Electrical Instructor - AOE International

AOE International is a non-profit organization focused on community support and development, with a strong emphasis on workforce development and education . We partner with various organizations to address social needs, including poverty, access to resources, and educational opportunities.

Teach electrical fundamentals and the EVSE and Charging Infrastructure Career Pathway: classroom and lab instruction across the Framework's six EVSE content domains, in lab groups of no more than 15. Instructors prepare participants for supervised entry-level electrical and charging work and for the electrical apprenticeship application, and supervise each cohort's job site practicum.
Essential duties and responsibilities
• Deliver the EVSE modules: safety, codes and standards; fundamentals; site assessment and planning; installation and commissioning; operations, maintenance and troubleshooting; and customer communication.
• Lead hands-on work in the wiring booths: conduit bending, raceways, conductors, overcurrent protection, mounting and commissioning Level 2 chargers, and fault finding.
• Teach electrical construction fundamentals in the Construction Career Cluster foundation.
• Enforce electrical safety, lockout and tagout and NFPA 70E practices in the lab and on job sites.
• Assess participants with written tests, lab checklists and the final installation and fault-finding practical, and record results.
• Prepare participants for the apprenticeship aptitude test and credential exams with the tutoring partner.
• Supervise the job site practicum with the host's qualified electrician and collect the host's skills evaluation.
• Identify participants who are struggling, re-teach and re-assess the specific domain, and notify the case manager.
Requirements
Qualifications and experience
• Journeyman or master electrician, or electrical contractor, with five or more years of electrical construction experience.
• Recent experience installing, commissioning or servicing EV charging equipment.
• Experience training apprentices or new workers; classroom or apprenticeship teaching experience preferred.
• Working knowledge of the National Electrical Code, including Article 625, and NFPA 70E.
• Ability to connect with adult learners from communities underrepresented in the trades.
Training and authorization required
• OSHA 30-Hour Construction; EVITP certification held or obtained within six months of hire.
• Department authorization and equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility training before working with participants.