Truck Driving Instructor – Continuing Education(Part-Time)
Kirkwood Community College · Cedar Rapids, IA · Yesterday
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Duties/Responsibilities
- Maintain student engagement in a variety of settings, including within the truck cab, on the truck driving range, and within the classroom.
- Able to provide information to students through demonstration, written communication, and verbal instructions.
- Complete timely and accurate student performance records.
- Perform pre and post trip inspections regularly and accurately.
- Perform other related work duties as assigned.
Performance Expectations
- Provide expert instructional information as related to the transportation industry in a professional method.
- Possess a high degree of attention to prevent injury to learners, staff, and public.
- Welcome, value, and nurture people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, as well as support and promote an environment that accepts differences.
Qualifications
- Potentially subject to noise; vibration; hazards such as moving mechanical parts and electrical current; hazardous chemicals; and fume and odors.
- Minimum of three years’ professional driving experience over-the-road required (coast-to-coast desirable).
- Valid driver's license and participation in continuous Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) monitoring.
- Valid commercial driver’s license (CDL) from the state of Iowa and good driving record.
- Prior teaching or other educational work experience preferred.
Physical Activities
- Position involves frequent (34-66%) reaching, standing, sitting, talking, visual acuity, and climbing into semi-truck cabs and semi-trailers.
- Occasional (10-33%) stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, walking, pushing, pulling, grasping and repetitive motion.
- Will travel over-the-road with students operating trucks to teach and perform other related work as required.
- Potentially subject to extreme heat (temperatures above 90 degrees for periods of more than an hour); and to extreme cold (temperatures below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour) to perform duties on the truck driving and safety range.