Woodworks Instructor

Job description / Role

A fresh and innovative technical school in Abu Dhabi is seeking an experienced Woodwork Instructor. The organization is focused on developing well qualified and professionally skilled 16–18-year-old youths by providing the educational training and skills necessary for a successful career in today’s world.

Duties include providing state of the art instruction, maintaining a safe and orderly learning environment and securing positive business and industry relationships. Successful candidates shall join a learning organization that values collaboration and teamwork, encourages ethical behavior, facilitates life-long learning, and utilizes new technologies.

Job Specifications:
* Responsible for planning, managing, and improving the learning of students, working with other team members.
* In collaboration with the team to implement and continually improve curriculum, teaching learning and assessment strategies.
* To manage the learning of the students and collaborate with other teachers.
* To manage all facilities and activities related to achieving student learning.
* To play a leadership role in role-modeling behavior, attitudes and learning behaviors for students.
* To develop and maintain teaching materials and assist with program quality assurance processes.

Requirements

Education Required:
* Master craftsman in the relevant area OR skilled worker in the relevant area
* Excellent oral and written English essential
* IELTS 7 Academic for non-first language English speakers only – mandatory
* Arabic Language is an advantage

Experience Required:
* Experience (industry or skilled trades) in a relevant area of wood technology in the carpentry field, Architecture or Civil Engineering
* Minimum 2 years of relevant vocational teaching/training with experience of qualifications delivery
Ability to teach the following:
* Wood species and machining properties
* Woodworking tools (designations, areas of application, use, handling, work safety and personal protective equipment)
* Processing solid wood (processing techniques sawing, planning, rasping, filing drilling, sanding, occupational safety and personal protective equipment)
* Processing panel materials (processing techniques sawing, planning, chiselling, rasping, filing, drilling, grinding, occupational safety and personal protective equipment)
* Processing and gluing veneers (types of wood, cutting techniques, assembling, gluing, gluing on, safety at work and personal protective equipment)
* Develop products (design and make models)
* Plan product-related work processes, carry out, evaluate and optimize production processes
* Evaluate and optimize manufacturing processes
* Produce melded part (gluing techniques, clamping devices)
* Machining components with small hand-operated machines (teacher requires a training qualification on machines), work safety and personal protective equipment, accident prevention regulations (UVV)
* Machining components with stationary woodworking machines (teacher absolutely needs a machine course), work safety and personal protective equipment, accident prevention regulations (UVV)
* Make jigs and work aids
* Carry out surface treatment (pre-treat surfaces, sanding and apply coating agents such as oils, waxes, stains, occupational safety and personal protective equipment)
* Manufacturing devices and work aids
* Carry out surface treatment (pre-treat surfaces, sanding and apply coating agents such as oils, waxes, stains, occupational safety and personal protective equipment)
* Cultural awareness of the area
* IT skills
* Practical skills in the relevant area including up-to-date legal requirements and Health & Safety regulations

Preferred:
* Work experience in GCC region or similar location

About the Company

Gulf Education is a boutique student centred company specialising in education consultancy, professional development, teacher recruitment, the design and furnishing of modern educational spaces for students.

Our team consists of educators, project managers, designers, consultants and school leaders who all have previous experience in the field of education and are driven by one mission – to create student centred learning environments that stimulate and inspire.