College and Vocational Training Teachers
Job description
These individuals teach techniques and develop skills in their students according to their specialization. This group includes college and vocational teachers, as well as department heads. These individuals work for:
- Cegeps and colleges
- Technical institutes
- Vocational training centres
- Language schools
- Businesses
Environment
- Controlled ambient temperature
Main tasks
- Facilitate lectures, demonstrations, panel discussions, and laboratory work.
- Prepare curriculum, lesson plans, and teaching materials.
- Develop, deliver, and mark exams and assignments.
- Inform students about study programs and careers in their field of specialization.
- Provide individualized instruction to students who need it.
- Supervise individual or group projects, training internships, and on-the-job training.
- Supervise teaching assistants, as required.
- Provide consulting services to government agencies or businesses, as required.
- Participate on committees regarding budgets, program revisions, and course requirements, as required.
- Prepare and deliver courses within the limits of authorized programs.
Advancement and mobility
- Experience leads to administrative, managerial, or pedagogical advisor positions.
Hourly wage
The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.- Minimum
- $25.38
- Median
- $47.50
- Maximum
- $58.00
Job prospects for 2024-2028
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Job prospects for 2024-2028
Job prospects
All of Québec
Good
All of Québec
Non available
Total jobs for 2023
All of Québec
36,000
All of Québec
na
Gender distribution
All of Québec
Not available.
- 52.4% Female
- 47.6% Male
Not available.
- 52.4% Female
- 47.6% Male
Job types
All of Québec
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Not available.
- Full time
- Part time
Yearly wage on 2020
All of Québec
$84,000
All of Québec
Other characteristics
All of Québec
- None
All of Québec
- None
Sectors of activity
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 6177% of jobs
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NAICS 914% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54172% of jobs
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NAICS 811% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6231% of jobs
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Others15% of jobs
All of Québec
Not available.
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NAICS 6177% of jobs
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NAICS 914% of jobs
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NAICS 5416, 54172% of jobs
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NAICS 811% of jobs
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NAICS 621, 622, 6231% of jobs
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Others15% of jobs
Training and requirements
Formation
Most training programs are offered in French only.
University
Teaching in vocational (secondary) and technical (college) education
Bachelor’s degree
Placement rate: 89.2%
3.2% of graduates pursue further studies
This discipline is taught in the following institutions:
Also required
- Bachelor’s degree, college diploma (DEC), or marked skills in the teaching discipline.
Vocational Training Teachers
- Qualification or industry certificate.
- Teaching certificate (Teacher certificate in vocational education).
Sometimes required
- A Master’s degree in the teaching discipline may be required.
- A certificate, diploma, or degree in adult education may be required.
- Additional courses in education or a provincial teacher certificate may be required.
Main skills and characteristics
Skills
- Teaching
- Data collection
- Oral expression
- Information processing
- Reading comprehension
- Active listening
- Learning strategies
- Active learning
- Written expression
- Critical thought
- Result evaluation
- Judgment and decision-making
- Coordination
- Time management
- Solving complex problems
- Social perception
- Science
- Systems evaluation
- Human resource management
- Mathematics
- Service oriented
Abilities
- Verbal skills
- Speech clarity
- Oral comprehension
- Inductive reasoning
- Written comprehension
- Deductive reasoning
- Written expression
- Speech recognition
- Awareness of issues
- Information organization
- Near vision
- Idea generation
- Originality
- Classification
- Memorization
- Mathematical reasoning
Knowledge and attributes
- Capacity to establish and maintain interpersonal relations
- Critical thinking
- Autonomy
- Rigour
- Vitality
- Capacity for synthesis
- Desire to upgrade one’s competencies
- Pedagogical knowledge
- Capacity to facilitate a group
- Open-mindedness
Interests
- Draft, communicate, and inform
- Teach or educate
Personality profiles (RIASEC)
- Social
- People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
- Investigative
- People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
- Realistic
- People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Official name of the NOC 41210
College and other vocational instructors
Job titles
- General and vocational college (cegep) teacher
- Professional training instructor
- College instructor
- Department chairman/woman - college
- Training officer - company
- Staff training officer - industry
- Management seminar leader
