Wannabe Instructor

[renosteinke]

I would like to 'give back,' and help instruct newcomers.

If you were interviewing instructors for a recognised apprenticeship program, what sorts of qualifications would you look for?

 

[bphgravity]

Your experience along with any licenses and/or certifications will indicate the technical qualifications you will likely need to be an appenticship instructor. At a mimimum, you should probably be a licensed journeyman with 5+ years experience. Having a contractor's license or working as an inspector would certainly be a bonus.

Other than that, it's all about personality, charisma, and dedication. If you have and can exhibit these traits, you should be able to get a job instructing.

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

I may meet some resistance to this comment, but I will present it anyway.

I have heard and also seen some instructors for apprentiship programs who have 5 years of experience in the industry. I think that an instructor should have no less than 8 years of field experience with additional training in how to instruct. I myself went through an apprentiship program, and some of the instructors were there for the money with little or no experience in training, let alone concern for accuracy in the info presented.

 

[U. P. Chuck Electric]

I agree & disagreee with Pierre, there are certain traits that instructors must have to instruct anything.
Can you control the class? HOW? With out yelling & fighting tyhe students?
Field experience has a little to do with your presentation of the material. Only in answering the technical questions asked.

For Example do you know the proper way to erase a black (or White) board?
A) Left & right strokes.
B) Up & down strokes.

Answer is ....



B) Up & down. Left & right strokes make your butt wiggle left & right like your shaking your bootie. Depending on the shape of the instructor, Its very distracting to some students.