS

• Regular use of office equipment (desktop/laptop computer and software).

CONTACT WITH OTHERS

• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as within a team structure. Involves both furnishing and obtaining information and, also, attempting to influence the decisions of those persons contacted.
• Regular contact with other college employees at all levels within the organization and constituents outside of the college.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Not Indicated.

SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED

• Intermediate: Word Processing, PowerPoint, Advanced: Excel.

TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Demonstrated proficiency using data analysis tools and databases.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

• The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.
• While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to talk and hear; regularly required to stand and frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Manual dexterity and coordination are required over 50% of the work period while operating equipment such as computer keyboard, mouse, calculator and similar machines.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

• There are no harmful environmental conditions that are present for this position.