Science Technician

St James' Catholic High School; Cheadle; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

St James' Catholic High School in England is seeking a school technician to support science practicals. You will prepare equipment and teaching areas for lessons, maintain resources, and help keep the classroom safe and well-organised.

The role involves assisting teachers, enabling students to engage with experiments, and performing administrative tasks to keep the department running smoothly. Previous experience is beneficial, but dedication and reliability are essential for this position.

Responsibilities

• Prepare equipment and teaching areas for practical classes
• Maintain equipment and teaching areas
• Ensure a safe classroom environment
• Support teachers in practical classes
• Help students to obtain the most out of their learning experiences
• Carry out administrative tasks related to the smooth running of the department

Job description

Purpose

As a technician, you will commonly take responsibility for:

• preparing equipment and teaching areas for practical classes
• maintaining equipment and teaching areas
• ensuring a safe classroom environment
• supporting teachers in practical classes
• helping students to obtain the most out of their learning experiences
• carrying out administrative and other tasks related to the smooth running of the department
• Prepare equipment for practical lessons, organise necessary

Practical Tasks

• To assist when required in practical lessons to support staff and children to help with maintaining health and safety
• Prepare equipment for practical lessons, organise necessary practical equipment to ensure that the correct resources are available for lessons
• Modifying apparatus and equipment for those children with physical disabilities
• Maintaininglevels of cleanliness and hygiene in the central preparation room.

Administrative Tasks

• Order equipment to ensure that the resources are available for lessons to enable demonstrations and practical lessons to run smoothly
• Photocopying, printing and duplicating
• Reporting any equipment or other maintenance issues promptly to your line manager

Scope for Impact

The post holder is responsible for all equipment and science resources, ensuring that they are in date, are used safely and are fit for use in the various lessons

General responsibilities

• To become familiar with the school procedures and regulationsas set out in the staff handbook and other documentation, as appropriate to the responsibilities and to follow these
• To implement the school’s health & safety policy currently in force and assist with safeguarding the health and safety of children when they are on the school premises
• To participate in arrangements for the appraisal of yourperformance

Line Manager Responsibilities

The line manager will give guidance on:

• working with teaching staff;
• confidentiality of some work within school (pupil circumstances and assessments);
• supporting teaching and learning and helping children with their practicalwork;
• maintaining safe working procedures and the approach to risk assessments;
• setting up and maintaining displays

Many specific responsibilities willrequire collaborative working with other team members which the Directors of Faculty will develop proactively

Whilst every effort has beenmade to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task may not be identified. The post holder will be expected to comply with all reasonable requests from the Headteacher to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in their job description