Practical Facilitator – Brick, Maintenance and Carpentry (Barnstaple)

eTeach UK Limited; Barnstaple; Vor Ort; GBP 24.000 - 28.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Generous holidays and pension

Free counselling and discounts

Spa treatments

Electric cars

Paddleboarding

Zusammenfassung

eTeach UK Limited in Barnstaple is seeking a Practical Facilitator to support learners in bricklaying, carpentry, joinery or maintenance. You’ll prepare materials, set up workspaces and maintain tools while keeping a safe, engaging workshop.

No teaching qualification is required at first; there is a development programme with a mentor and a College-funded Level 3 teaching qualification to help you progress and grow your teaching skills within a supportive team.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in bricklaying, carpentry, joinery or maintenance.
• Reliable, positive and ready to muck in as part of a team.
• Organised and able to prepare materials, tools and equipment for practical sessions.
• Committed to maintaining a safe, stimulating learning and working environment.

Aufgaben

• Preparing materials and resources for practical lessons and assessments
• Supporting teaching, learning and assessment in the workshop for apprentices and full-time learners
• Issuing, ordering and maintaining tools and equipment
• Manufacturing products to support learner assessments, including using machinery where required
• Helping maintain a safe, well-organised and engaging workshop environment
• Supporting learners as they develop practical skills and the underpinning knowledge they need in their trade
• For more experienced and confident candidates, taking opportunities to teach as part of a supported development programme

Kenntnisse

Bricklaying

Carpentry

Joinery

Maintenance

Reliability

Teamwork

Organised

Material preparation

Tools handling

Jobbeschreibung

Practical Facilitator – Brick, Maintenance and Carpentry (Barnstaple)

Got experience in bricklaying, carpentry, joinery or maintenance? Fancy putting your skills to good use and helping the next generation of tradespeople develop theirs? Our Trades department has grown significantly in recent years, with more apprentices and full-time learners, alongside major investment in staff, facilities and equipment. Now we're looking for someone with industry experience, a positive attitude and a can-do approach to help support our growing team.You don't need to be an experienced teacher to get involved. You'll help make practical lessons run smoothly, prepare materials and workspaces, maintain tools and equipment, and support learners as they develop their practical skills and industry knowledge. For those with the right experience and confidence, there's also the opportunity to progress into teaching through a development programme, with a mentor and a College-funded Level 3 teaching qualification.You'll need to be...experienced in a construction trade, such as bricklaying, carpentry, joinery or maintenancereliable, positive and ready to muck in as part of a teamorganised and able to prepare materials, tools and equipment for practical sessionscommitted to maintaining a safe, stimulating learning and working environmentkeen to share your practical knowledge and support learners with different needs and abilitiesRead more on our careers page.

What you'll be doing

• preparing materials and resources for practical lessons and assessments
• supporting teaching, learning and assessment in the workshop for apprentices and full-time learners
• issuing, ordering and maintaining tools and equipment
• manufacturing products to support learner assessments, including using machinery where required
• helping maintain a safe, well-organised and engaging workshop environment
• supporting learners as they develop practical skills and the underpinning knowledge they need in their trade
• for more experienced and confident candidates, taking opportunities to teach as part of a supported development programme

In return, you'll get

• the opportunity to use your industry experience to make a real difference to learners starting out in their careers
• the chance to join a growing department with modern facilities, equipment and ongoing investment
• opportunities for personal development and progression
• support from an experienced mentor if you progress towards teaching
• a College-funded Level 3 teaching qualification as part of the development programme
• the opportunity to build a career in education, with excellent progression routes

Benefits

• incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme
• free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping
• spa treatments
• electric cars
• paddleboarding

Applying for the role

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is Sunday 8th November 2026 at midnight. Interviews will be held in Barnstaple on Tuesday 17th November 2026.

Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.

We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education). If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at North Devon College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.