- College lecturer
- Department head - college
- Training consultant - industry
- Department chairman/woman - community college
- Business law teacher
- Hairdressing instructor - vocational institute
- Trade instructor - community college
- Landscaping instructor
- Horticulture and landscaping instructor - school of horticulture
- Trainee instructor
- Instructor - company
- Computer-based trainer
- Training instructor - college level
- Flight attendants instructor
- Correspondence school instructor
- Technological institute instructor
- Heavy equipment operators instructor - community college
- Instructor - language school
- Business college instructor
- College of applied arts and technology instructor
- Pursers instructor
- Police instructor
- Firefighters instructor
- Computer-assisted drafting (cad) instructor
- Commercial art instructor
- Electrolysis instructor - vocational institute
- Embalming teacher
- Company trainer
- Industry-based instructor
- Computer trainer
- Firefighting instructor
- Community-based trainer
- Computer programming instructor - college level
- Tourism trainer
- Nursing educator (except college)
- Ground school instructor
- Police college teacher
- Direct sales instructor
- Public-speaking instructor
- Mining rescue instructor
- Gliding instructor
- Airline customer-service instructor
- Health and safety instructor
- Industrial safety instructor
- Commercial vehicle driving instructor
- Commercial vehicle driver instructor
- Workplace trainer
- Training development officer - canadian armed forces
- Remedial teacher - college level
- Indigenous studies professor – college
- Teacher - seminary
- Dental assistant program teacher - community college
- Legal assistant program teacher
- Dental hygienist program teacher
- Legal secretarial program teacher - community college
- Medical records management program teacher
- Business administration teacher
- Business administration teacher - college level
- English teacher - business college
- English as a second language (esl) teacher - college level
- English teacher - college level
- English as a second language teacher (except elementary, high school or university)
- Recreational leadership teacher
- Public-speaking teacher
- Advertising art teacher
- Applied arts teacher - college level
- Graphic arts teacher
- Bible school teacher
- Business college teacher
- Agricultural school teacher
- Economics teacher - college level
- Elocution teacher - non-medical
- Appliance servicing teacher - vocational institute
- Correspondence teacher - college level
- History teacher - general and vocational college (cegep)
- Computer science teacher - college level
- Vocational institute teacher
- Institute of technology teacher
- Denominational institute teacher
- Community planning teacher - college level
- Fine arts teacher - college level
- Chemistry teacher - agricultural school
- Hairdressing teacher - community college
- Agricultural college teacher
- Bible college teacher
- Community college instructor
- College of applied arts and technology teacher
- Communications teacher - college level
- Accounting teacher - college level
- Apparel design teacher
- Interior design teacher
- Fashion design teacher - general and vocational college (cegep)
- Clothing design teacher
- Graphic design instructor
- Drafting instructor
- Drafting instructor - college level
- Commercial art teacher
- Law teacher - police college
- Tool and die making teacher - community college
- French as a second language teacher (except elementary, high school or university)
- Retail management teacher
- Journalism teacher - college level
- Language laboratory teacher - college level
- Second-language instructor - language school
- Modern languages teacher - college level
- Marketing teacher - college level
- Mathematics teacher - college level
- Business subjects teacher - vocational institute
- Academic subjects teacher - college level
- Technical subjects instructor - vocational institute
- Technological subjects instructor - vocational institute
- Fashion teacher - college level
- Music teacher - conservatory of music
- Social services teacher - college level
- Welding teacher - technical institute
- Court reporting instructor
- Chemical technology teacher
- Electromechanical technology teacher - college level
- Printing technology teacher - general and vocational college (cegep)
- Administration teacher
- Health technology teacher
- Technology teacher - college level
- Architectural technology instructor
- Electronic technology teacher - college level
- Mechanical technology teacher - college level
- Medical technology teacher
- Mineral technology teacher - college of applied arts and technology
- Bookkeeping teacher
- Data-processing teacher - college level
- Law enforcement teacher
- Hotel management teacher - college
- Industrial instrumentation teacher
- Automotive repair instructor - community college
- Early childhood education instructor - college level
- Child-care service teacher - college level
- Nursing instructor - college
- Child-care service teacher
- Computer training representative
- Correspondence school tutor
- Modern languages tutor - language school
Skill type
Education, law and social, community and government services
Last update: January 29, 2026
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