Trainer Adjunct -Craft Brewing Workforce Training and Continuing Education

Texas Southmost College•Austin, TX

9d•Hybrid

About The Position

Responsible for the advancement of customized education and training programs for the corporate environment, specifically designing and delivering fundamental brewing and cellar operations training courses for continuing education and the hospitality, beverage, and manufacturing workforce industry. The adjunct trainer is a project-based role responsible for delivering customized, short-term workforce training for business, hospitality, and commercial craft brewing partners. This position is industry-facing and flexible by design, with instructional assignments driven by employer demand, contract timelines, and workforce initiatives. Adjunct trainers serve as subject matter experts who translate industry knowledge into practical, skills-based learning experiences for adult learners in a classroom, laboratory, or production environment. Assignments may vary by duration, schedule, modality, and location, and do not carry an expectation of ongoing or semester-based employment.

Requirements

Subject matter expertise in craft brewing and cellar operations.
Ability to translate industry knowledge into practical, skills-based learning experiences for adult learners.
Experience in designing and delivering training programs.
Familiarity with adult learning principles and teaching strategies for diverse learning styles.
Ability to collaborate with employers and staff to customize curriculum.
Proficiency in maintaining training equipment and facilities.
Understanding of safety, hygiene, and sterile working conditions in a brewing environment.
Adaptability, communication, and responsibility skills.
Compliance with college standards, policies, guidelines, and applicable state, federal, and TABC/TTB rules.
Completion of required training and professional development sessions.
Criminal history check with acceptable results.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a classroom, laboratory, or production environment.
Experience with virtual or hybrid teaching modalities.
Familiarity with inventory software.
Experience with CIP (Cleaning In Place) chemicals.
Knowledge of raw ingredients and draft systems.
Experience with Canvas certification for online or hybrid teaching.

Responsibilities

Serve as a project-based adjunct trainer delivering noncredit workforce training aligned to employer needs and contractual requirements.
Prepare and teach departmental courses, developing learner-centered lesson plans and employing teaching strategies for different learning styles.
Deliver engaging instruction in corporate, classroom, laboratory, brewing facility, virtual, or hybrid environments based on program scope.
Collaborate with employers and college workforce staff to customize curriculum, materials, and instructional approaches for specific training engagements.
Update and revise curriculum to maintain currency and develop new courses as needed to support the instructional mission.
Prepare, distribute, and utilize instructional support materials, including course syllabi and supplementary materials.
Administer assessments, evaluations, and feedback tools after each training.
Develop, conduct, and document appropriate assessments of student learning outcomes.
Document attendance, completion, student records (e.g., grades), and data outcomes accurately and within established deadlines.
Maintain classroom and brewing laboratory spaces, including the upkeep of assigned training equipment, brewhouse vessels, fermentation tanks, draft systems, cleaning chemicals (CIP), raw ingredients, and inventory software, providing for the security of facilities, and maintaining safe, hygienic, and sterile working conditions.
Attends the workplace regularly, reports to work punctually, and follows a work schedule to keep up with the demands of the worksite.
Adapts teaching strategies to adult learners with diverse experience levels and learning styles.
Promotes positive morale and teamwork, provides exceptional customer service, and models key employability skills such as adaptability, communication, and responsibility.
Completes duties and responsibilities in compliance with college standards, policies, guidelines, and applicable state, federal, and TABC/TTB rules.
Supports the values and institutional goals as defined in the College’s Strategic Plan and mission.
Completes all required training and professional development sessions sponsored by Texas Southmost College (TSC).