Geospatial Apprenticeship Trainer

We Are Zenith; Hebburn; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

We Are Zenith is seeking a Geospatial Apprenticeship Trainer to deliver high-quality Level 3 Geospatial Survey Technician apprenticeship training, both face-to-face and remotely. You will manage a caseload of learners and liaise with employers to ensure timely achievement and progression.

The role requires a recognised teaching qualification (PGCE/PCET/DTLLS) and assessor awards, plus hands-on experience with AutoCAD, GIS software, and surveying equipment.

Qualifications

• Must hold a recognised teaching qualification (PGCE/PCET/DTLLS) and assessor awards.
• Experience delivering vocational/apprenticeship training to diverse groups.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and GIS software; comfortable with surveying equipment and data handling.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality teaching and learning sessions for Level 3 Geospatial Apprenticeship, including face-to-face and remote delivery.
• Prepare lesson plans and learning schemes that meet apprenticeship standards and reflect industry practices.
• Tailor learning using initial assessments and monitor progress to ensure timely achievement and EPA readiness.
• Engage with employers to align training with business needs and ensure KPI targets are met.
• Support apprentices in developing core competencies, data accuracy, site prep and equipment calibration, and geospatial ethics.
• Ensure compliance with awarding bodies and Ofsted requirements, including IQA and audit readiness.
• Provide guidance on career progression within geospatial sectors (GIS analysis, land surveying, civil engineering).
• Maintain safeguarding, Prevent, British Values, and EDI in all sessions.

Skills

Teaching qualification

Assessor awards

Driving licence

Communication skills

Online learning platforms

Education

PGCE/PCET/DTLLS

Tools

AutoCAD

GIS software

Surveying equipment

Job description

Overview

Zenith are looking to recruit a Geospatial Apprenticeship Trainer. The role is to deliver high-quality teaching and learning for the Level 3 Geospatial Survey Technician apprenticeship, both face-to-face and remotely. Manage a caseload of learners and employers, ensuring timely achievement and progression. Support the raising of standards in line with Zenith's strategic objectives and the technical demands of the geospatial sector.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality teaching and learning sessions that stimulate learning appropriate to learner needs, covering topics including surveying principles and techniques, use of GNSS, total stations, and laser scanners, data collection and processing, geospatial software (e.g. AutoCAD, GIS), health and safety in field environments, mapping, cartography, and spatial data interpretation.
• Prepare lesson plans and schemes of learning that meet the apprenticeship standard and reflect current industry practices.
• Use initial assessments to tailor learning for apprentices with varying levels of technical experience.
• Engage with employers to ensure training reflects real-world surveying tasks and supports business needs.
• Monitor learner progress and provide feedback on technical skills, portfolio development, and EPA readiness.
• Support apprentices in developing core competencies such as data accuracy and validation, site preparation and equipment calibration, and understanding geospatial ethics and data security.
• Promote Maths and English in context (e.g. coordinate systems, scale, measurement conversions).
• Liaise with employers at reviews on the development of training programmes to satisfy employer requirements and add value to learners.
• Monitor learner progress to ensure continued learning and timely achievement.
• Support the achievement of KPIs, business performance, and contractual targets for learner retention and success rates.
• Ensure compliance with awarding body and Ofsted requirements, including IQA and audit readiness.
• Act on feedback from teaching observations, employers, peers, or other review processes.
• Provide impartial advice and guidance on career progression within the geospatial sector (e.g. GIS analysis, land surveying, or civil engineering roles).
• Promote safeguarding, Prevent, British Values, and EDI in all sessions.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of geospatial technologies and industry developments (e.g. drone surveying, BIM integration).
• Attend monthly caseload reviews and contribute to internal and external audits.
• Deliver commercial or CPD training in geospatial topics if required.
• Provide a high level of customer service to all learners and parties contacting the business.
• Have experience delivering vocational qualifications to groups of learners and individuals from a range of backgrounds.
• Ensure learners’ work is marked in a timely manner (weekly).
• Design and deliver core skills and any fundable or commercial training as required.
• Hold a full teaching qualification (e.g. PGCE, PCET, DTLLS). Recognised Assessor awards (D32/D33, A1, TAQA or CAVA).
• Industry experience in land surveying, geospatial data collection, or mapping technologies.
• Be proficient in AutoCAD, GIS software, and surveying equipment.
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate professionally at all levels.
• Experience of unsupervised working and using own initiative.
• Experience of online learning and assessment platforms.
• The ability to work in a target-oriented environment and achieve required measures of success and quality.
• Understand different learning styles/needs and how to differentiate through various teaching methods.
• Be able to motivate self and learners.
• Be willing to work flexible hours and locations as required; show commitment and enthusiasm.
• Excellent organisational, IT and administrative skills. Full, clean driving licence and use of a vehicle must be flexible with travel (business insurance is compulsory).
• Believe in and demonstrate Zenith's values and team charter behaviours.