"Welding Instructor (Riverside City College)"

Welding Instructor (Riverside City College)

Riverside Community College District

Department: Applied Technology (R)

Position Type: Full-Time Faculty/Counselor/Librarian

College/Campus: Riverside

Employment Type: Full-Time

Tenure Track (Faculty)

Position Length: 10-month

Salary Range: Column C, Step 1 to Column H, Step 6

Salary Amount: $88,002 to $135,587

Salary Type: Annual

Job Description

Basic Function:
The successful candidate will be responsible for lecture and/or laboratory instruction in all phases of welding. The assignment may also include other courses in the discipline.

The ideal candidate will share RCC's and the department of Applied Technology commitment to educating its racially/ethnically and socioeconomically diverse student population. The college currently enrolls nearly 30,000 students annually, the majority of whom are from racially minoritized populations. 60% of RCC's students are Hispanic, 8% are African-American, 7% are Asian American, 0.3% are Native American, 0.7% are Pacific Islander, 21% are White, and 2% are multiracial. Riverside City College has been designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic wellbeing of the surrounding community.

For additional information about RCC, visit our website at www.rcc.edu.

Education:
Bachelor's degree and two years of full-time, or the equivalent part-time experience as a welder OR any associate degree and six years of full-time, or the equivalent part-time experience as a welder OR The Equivalent. (All degrees and units used to satisfy minimum qualifications shall be from accredited institutions).

Experience:
Two years of teaching experience is required. Community college or baccalaureate level teaching experience is desired.

Preferred: American Petroleum Institute (API), American Society Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Pipe certification current or previous, journeyman pipefitter experience, Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) or Quality Control in welding environment.

Licenses/Certifications: Note: LA City Structural welding license in BOTH the manual and semiautomatic processes and/or current API/ASME pipe welding certifications is required within the first year of employment.

Other: Evidence of a sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students (E.C. 87360a).

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Fulfill the duties of a full-time instructor, including, but not limited to, holding weekly office hours and completing 24 hours of "flex credit" through various available activities and seminars.
2. The instructional assignment will include lecture and/or laboratory classes in the discipline.
3. Faculty will participate in outcomes assessment work.
4. Faculty assignments are based upon the assumption of workload of forty hours weekly, including but not limited to conducting classes, class preparation, student evaluation, office hours, committee work, curriculum and program development, student learning outcomes assessment, program review, student activities, and other duties per the bargaining unit agreement.
5. Institutional service activities are expected of all faculty members.
6. Participation in discipline/department decision making processes and work regarding curriculum, program development and other matters is expected.
7. Responsibilities also include maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position.
8. Teaching assignment may include early morning (e.g., 7:00am) day, evening, online, hybrid, weekend, and/or off campus classes.

Maintenance and repair of welding laboratory equipment. Material handling of supplies including unloading deliveries of steel, consumables and bottles, making sure items are stored properly.

Conditions of Employment:

1. Ten-month, tenure-track position.
2. Salary is commensurate with academic preparation, and full-time teaching or equivalent experience with a range from Column C, Step 1 to Column H, Step 6 of the current Faculty Salary Schedule.
3. Medical and dental benefits are provided for the employee and legal dependents.
4. A $50,000 life insurance policy is provided for the employee.
5. Orientation to college is required as is adherence to Improvement of Instruction policy.
6. Maintaining broad knowledge of the academic or occupational area and design pedagogy related to learning outcomes is expected.
7. Responsible for all other conditions of employment required of full-time faculty members such as a willingness to be involved in District and College promotional activities, active participation in college committee work, student activities and other support services, and appropriate professional activities.

Required Applicant Documents: Resume or Curriculum Vitae, Cover Letter, Associate or Equivalent Transcript

Optional Applicant Documents: Other Document, Bachelors or Equivalent Transcript, Masters or Equivalent Transcript, Copies of license, credential, certificate, etc. are required to attach as "other document."

Effective Employment Date: Fall 2026