Course Manager - Arboriculture Apprenticeships
| Posting date: | 28 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £29,787 to £32,552 per year |
| Additional salary information: | 35 Days Annual Leave |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 June 2024 |
| Location: | York, North Yorkshire, YO23 3FR |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Askham Bryan College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | NA00420_1716892593 |
Summary
Askham Bryan College is a specialist land-based college based across the North of England with centres in York, Middlesbrough, Saltaire, Wakefield and Gateshead.
We offer a wide-ranging curriculum to our Further Education students, including Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Management, Countryside and the Environment, Engineering, Equine, Floristry, Motorsport, Outdoor Adventure Sport, Sports Development, Coaching and Fitness, Uniformed Public Services and Veterinary Nursing.
We define the values and qualities that we require from our people using the Askham Bryan College DNA. Hardwired in to what we do, our DNA strands ensure that all colleagues are committed to delivering with purpose, taking ownership, building trust and always learning.
Our staff benefits include 35 days annual leave plus bank holidays, Local Government Pension Scheme/Teachers Pension Scheme, Staff Discounts, Colleague engagement days, Cycle to Work Scheme, ABC Awards (Staff Recognition Scheme), beautiful campuses and free on-site parking (York, Middlesbrough, Gateshead).
We have an exciting opportunity for an Arborist Apprenticeship Course Manager to join our Apprenticeships Department based here at our York campus. This role will be working 37 hours per week on a permanent basis.
We are seeking an individual who will be responsible for planning and deliver high quality training to an agreed teaching caseload, delivering a range of arboriculture skills. This role also involves visiting apprentices in their workplace to carry out checks on their progress, so a full UK driving licence is essential, as well as the physical ability to access workplaces.
The successful candidate will have relevant knowledge and skills alongside recent practical experience in the industry, most likely in a Arborist role.
Educated to level 3 or above in a relevant subject, candidates should be willing to work towards a teaching qualification. With excellent knowledge of industry, you will have current qualifications in most or all of the following:
- L3 First aid
- L2 Safe use of brushwood chipper
- L2 Chainsaw maintenance
- L2 Crosscutting timber using a chainsaw
- L2 Felling and processing trees up to 380mm
- L2 Accessing a tree using a rope and harness
- L3 Aerial tree rescue operations
- L3 Aerial cutting of trees using free fall techniques
- L2 Safe use of mobile elevated work platform
- L3 Safe use of a chainsaw from MEWP
For Further information, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Safeguarding Statement
The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and partners to share this commitment. The Governors and Staff at Askham Bryan College regard each learner as a unique individual and therefore seek to support learner development in ways, which will foster security, confidence and independence. We recognise that high self-esteem, peer support, a secure College environment and clear lines of communication with trusted adults helps all young people and adults particularly those at risk or suffering abuse. These are regarded as central to the wellbeing of the individual and are therefore seen to be an intrinsic part of all aspects of the curriculum and ethos.
Specific measures relating to pre-employment checks:
- We may undertake online searches on internet activity as part of our pre-recruitment checks.
- We ask applicants for details of any convictions and cautions, regardless of whether these have been deemed as "spent". It is a condition of employment that applicants provide these details.
- We undertake Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks for prospective employees. Please note that it is an offence to apply for a regulated role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity involving children or vulnerable adults.
Note on "regulated activity": You are engaging in a regulated activity if you:
- Will be responsible, on a regular basis in a school or college, for teaching, training instructing, caring for or supervising children or vulnerable adults;
- Will be working on a regular basis in a specified establishment, such as a school, or in connection with the purposes of the establishment, where the work gives opportunity for contact with children or vulnerable adults; or
- Engage in intimate or personal care or healthcare or any overnight activity, even if this happens only once.
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