Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach vocational courses intended to provide occupational training below the baccalaureate level in subjects such as construction, mechanics/repair, manufacturing, transportation, or cosmetology, primarily to students who have graduated from or left high school. Teaching takes place in public or private schools whose primary business is academic or vocational education.
Most important skills
- Active Listening
- Learning Strategies
- Instructing
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Active Learning
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
Key knowledge
- Education and Training
- English Language
- Mechanical
- Customer and Personal Service
- Mathematics
- Administrative
- Engineering and Technology
- Computers and Electronics
What the work involves
- Supervise and monitor students' use of tools and equipment.
- Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.
- Present lectures and conduct discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids, such as graphs, charts, videotapes, and slides.
- Administer oral, written, or performance tests to measure progress and to evaluate training effectiveness.
- Prepare reports and maintain records, such as student grades, attendance rolls, and training activity details.
- Supervise independent or group projects, field placements, laboratory work, or other training.
- Determine training needs of students or workers.
- Provide individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Social, Investigative, Realistic.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree (42.3% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (33.4%)
- On-the-job training
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month (33.4%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 3: Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | High | Higher on contact with others than 73% of occupations compared | 68% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | High | Higher on dealing with the public than 64% of occupations compared | 42% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Teamwork | Low | Lower on teamwork than 78% of occupations compared | 35% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | High | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 72% of occupations compared | 57% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Low | Lower on time pressure than 74% of occupations compared | 42% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a week or more but not every day” |
| Conflict situations | Low | Lower on conflict situations than 60% of occupations compared | 33% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 69% of occupations compared | 37% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | Low | Lower on consequence of error than 75% of occupations compared | 44% of surveyed respondents chose “Not serious at all” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: low
- Conflict situations: low
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: low
- Consequence of error: low
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 1.01%
- Contact with others about half the time: 0.95%
- Contact with others most of the time: 30.15%
- Constant contact with others: 67.88%
n = 43, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 11.58%
- Fairly important: 11.33%
- Important: 6.32%
- Very important: 28.57%
- Extremely important: 42.2%
n = 42, Incumbent 08/2019
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 4.02%
- Fairly important: 10.34%
- Important: 16.56%
- Very important: 34.16%
- Extremely important: 34.91%
n = 42, Incumbent 08/2019
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 3.87%
- Limited freedom: 11.35%
- Some freedom: 28.15%
- A lot of freedom: 56.63%
n = 43, Incumbent 08/2019
Time pressure
- Never: 0%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 12.87%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 33.4%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 42.33%
- Every day: 11.4%
n = 43, Incumbent 08/2019
Conflict situations
- Never: 12.71%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 33.02%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 31.81%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 18.19%
- Every day: 4.27%
n = 42, Incumbent 08/2019
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 17.19%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 36.73%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 35.06%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 5.28%
- Every day: 5.74%
n = 43, Incumbent 08/2019
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 43.96%
- Fairly serious: 14.19%
- Serious: 8.78%
- Very serious: 15.87%
- Extremely serious: 17.2%
n = 42, Incumbent 08/2019
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