Technician Trainer Automotive - Reading

Kwik Fit; Arborfield; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Kwik Fit is seeking a Technical Trainer Grade 1 for our Reading Training Academy. You will deliver technical training programmes to new apprentices and existing staff, ensuring professional and consistent delivery in line with company policies. The role includes travel to other UK sites as required by the business.

Key duties include preparing assessments, maintaining equipment, and contributing to training material development while promoting CPD and learner engagement.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to act as training ambassador.
• Commercially focused with strong technical and customer service content.
• Team player able to work with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Highly organised with time management and confidentiality.
• Strong English and maths skills.
• Full UK Cat B Driving Licence essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Technical Training programmes at the Reading Training Academy.
• Ensure professional, consistent delivery aligned with policy and guidelines.
• Prepare and mark examinations, assessments and course documentation.
• Maintain training equipment and aids to high standards.
• Contribute to programme development and keep materials up to date.
• Engage learners and promote continuous improvement and CPD.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Mentoring

Organisational skills

English & maths proficiency

Job description

About the role

Work with us Are you an automotive professional with practical hands on mechanical experience who enjoys sharing your knowledge to help others in their career? Would you like to dedicate yourself to the training, coaching, developing of others? -then this could be a great opportunity for you! Reporting to our Technical Training Delivery Manager and based at our Training Academy, the Technical Trainer Grade 1 will deliver Technical Training programmes, which are business focused, professional, engaging and consistent with the business philosophy and policies. This could be to new colleagues within our apprentice programme, or existing Kwik-Fit team members needing training development. As part of the People Team, you will deliver Technical Training initiatives that enable improved performance and productivity of our people. Experience in both technical and customer service skills including: Hybrid & Electric vehicles , MOT and customer care would be very beneficial.

Employment details

This permanent role is based upon 40hrs per week between Monday and Friday based onsite at our Automotive Training Academy in Reading, to include travel to other UK sites if required by the business.

Day-to-day responsibilities

• To fully contribute to the delivery of the Technical Training Schedule ensuring delivery is professional consistent and delivery is uniform and to the required standard adhering to company policy & guidelines
• Ensure the timely and accurate completion of all course documentation including the setting of examinations and the preparation of individual and course assessments
• Compliance with requirements for awarding bodies to ensure that approval to run
• Maintain equipment and training aids, either Kwik-Fit or externally provided, ensure that they are kept to a high standard and are current and up to date.
• Contribute to the development of Technical Training programmes by participating in scheduled reviews of materials to ensure they remain up to date and fit for purpose to in line with the company's
• key business objectives Provide feedback to the Training Content Developer on any recommendations to improve the quality/content of Technical Training Materials Maintain technical awareness by keeping abreast of market developments, by engaging with CPD opportunities, reading trade magazines, keeping up to date with current affairs and legislation as it affects the motor industry Ensure that Technical Training Programmes are evaluated.
• Ensure that you adopt an ethos of continuous improvement and encourage feedback from stakeholders. Utilise all opportunities to engage learners in functional skills

Requirements

• With excellent communication and interpersonal skills, acting as both a training ambassador for the business and a mentor when required
• Commercially focused with strong focus around both technical and customer service-related course content
• A strong team player, able to work with multiple internal and external stake holders, well organised and with great time management
• With high standards of appearance, conduct, performance, integrity and confidentiality, positive driven and resilient Highly organised and able to deal with multiple activities at one time whilst maintaining quality of delivery
• Strong functional English and maths skills
• Beneficial - Practical experience of coaching in the workplace
• Beneficial - Training Delivery & Facilitation Skills with an understanding of learning styles and interventions to support individual learner needs
• Full UK Cat B Drivers Licence - essential