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Job Description

Overview

The Welding Instructor is responsible for delivering educational materials and fostering the academic development of students in a dynamic, student-centered environment. Instructors are expected to model professional behavior and adhere to the Ancora Education Mission and Core Values.

Responsibilities

  • Utilize classroom and lab instruction, student assessment mechanisms, and classroom management techniques to provide an engaged educational experience to students.
  • Guarantee that students have been presented with the material to successfully meet the learning objectives of each course within a student’s program of study.
  • Ensure that instructional materials and equipment are ready for student use, sufficient in quantity, properly maintained, and in working order.
  • Participate in ongoing faculty assessment and professional development activities to ensure an active, engaged, and up-to-date classroom experience for all students; maintain required certification and licensure.
  • Actively participate in meetings, review and analyze assessment data, compile reports, and meet academic and administrative deadlines.
  • Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and regulatory bodies’ guidelines, along with internal policies of the company.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • Must have an active certification or licensure where required.
  • At least 5 years industry experience within the last 10 years.
  • Prior to beginning to teach, instructors either need to have documented prior teaching experience or complete the new instructor training.
  • Ability to qualify as an instructor per institutional and accreditation standards.
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How this job compares in Glendale, AZ

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Arizona currently run a median of $30/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $24–$35/hr across 97 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Glendale, AZ

We're tracking 15 other active welding openings in Glendale, AZ right now, from 7 different employers. None of them were added in the last week, so this is a slower-moving market. Across Arizona as a whole we're tracking 285 other active welding openings from 175 employers. A metro this active generally means you have real leverage — employers here are competing for the same welders. Browse every welding job in Glendale, or widen the search to Arizona.

Ancora Education currently has 1 other opening live in Arizona, which is usually a sign of either steady growth or steady turnover — worth asking which in the interview.

The most active employers in Arizona at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Welding Shop in Phoenix, AZ (9), Sundt Construction (8), and Comfort Systems USA Southwest (7). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

Within Arizona, the best-paying metros we track by median hourly rate are Mesa at $38/hr, El Mirage at $38/hr, and Phoenix at $30/hr. If you can relocate or commute, that spread is worth factoring in.

Similar openings near Glendale, AZ

Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welding Instructor figures were last recalculated when this page was built.