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Amersham & Wycombe College; Amersham; Remote; GBP 39,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme – TPS

Free Parking

Discounted childcare

Cycle to work

CPD

Employee wellbeing

Job summary

Buckinghamshire College Group is recruiting an Apprenticeship Trainer for Commercial/Domestic Electrician at our Aylesbury Campus. You will train, mentor and assess electrical apprentices, sharing up-to-date industry knowledge in classrooms, workshops and on-site settings.

Travel within Buckinghamshire is expected. The role involves promoting additional training and collaborating with employers to tailor the training plan to each apprentice’s needs, to help them reach their full potential.

Qualifications

• Experience in Commercial Electrical Installation or as a Domestic electrician.
• Willingness to develop teaching and mentoring skills.
• Ability to support apprentices in classroom, workshop and site settings.

Responsibilities

• Pass on up-to-date vocational knowledge to apprentices in classroom, workshop and site settings.
• Promote and discuss additional training, qualifications, and courses with employers to include in training plans.
• Develop and support apprenticeship students’ educational journey using industry experience.

Skills

Electrical installation experience

Domestic/commercial electrician

Job description

location_on Location Aylesbury and Wycombe

Salary The salary is up to £38,500 - £47,000 (pro rata for fractional posts, including an Industry Sector Payment).

Salary Unqualified: £26,436.80 per annum Level 2: £27,358.45 per annum Level 3: £27,804.07 per annum(pro rata for fractional posts)

Salary Working pay £19,204.43 plus holiday pay £2,806.80(FTE £26,279.75 per annum); (Spot salary pro rata for fractional posts).

Salary Salary ranges from £53,195.65 to £63,750.00 per annum

Salary The salary is up to £38,500 to £47,000 (pro rata for fractional posts, including an Industry Sector Payment).

Salary The salary ranges from £45,884.99 to £50,000.00 Range 14 on the College Pay Scales (pro rata for fractional posts).

Salary The working pay is £18,140.18 per annum. Range 5a on the College Pay Scales (pro rata for fractional posts).

Salary The salary for this post is £30,779.86 per annum, Range 6, point 27 on the College Pay Scales (pro rata for fractional posts).

Salary The salary is £28,166.13 per annum. Range 5, point 24 on the College Pay Scales (pro rata for fractional posts).

This is a Variable Hours post and the hourly rate is £22.66 plus holiday pay (holiday is pro-rate to 30days plus 8 bank holidays).

Basis Variable Hours

Job profile for Apprenticeship Trainer - Commercial / Domestic Electrician

Apprenticeship Trainer - Commercial / Domestic Electrician

Job details

Salary The salary is up to £38,500 - £47,000 (pro rata for fractional posts, including an Industry Sector Payment). Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Region South Package Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS), Free Parking, Discounted Childcare in the Aylesbury Day Nursery, Discounted treatments in the Aylesbury Salon HAB, Cycle to Work Scheme, Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Job category/type Academic Date posted 29/10/2026 Job reference REQ2331

JD-Apprenticeship Trainer.pdf

Buckinghamshire College Group Recruitment Pack.pdf

T&C - Apprenticeship Trainer - Oct 2026.pdf

Job description

Do you have experience in Commercial Electrical Installation or as a Domestic electrician? Would you like to develop your skill and support the next generation of electricians? We are delighted to launch this exciting opportunity to join an ambitious and forward-thinking College to support our electrical apprentices’ journey.

We are looking to recruit three ‘Trainers – Commercial/Domestic Electrician Apprenticeship’, to support our growing Electrical Apprenticeship programme.

The Trainer – Commercial/Domestic Electrician will:

• Pass on their up-to-date vocational knowledge and expertise to apprentices in classroom, workshop and site settings, so that apprentices develop the best technical, employability, life and learning skills.
• Promote and discuss additional training, qualifications, and courses with employers to be included in their apprentice’s training plan to improve their contribution to the workplace.
• Use industry experience to develop and support our apprenticeship students’ educational journey.

Working 37 hours per week / 52 weeks per year the successful candidates will be based at our Aylesbury Campus and travel around Buckinghamshire and neighbouring counties to support our apprentices to meet employers, assess apprentices’ skills and support them to reach their full potential.

Why join Buckinghamshire College Group?

We will encourage you to develop new skills and expand your opportunities within the College. We are also flexible and accommodating, allowing you to be as productive as possible.

Employee benefits include:

• Pension scheme – TPS (Teacher Pension Scheme)
• Generous annual leave entitlement plus Bank Holidays & additional leave purchase scheme
• Access to free training & continuous professional development
• A bespoke package of intensive induction and probation support
• Flexible working policy and a commitment to employee wellbeing
• Discounts in the Aylesbury Day Nursery & Aylesbury Hair & Beauty (HAB) Salon)
• 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to work and local business employee corporate discount schemes

Buckinghamshire College Group is a Further Education college with three campuses located in Aylesbury, Amersham and Wycombe. We are proud to be a skills-based college supporting over 5,000 learners each year to achieve their study and career goals and play a pivotal role in the Buckinghamshire community working with a wide range of employers for example, Pinewood Studios, NHS Trusts and Flannery Plant Hire to name but a few.

As a member of our team, you will have an unwavering passion for learning and for supporting students and staff to achieve more than they ever thought possible – while being innovative and comfortable with experimentation of new ideas and approaches including use of digital tools to enhance student engagement - we call this the Bucks College Factor!

If you have the Bucks College Factor, this sounds like a role for you and Buckinghamshire College Group sounds like a place you’d like to be part of, then we’d love to hear from you.

Taking Teaching Further

The College actively engages with the Education & Training Foundation’s Taking Teaching Further scheme to recruit industry professionals to teach within Further Education.

As industry professionals offer our students industry experience and insight, we support our unqualified teachers to learn ‘on the job’. You will be given full support throughout your development to fully qualified teacher status. Whilst in employment you would be enrolled onto the Level 3 Award in Education and Training. After completion you can choose to move be onto our Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training qualification. This is a great way for experienced professionals to achieve a recognised teaching qualification whilst in employment.

Commitment to Safeguarding

BCG is committed to equal opportunities for all, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and staff alike; all posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks.

The closing date for applications is 26/11/2026. Interviews are scheduled to take place on 04/12/2026 however, please note that these dates may be subject to change.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if we receive sufficient applications or source a suitable candidate. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.