DT Technician

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Walsall; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational institution in Walsall is seeking a DT Technician to support the Design and Technology department. Responsibilities include maintaining equipment, preparing materials for lessons, and providing practical support to both staff and students. This is a chance to contribute to an inclusive environment focused on fostering students' potential and ensuring a safe learning space.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintaining workshop equipment and tools.
• Ability to prepare materials for design and technology lessons.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and operate Design and Technology workshop equipment.
• Prepare materials and set up equipment for classes.
• Provide guidance and support to staff and students.

Skills

Safe machinery operation

Workshop equipment maintenance

First aid administration

Job description

DT Technician

Closing date: 28/09/2025

Grade 5 SCP 9-17

At Shire Oak Academy, we will invest in you and support you to reach your potential. As a school we are only as good as the people we work with and to ensure that we get the best from our young people, we need to make sure that we also get the best from our staff. Relationships matter and this is at the heart of what we do every day in our school and as one of 12 schools within the Mercian Trust.

Shire Oak Academy is not the easier school to work in currently, but we encourage you to visit to see we are far more than our most recent Ofsted report. We have a new Leadership Team, led by experienced Headteacher Matthew Everett and we would welcome applications from those wishing to join us on the exciting journey that Shire Oak is currently on. We are a community secondary school in Walsall Wood and proud of our inclusivity. Our ethos is built upon #BeIncredible and we accept that young people are going to make mistakes, but through positive interactions and support we will help to ensure that they fall less often and can reflect and learn from their mistakes and #BeIncredible in all that they do . Through our House System, and form tutors, we provide the care and support that is needed for all individuals and their families, including healthy competition. Everyone within the academy is expected to be an active member of their house, students and staff alike!

As well as offering a knowledge rich curriculum, which includes the full spectrum of creative subjects, we also offer an extensive enrichment and extra-curricular programme. Our drama shows are as good as what you would see in the local theatres, our sports teams are committed and driven taking part in local and regional competitions, and our wide array of trips provide awe and wonder for our young people. If there is an opportunity to improve the cultural capital of our young people, we will always be open to ideas.

The design of our building is unique, a huge campus at the highest point in Walsall with incredible views and huge open spaces, with top of the range facilities, including sport, technology and photography spaces.

Come and see what Shire Oak Academy has to offer, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Safe usage, inspection, operation, cleaning and minor repairs maintenance of Design and Technology workshop equipment, associate tooling and hand tools. Replace serviceable items, construct and develop benching aids, jobs and fixtures and undertake planned maintenance programmes.
• Prepare a range of materials and set up machinery and equipment including special operations, for design and technology lessons, practical work, experiments, demonstrations, and project coursework as part of GCSE and A-Level Design and Technology.
• Set out and clear away materials and equipment, prepare audio/visual aids as required by school teaching staff, and assist in the production of resource materials and teaching aides such as worksheets, plans and drawings for classroom project work.
• Provide practical support and guidance to school staff in the use of materials, workshop techniques, practices and processes and recommend solutions to technical problems encountered.
• Demonstrate and provide hands on practical pupil instruction in correct usage and application of workshop machinery and tools and work with pupils on project work in a supporting role.
• Ensure the security of equipment at the end of class activities, breaks etc. including machine ‘lock off’ and power shutdown. Carry out formal risk assessment of Design and Technology machinery and electrical equipment and ensure that all Health and Safety Regulations are met.
• Liaise with contractors, suppliers and County staff, check and sign off contractor’s completion of rectification, refurbishment and maintenance work.
• Control stock of materials and equipment, maintain an inventory and provide guidance and recommendation for the identification, specification and purchase of school design and technology materials and equipment.
• During school holiday periods and as workload permits, to assist across a broader spectrum of duties, including, but not exclusively, site, administration, maintenance, supporting Reception.
• Administer first aid.
• Any other duties deemed necessary by senior leaders which may include technician support in Food/Catering and Visual Arts.

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.