Instructor Technician (For HE Creative) - CS12462

Teaching Vacancies; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave entitlements

Carer’s Leave option

Leadership & Management training

Wellbeing support

Health cash plan

Discounted courses

Cycle to work

Discounted college services

Free will writing

Job summary

Teaching Vacancies is looking for an Instructor Technician to develop students in IT skills and provide strong technical and administrative support within the college environment.

You will assess practical competence, ensure safety, and help students demonstrate the required skills for their courses, while following approved schemes and maintaining equipment and resources.

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Maths at grade C or equivalent.
• Relevant Level 3 subject qualification with practical experience.
• Formal training in a relevant vocation.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing situations.
• Previous experience delivering classes is advantageous.
• Proficient IT skills and good written/verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Develop students' skills in the subject area with high-quality technical support.
• Assess practical competence and provide feedback.
• Ensure students demonstrate required skills and underpin knowledge.
• Support demonstration or explanation of required skills.
• Follow Scheme of Work to instruct/prepare sessions.
• Complete assessment paperwork and check understanding.
• Maintain resources and set up materials and equipment for horticultural activities.
• Carry out maintenance on tools and workshop equipment.
• Order workshop equipment and materials with the team.
• Maintain Health & Safety standards in the unit.
• Attend team meetings and events as required.
• Ensure all students are aware of Health & Safety guidelines.
• Attend Teaching Essentials training.

Skills

Instructor IT Skills

Admin Skills

Student Support Skills

Education

GCSE English & Maths C or equivalent

Level 3 subject qualification with practical experience

Formal training in a relevant vocation

Tools

Basic IT literacy

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Practical experience as an instructor IT Skills
• Admin Skills
• Student Support Skills

What the college offers its staff

When you join WCG we offer you a whole host of employee benefits, including:

• Generous leave entitlement plus up to four free College Closure days a year
• WCG offers all employees who are carers the option to request a period of Carer’s Leave that is equal to their usual working week, paid at their normal pay.
• Leadership & Management training programme to develop our next generation of managers.
• Superb health and wellbeing support with Wellbeing@WCG.
• The opportunity to join our voluntary health cash plan run by Health Shield.
• Discounted Full Cost Recovery courses.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Discounted hair and beauty treatments in our College salons.
• Free will writing service.

Further details about the role

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• To develop the skills of students within the subject area and provide a high standard of technical support.
• Assessing student competence of the practical skill(s) and giving the associated feedback.
• Ensure students can demonstrate skills and behaviours required for the successful completion of the qualification or course and ensure they provide the knowledge that underpins the practical instruction.
• Support training in the demonstration or explanation of skills or behaviours required.
• Utilise prepared Scheme of Work to instruct / prepare sessions.
• Complete relevant assessment paperwork, which can include questioning students to check understanding of the practical task/skill/behaviour.
• To maintain resources and prepare and set up physical materials and equipment for horticultural related activities.
• To carry out any such maintenance on all tools and workshop equipment.
• To order workshop equipment and materials in conjunction with the team.
• To maintain the unit and equipment to current Health & Safety standards.
• To attend team meetings, open events, college tasters and outside events as required.
• To ensure all students are aware of the Health & Safety guidelines in the unit.
• To attend College delivered ‘Teaching Essentials’ training.

Instructor Technicians are not expected to:

• To teach theory
• To write schemes of work
• To deal with knowledge-based assessment
• To mark work outside of the practical setting

Criteria:

• GCSE Grade C or above in English and Mathematics, or Level 2 equivalent qualification.
• Relevant Level 3 subject qualification and practical experience.
• Evidence of formal structured training in a relevant vocation.
• Be flexible with the ability to adapt to changing situations.
• Previous experience of delivering classes would be an advantage.
• Working knowledge of information technology such as e-mail, the internet and other software applications.
• Excellent administrative and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.