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Your Opportunity

Are you ready to embark on a fulfilling career that combines your passion for teaching with your industry expertise? Join our dynamic team at TAFE Queensland and inspire the next generation of professionals! 

The Role

We have an exciting Permanent Full-time opportunity available to join our Educational Delivery team in Electrotechnology - Refrigeration at TAFE Queensland's Nambour campus. 

As a Teacher - Refrigeration  of TAFE Queensland, you will contribute to developing and delivering quality learning, teaching and assessment to a wide range of clients through:

• Outcome focussed vocational education and training (VET) programs;
• Linking with industry, schools, universities, community, other TAFE and VET providers;
• Maintaining currency with industry practices, workplace delivery and contemporary teaching methodologies and philosophies; and
• Working in an environment of ongoing change and continuous improvement.

This position reports to the relevant Educational Operations Manager.

The position will be based primarily at our Nambour campus however you may be required to perform work at other TAFE Queensland campuses.  

Benefits

• 12.75% Superannuation and Salary packaging options available
• Professional development, study assistance and support to return to industry for currency and competency purposes
• Wellbeing initiatives and social responsibility program
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Access to private health corporate plans and corporate discounts (e.g. Fitness Passport, Apple products, Dell products, Lenovo products)
• Comprehensive Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) support options
• Employee discounts or deals related to work-at-home software, Apple products, Dell products, Lenovo products, fitness passports, and private health insurance.
• Annual staff recognition awards and years of service recognition
• Pride Network for LGBTQIA+ employees and allies
• White Ribbon Australia Accredited Workplace
• Free car parking

Key Responsibilities

• Display teaching competence and a commitment to a student-centred approach.
• Lead and manage effective teaching and learning within classroom, workplace, simulated and online learning environments with a focus on student engagement, progression and success.
• Utilise flexible, blended and inclusive learning techniques, options and products which are responsive to various student cohorts, including commencing students and those with priority needs.
• Design, develop and implement assessment tools and processes that meet industry skills standards (i.e. endorsed components from National Training Packages). 
• Participate in continuous improvement activities to enhance the quality of training and assessment provided to students.
• Develop effective working relationships with students, client groups and staff by participating in team meetings, industry reference groups, student events and forums, inviting feedback and engaging in reflection.
• Ensure that students adopt, and practise accepted safety procedures and sustainability in the learning and assessment environment.
• Contribute to planning, design, development, implementation and review of educational programs.
• Participate in relevant professional learning activities to develop and maintain currency of personal and professional skills, knowledge and attitudes for both industry and learning, teaching and assessment.
• Undertake general administration duties including monitoring of student attendance and progression, facilitating access to educational support and providing effective feedback and advice. 
• Contribute to the success of transformation and cultural change through promoting and modelling the established values of Safety First, Working Together, Focussing on Our Customer, Showing Initiative and Taking Responsibility. 

How you will be assessed

The ideal applicant will be someone who has the following key capabilities:

1. Possess skills and knowledge of national training packages and accredited courses to support competency development and the ability to respond positively to industry and individual needs. 
2. Demonstrate capacity for best practice in the management of teaching and learning activities including the development of industry relevant, flexible, innovative, technology enhanced learning options, training products and solutions.
3. Demonstrate capacity for initiative, self-management, teamwork and sustainable practice, with the ability to accept, promote and manage change through the use of well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.
4. Demonstrate commitment to self-development with the focus on maintaining skills contemporary industry and teaching practices and the use of educational technologies and Learning Management Systems to support learning.
5. Possess sound knowledge of safe, equitable and anti-discriminatory work practices and demonstrate ability to be flexible, inclusive, responsive and deliver quality student experience.

Mandatory Qualifications/Requirements

1. Vocational competencies at least to the level being delivered and assessed:
   
   • UEE32220 Certificate III in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
2. Possession of one of the following training and assessment credentials:
   • TAE40116 or TAE40122 – Certificate IV in Training and Assessment or its successor; or
   • TAE40110 - Certificate IV in Training and Assessment plus TAELLN411 Address Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Skills and TAEASS502 Design and Develop Assessment Tools; or
   • TAE50111/TAE50116 - Diploma of Vocational Education and Training; or its successor; or
   • TAE50211/TAE50216 - Diploma of Training Design and Development; or
   • A diploma or higher-level qualification in adult or vocational education (refer to approved higher level qualification fact sheet); or
   • A credential issued by a higher education provider which would enable the individual to satisfy the academic requirements for registration as a secondary school teacher and one (1) of the following credentials:
     • TAESS00024 VET Delivered to School Students Teacher Enhancement Skill Set or its successor, or
     • TAESS00019 Assessor Skill Set or its successor; or
     • TAESS00011 Assessor Skills Set; 
3. Current industry skills directly relevant to the training and assessment being provided;
4. Current knowledge and skills in vocational training and learning that informs the training and assessment provided;
5. Evidence of undertaking professional development in the fields of the knowledge and practice of vocational training, learning and assessment including competency-based training and assessment.

Note: Proof of qualifications and industry currency/experience to be provided at interview.

How to apply

If you’re interested in this role, click the ‘Apply’ button to submit your application via the TAFE Queensland Recruitment Portal.  When submitting your application, please ensure you provide the following:

• A detailed resume; 
• A cover letter that outlines your known skills, abilities, knowledge and experience in response to the “How you will be assessed” criteria above (maximum of 2 pages in total); and
• The contact details for two referees (one of whom is your current supervisor)

Closing date: 9:00AM, 11 April 2025

Job Reference Number: TQ2024-1229

For further information, please contact:

Recruitment.EastCoast@tafeqld.edu.au

About TAFE Queensland

TAFE Queensland is proud to be the largest and most experienced Vocational Education and Training provider in the State, with a history of serving Queensland communities for over 140 years.

We have recently been named the State Winner of the 2024 Large Training Provider of the Year at the prestigious Queensland Training Awards. Our training is delivered to students and apprentices on-site, online, in the workplace, or on-campus to give people the skills they need to enrich their communities, support their industries, and strengthen their local economies. 

From entry-level certificates through to bachelor degrees, and comprehensive trade training, TAFE Queensland delivers hands-on, practical training across almost 500 qualifications at more than 60 campus locations throughout Queensland, from Thursday Island in the North to Coolangatta in the Southeast and as far west as Mount Isa.

Our unique structure and statewide delivery model support our commitment to assisting the diverse needs of our students, from a wide range of socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, and in regional and remote locations. Our responsive approach allows us to adapt our offering to meet the needs of local industries by delivering training that strengthens local communities and provides real employment opportunities for graduates.

We have a highly experienced workforce closely connected with their industries and dedicated to delivering best practices and innovative training. Our students benefit from our innovative, authentic, and progressive team, helping them graduate confidently, capable, and with the hands-on skills employers need.

At TAFE Queensland, we hold true to our values—Safety first, Working together, Focusing on our customer, Taking responsibility and Showing initiative—and keep our customers at the centre of everything we do. By living these values, we continue to strengthen TAFE Queensland’s reputation as a leading provider of high-quality education and training. Our people are recognised for demonstrating these values in their everyday work. 

TAFE Queensland values diversity and inclusion and provides employment opportunities which are inclusive of peoples from all diversity groups.

For more information about TAFE Queensland visit www.tafeqld.edu.au

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Documents

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