PART-TIME FACULTY HEAVY EQUIPMENT SERVICE

Basic Functions

This is a continuous recruitment for an applicant pool to fill part-time faculty (up to 67%) or temporary substitute assignments on an as needed basis. We accept applications on a continual basis. Departments or Divisions will refer to the pool of applications on file, as needed, to fill in temporary assignments. Applicants will remain in the pool for 12 months.

CARING CAMPUS Victor Valley College is a Caring Campus institution, we are committed to improving student retention and success through intentional, welcoming practices across our college community. Employees at Victor Valley College foster connection, belonging, and student-centered support from the first point of contact. This includes practicing behaviors such as the 10-foot rule, offering warm referrals, wearing nametags, and maintaining cross-department awareness to ensure students feel seen, supported, and valued. We cultivate a collaborative, culture-focused environment where every manager, faculty and staff member plays an active role in advancing student persistence and completion.

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Any bachelor's degree and two (2) years of professional experience, OR any associate degree and six (6) years of professional experience OR the equivalent.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: Experience repairing and maintaining heavy equipment common to mining operations including:

• Inspects, maintains, and repairs all types of mobile equipment and stationary engines.
• Performs inspections, maintenance and repairs per established manufacturer procedures with detailed documentation of defects and corrections.
• Performs metal welding and cutting operations as necessary for maintenance and repair of mobile equipment and stationary engines.
• Safely operates cranes, hoists, and other specialized service equipment in performance of duties.
• Maintains and repairs tires heavy equipment tires.
• Maintains a clean and safe working environment.
• Follows established procedures for ordering parts and returning cores as necessary.
• Experience teaching technical courses including course planning from an established Course Outline, providing direct instruction, supervising students in a laboratory environment, assessing student progress, providing tutoring and remediation as necessary, and determining pass/fail based on accepted standards from industry and government entities.

NOTE: This is not a Heavy Equipment Operator program at this time.

Must have sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

We will be using the guidelines set out by the Academic Affairs Division of the Chancellor's Office, California Community Colleges. The Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges handbook can be viewed at: Minimum Qualifications | California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (cccco.edu)

If you feel you have equivalent qualifications, please review the supplemental information for equivalent qualifications. See website regarding the Faculty Equivalency Qualifications process: Faculty Equivalency Qualifications

Submit your request for equivalency ONLY IF your education and/or experience are different, but equivalent to the minimum qualifications stated in the job announcement. If you have additional questions, please contact Human Resources directly at View phone number on click.appcast.io.

In addition, some specialized courses may require specific certificates (must meet minimum content requirements specified by outside/other agencies based on accreditation).

Knowledge and Abilities

VISA Victor Valley Community College does not sponsor Visas such as H1B Visas.

Victor Valley College is committed to fair hiring practices. We prohibit the employment of relatives or domestic partners as defined by Family Code Section 297 et seq., in the same department in accordance with Board Policy 7310.

To request a reasonable accommodation due to a disability to assist with completing an application, please contact the Human Resources Department before the listed closing date at View phone number on click.appcast.io, or by email at View email address on click.appcast.io.

Application Procedures

This is a continuous recruitment for an applicant pool to fill part-time faculty (up to 67%) or temporary substitute assignments on an as needed basis.

We accept part-time faculty applications on a continual basis.

Departments or Divisions will refer to the pool of applications on file, as needed, to fill in temporary assignments.

The number of part-time faculty hired varies from semester to semester, depending upon the needs of the department. Your application will be maintained in this part-time faculty pool for 12 months.

You may check your status at any time by logging into Victor Valley College Online Application Site click here to open link: School Jobs with your username and password.

It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all requested materials are received. All materials included in the application packet become District property, will not be returned, and will not be copied.

All the information qualifying an applicant for the position must be included on the Victor Valley College Application. To assist the District in determining whether an applicant meets the minimum requirements, descriptions of an applicant's present and past job duties should include details pertinent to the position for which he/she/they are applying.

It is not unusual for the District to receive hundreds of applications for a position. For this reason, it is advantageous to make your application as easy to review as possible.

Applicants wishing to apply for more than one position must apply for each position separately.

A complete file consists of the following:

1. A complete electronic Victor Valley College application. (Contact Information, Education, Work Experience, References and Supplemental Questions.)

2. Copies of transcripts showing college degrees and coursework. NOTE: Degrees must be from an accredited institution. Applicants with foreign transcripts must have transcripts evaluated for U.S. equivalency by one of the following agencies. Open the link below for a list of agencies that have been approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to provide evaluation of college or university course work completed at an institution in a country other than the United States: Commission Approved Foreign Transcript Evaluating Agencies This evaluation must be completed and submitted prior to your application being included in the application pool. A copy of the evaluation must be attached to each application package. Please note there is a fee for the evaluation service.

Benefits

This position is not eligible for fringe benefits.