Welding Adjunct Instructor

About the role

Rappahannock Community College (RCC), founded in 1970, provides high-quality educational and training opportunities throughout a 12-county service region an hour east of Richmond on the beautiful western shore of the Chesapeake Bay with access to fresh local seafood and water activities. RCC delivers accessible and affordable educational opportunities, including for-credit transfer and career technical programs, robust distance education coursework, quality dual enrollment courses, and award-winning workforce training and credentialing programs. RCC’s annualized enrollment of 3,700 credit students in 2024-2025 and almost 800 workforce and community development students are supported by almost 140 full-time employees and over 200 part-time/adjunct employees across two main campuses and four satellite sites.

Responsibilities

• Instruct students on skill-sets that are specific to American Welding Society certifications, SMAW, GMAW, FCAW and GTAW, and in the maintenance and safe operation of tools and equipment.
• Initiate purchase requisitions for supplies and equipment.
• Operate band saws and pipe beveling equipment.
• Provide welding assemblies for training and the AWS Test.
• Keep records of daily attendance and student progress.
• Maintain a clean and orderly classroom and lab area.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Considerable welding experience.
• Working knowledge of welding shop Safety Practices and Proper PPE, knowledge of metal fabrication, pipe fitting, and welding machine operation and maintenance.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and work effectively with multi-cultural populations.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Able to lift 50 lbs. and be able to intermittently stand, walk, bend, push, and pull for continuous hours.
• Good eye sight that has to be correctible to 20/20, this is accomplished with glasses or a helper lends a hand in the welding shield.

Additional Considerations

• Ability to read Welding Drawings and Prints.
• Experience in SMAW, GMAW, FCAW, and GTAW, and Pipe Experience.
• Prior AWS or Mil-STD Welding Certifications.
• Knowledge of AWS Welding Certification procedure.
• Ability to pass AWS Welding Certification test in SMAW and FCAW in the 3G Position, and 6G SMAW and GTAW test required for Pipe.