Tutor I – Automotive (Part-Time)

Salary: See Position Description

Location: Gresham Campus, OR

Job Type: Part-time Faculty and Tutor

Job Number: 2025-00122

Division: Instruction

Job Summary and Responsibilities/Duties

Job Summary
Assists students in automotive lab courses to understand and complete lab activities, and reinforce, review and clarify course-specific learning objectives.

Essential Duties

1. Provides academic assistance to students that supports MHCC course content and instructional methods.
2. Supports effective instruction by tutoring students in lab, individually and/or in small groups, facilitating discussions, reviewing class projects, reinforcing curriculum and content learning objectives, discussing test preparation strategies and providing homework assistance.
3. Identifies and supports the diverse needs of individual learners; refers students with non-tutorial needs to other campus resources, as appropriate.
4. Reviews course-specific instructional materials as provided by students and instructors.
5. Provides routine clerical support related to student tutoring programs and objectives; operates a variety of lab equipment, hardware, software and other technologies.

Additional Duties

1. Performs all other related duties as assigned.

Minimum and Desired Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in automotive or related field OR two years of automotive industry experience that would provide the required knowledge and experience.

Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in automotive or related field.
• Graduation from MHCC in automotive.
• Automotive industry experience.
• ASE certifications.

Additional Qualifications and/or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of:

• Content-specific coursework.
• Effective communication, learning and tutoring strategies.

Ability to:

• Tutor students, individually and/or in small groups.
• Reinforce course curriculum and learning objectives.
• Follow program and college policies and procedures.
• Communicate effectively, both orally, writing, and hands on demonstrations.
• Operate a variety of shop equipment, tools and technologies.

Working Conditions and Important Information

Working Conditions
Work is typically performed primarily in the automotive classrooms and labs with hazards and demands typical to an automotive shop.

Salary Placement
Part-time Tutors are paid based on accumulated work hours according to the salary schedule below; initial salary placement for all tutors will start at level 1, per the guidelines in the Collective Bargaining Agreement and in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws.
Level*Accumulated Work HoursTutors
10 – 1000$32.28
21001 – 2000$34.02
32001 – 3000$35.58
43001 – 4000$37.15
54001 or more$38.82

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