Trainer Adjunct -Masonry 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 masonry, bricklaying, and structural stonework training courses for continuing education and the construction, restoration, and building trades workforce industry. The adjunct trainer is a project-based role responsible for delivering customized, short-term workforce training for business, industrial, and commercial construction 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 live construction shop 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 masonry, bricklaying, and structural stonework.
Ability to translate industry knowledge into practical, skills-based learning experiences.
Ability to adapt teaching strategies to adult learners with diverse experience levels and learning styles.
Ability to maintain classroom and masonry laboratory shop spaces, including upkeep of assigned training equipment.
Ability to provide for the security of facilities and maintain safe, organized, and clean working conditions.
Ability to comply with college standards, policies, guidelines, and applicable local, state, and federal OSHA rules.
Ability to complete required training and professional development sessions.
Criminal history check with acceptable results.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing and delivering customized education and training programs for the corporate environment.
Experience in the construction, restoration, and building trades workforce industry.
Experience with virtual or hybrid instructional environments.
Experience with shop management software.

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, mechanical/construction shop 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 masonry laboratory shop spaces, including the upkeep of assigned training equipment, mortar mixers, masonry saws, scaffolding units, hand/power tools, materials (bricks, blocks, stone, sand, cement), and shop management software, providing for the security of facilities, and maintaining safe, organized, and clean 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 local, state, and federal OSHA 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).