Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach vocational courses intended to provide occupational training below the baccalaureate level in subjects such as construction, mechanics/repair, manufacturing, transportation, or cosmetology, primarily to students who have graduated from or left high school. Teaching takes place in public or private schools whose primary business is academic or vocational education.

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

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Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

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Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed

Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary

Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.

Present lectures and conduct discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids, such as graphs, charts, videotapes, and slides.

Supervise and monitor students' use of tools and equipment.

Administer oral, written, or performance tests to measure progress and to evaluate training effectiveness.

Provide individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction.

Prepare reports and maintain records, such as student grades, attendance rolls, and training activity details.

Develop curricula and plan course content and methods of instruction.

Determine training needs of students or workers.

Supervise independent or group projects, field placements, laboratory work, or other training.

Integrate academic and vocational curricula so that students can obtain a variety of skills.

Select and assemble books, materials, supplies, and equipment for training, courses, or projects.

Conduct on-the-job training classes or training sessions to teach and demonstrate principles, techniques, procedures, or methods of designated subjects.

Acquire, maintain, and repair laboratory equipment and tools.

Prepare outlines of instructional programs and training schedules and establish course goals.

Advise students on course selection, career decisions, and other academic and vocational concerns.

Participate in conferences, seminars, and training sessions to keep abreast of developments in the field, and integrate relevant information into training programs.

Develop teaching aids, such as instructional software, multimedia visual aids, or study materials.

Serve on faculty and school committees concerned with budgeting, curriculum revision, and course and diploma requirements.

Arrange for lectures by experts in designated fields.

Review enrollment applications and correspond with applicants to obtain additional information.

Air chisel sets

Air pressure regulators

Air ratchets

Arm board stabilizers

Autoclave sterilizers

Automotive stethoscopes

Ball gauges

Battery conductance testers

Blowdryers

Boot clamp pliers

Brake bleeders

Brake disc micrometers

Brake drum lathes

Brake drum micrometers

Brake shoe adjusting gauges

Brake spoons

Brake spring pliers

Brake spring removers

Cam bearing driver sets

Carousel slide projectors

Clutch alignment sets

Compact digital cameras

Compact disk CD players

Computer data input scanners

Computer laser printers

Computer projectors

Conference telephones

Coolant testers

Cooling system pressure testers

Desktop computers

Digital calculators

Digital calipers

Digital camcorders

Digital video cameras

Digital video disk DVD players

Dressing forceps

Dye injectors

E-readers

Educational anatomy models

Electronic thermometers

Emergency first aid kits

Engine analyzers

Hair clippers

Hair cutting shears

Hairbrushes

Hand trucks

Handheld bar code readers

Handheld grease guns

Handheld microphones

Handheld nebulizers

Hole punchers

Hose clamps

Hot glue guns

Hydraulic presses

Hydraulic pressure gauge sets

Interactive whiteboard controllers

Interactive whiteboards

Label makers

Laminating equipment

Laptop computers

Laser engravers

Laser facsimile machines

Liquid crystal display LCD projectors

Liquid crystal display LCD televisions

Manual blood pressure cuffs

Mechanical stethoscopes

Microphone podiums

MP3 digital voice recorders

Multi-line telephone systems

Multimedia projection equipment

Opaque projectors

Optometric lensometers

Otoscopes

Overhead data projectors

Oxygen tanks

Paper cutters

Photocopying equipment

Poster printers

Power steering pump pulleys

Projector screens

Refrigerant charging stations

Screwdriver sets

Shampoo chairs

Soldering guns

Spark plug feeler gauges

Spirometers

Stationary hairdryers

Student response systems

Tablet computers

Tap and die sets

Television monitors

Tire pressure gauges

Universal serial bus USB flash drives

Vehicle jack stands

Videoconferencing equipment

Webcams

Wheel aligners

Wheel balancers

Wireless microphones

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After completing college, work experience is most important.

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University Instructor

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Tish Dawson

University Instructor

Milestones

Education

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Philosophy & Religion

Travel

Being Creative

Day to Day

Advice for Getting Started

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

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