We're Hiring!

• 11 weeks of annual leave
• Shape the future of apprentices entering the industry
• Support students on campus and in their workplace

About Us

As Tasmania’s publicly owned training provider, TasTAFE is a vital contributor to the prosperity of the state’s economy through supporting jobs and employment and the economic resilience of our businesses and industry. With a focus on practical, real-life learning, we work hard to ensure the training our learners receive is industry relevant and we provide real industry skills that are highly valued by employers.

TasTAFE aspires to be a place of innovation, creating new ways of training, finding solutions, delivering differently and increasing access for all.

The Role

Are you a livewire seeking a new career pathway? Would you like to get off the tools and work towards a teaching qualification with TasTAFE? Is it your time to share your electrical knowledge, skills and experience with the next gen of up-and-coming electrical tradespeople.

Working from our Clarence campus, the Electrotechnology Teacher (or Associate Teacher) will spend their working week supporting students on campus and in their workplace as they complete their trade qualification.

This is a 2 year Fixed-Term role, ending December 2027.

On any given day, your duties will include:

• Teaching and inspiring the next generation of tradespeople
• Managing and co-ordinating teaching & assessment materials & resources
• Providing advice and information to students, parents and employers
• Enjoying eleven weeks of leave per year! 

TasTAFE understands many Electrical Tradespeople will not possess a Cert IV in Training & Assessment or the Work Skill Instructor Skill Set. We encourage you to submit your application and we will talk to you at interview regarding the relevant pathways to obtain these quals and how we can facilitate this for the successful candidate.

What will you bring

• An Electrical licence and relevant trade qualification
• A current Working with Vulnerable People registration, or the ability to obtain prior to commencement.
• A Certificate IV in Training and Assessment, or the willingness to obtain if successful in gaining a role as an Associate Teacher.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

At TasTAFE, we encourage applications from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, people living with a disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, mature age workers and members of the LGBTIQ+ community.

We are a diverse and inclusive workplace and understand the importance of flexibility. We want our workforce to reflect the diversity in our community and we are committed to building a culture we are all proud of.

Ask us how we can make this role flexible to suit you.

Join TasTAFE

If you think this could be the opportunity for you, we encourage you to apply. To be eligible, you must have the right to work in Australia.

Candidate screening and interviews may commence prior to the closing date.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please let our recruitment team know during the course of selection.

For more information regarding this opportunity, please call TasTAFE on 1300 655 307 and ask to speak to a member of the Talent Team

Anyone interested in applying should do so directly as we are not accepting applications through recruitment agencies.

Candidate screening and interviews may commence prior to the closing date. 

TasTAFE is determined to create a positive application experience for all candidates.

We are committed to provide application outcomes via phone or email in a timely manner to all candidates.

TasTAFE prioritises Tasmania’s Child and Youth Safe Standards and the Universal Principle for Aboriginal Cultural Safety in its recruitment process, ensuring the safety and cultural well-being of children, youth, and Aboriginal individuals.