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Overview
Further education teachers plan and teach programmes for adult learners, from academic subjects to languages, ICT, technical training and personal or professional development.
In job descriptions, look for adult education, lesson planning, assessment, individual learning plans, feedback, classroom or online teaching, learner support and adapting course content to previous experience.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Further education teaching is designed around adults who bring previous study, work and life experience into the classroom. The work includes planning courses, teaching, adapting activities, assessing progress and keeping learning practical enough for adult goals.
Skills and specializations
Core strengths include adult education, lesson content, assessment processes, classroom management, constructive feedback, online training and adjusting teaching for learners with different confidence, language levels or prior knowledge.
Salary context
Salary context depends on subject area, learner level, assessment load, online or classroom delivery, programme coordination, evening schedules, support needs and whether the role develops curriculum as well as teaches it.
Career paths
Career paths can move into subject leadership, curriculum design, digital learning, learner-support coordination, programme management, assessment development or specialist adult training for workplace skills.
Good to know
Check the subjects, learner group, qualification goal, teaching format and assessment duties. A broad adult-education post differs from a narrow technical course or a tutoring role for exam preparation.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include agriculture, forestry and fishery vocational teacher, fine arts instructor and transport technology vocational teacher.
Explore this activityTertiary education
This occupation may also occur in this activity. Other occupations there include agriculture, forestry and fishery vocational teacher, fine arts instructor and electricity and energy vocational teacher.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
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O*NET relationships: 1
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
25-3011.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
AltoTrail preserves the source relationship type. The order is technical and does not show which occupation is best, most relevant or recommended.
AltoTrail validates and presents the source relationships without adding ranking or recommendation semantics.
NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
85.4Tertiary education85.3Secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified (2359)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6afe39e2-2674-45db-b05c-a6cab02fe25b |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 2359.9 |
| ISCO group | 2359 |
| Concept type | Occupation |