Teacher - Engineering

About TAFE Queensland
TAFE Queensland is proud to be the largest and most experienced Vocational Education and Training provider in the State. For more than 140 years, TAFE Queensland has delivered practical and industry-relevant training to provide students with the skills and experience they need to build lifelong careers. We have recently been named the State Winner of the 2023 Large Training Provider of the Year at the prestigious Queensland Training Awards. Our training is delivered to students and apprentices on-site, online, in the workplace, or on-campus to give people the skills they need to enrich their communities, support their industries, and strengthen their local economies. By working at TAFE Queensland, you can be a part of a highly experienced workforce closely connected with their industries and dedicated to delivering best practices and innovative training.
In TAFE Queensland, South West Region, we have a strong focus on workplace culture and we value employee collaboration, strong leadership and high performing teams. We believe that every employee has a role to play in “making great happen” through the embodiment of the following core values and behaviours in all that we do:

- We take ownership
- We are brave and contribute
- We invest in each other
- We seek to understand
- We celebrate success

Your Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity to join a high performing teaching team in the role of TAFE Teacher - Engineering.
If you have current industry experience, knowledge and relevant qualifications in the Engineering trade, this role will provide you the opportunity to influence the careers of future tradespersons by teaching your extensive industry knowledge to students in a classroom or educational setting.
This position is available on a permanent full-time basis.
You will contribute to developing and delivering quality learning, teaching and assessment to a wide range of clients through:

- Outcome focussed vocational education and training (VET) programs;
- Linking with industry, schools, universities, community, other TAFE and VET providers;
- Maintaining currency with industry practices, workplace delivery and contemporary teaching methodologies and philosophies; and
- Working in an environment of ongoing change and continuous improvement.

Mandatory Requirements
Applicants must possess relevant formal vocational qualification in MEM31922 Certificate III in Engineering - Fabrication Trade (Boilermaker/Welding) or equivalent and the following:

- Current industry skills directly relevant to the training and assessment being provided;
- Current knowledge and skills in vocational training and learning that informs the training and assessment provided; and
- Evidence of undertaking professional development in the fields of the knowledge and practice of vocational training, learning and assessment including competency-based training and assessment.
- Additionally, to become a TAFE Teacher, you must hold one of the following training and assessment credentials:

- TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment; or
- TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment plus TAELLN411 Address Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Skills (or TAELLN401A) and TAEASS502 Design and Develop Assessment Tools (or TAESS502A or TAEASS502B); or
- TAE50111 Diploma of Vocational Education and Training; or
- TAE50116 Diploma of Vocational Education and Training or its successor; or
- TAE50211 Diploma of Training Design and Development; or
- TAE50216 Diploma of Training Design and Development or its successor; or
- A higher-level qualification in adult education (approved by TAFE Queensland).

**Highly desirable**:

- Welding certification AS796
- Welding Supervisors AS2214
- Interest and/or industry experience in Advanced Manufacturing, Robotics, CSAD & CAM.

Salary
The salary range for a TAFE Teacher is $85,142 - $113,971 (gross) per annum, depending on educational qualifications held and teaching experience.

**Benefits**:
Some of the other benefits of working at TAFE Queensland include:

- Four (4) weeks recreation leave (annual accrual)
- Five (5) weeks Non-Attendance Time programmed annually for preparation
- Paid overtime arrangements may be available, according to operational requirements, with generous compensation
- Flexible work options (e.g. Purchase leave, compressed hours, telecommuting)
- 12.75% Superannuation and Salary packaging
- Financial assistance towards relocation expenses may be available
- Professional development, study assistance and support to return to industry for currency and competency purposes
- Wellbeing initiatives and social responsibility programs
- Access to Employee Assistance Program
- Access to private health corporate plans and corporate discounts (e.g. Fitness Passport, Apple products, Dell products, Lenovo products)
- Comprehensive Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) support options
- Work at Home Software (e.g. Adobe and Microsoft software)
- Annu