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Engineering Hand Skills Trainer
| Posting date: | 10 February 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 March 2025 |
| Location: | Blackpool, Lancashire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Blackpool and The Fylde College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 3061 |
Summary
The Role:
The Engineering Department is seeking a skilled and passionate Engineering Hand Skills Trainer to deliver high-quality practical and theoretical training. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the next generation of engineers by providing hands-on expertise and ensuring excellence in technical education.
Your Responsibilities Will Include:
As an Engineering Hand Skills Trainer, your key responsibilities will be:
Delivering engaging practical and theoretical training sessions across apprenticeship and FE pathways.
Designing and developing innovative training materials, including online resources, ensuring effective employer engagement and skill development.
Providing high-quality assessment, feedback, and evaluation to drive continuous improvement.
Supporting curriculum development, quality assurance, and student success initiatives.
Contributing to student recruitment through interviews, open days, and industry events.
About the Engineering Team at B&FC:
Our engineering team is committed to delivering outstanding technical education, equipping students with real-world skills for a successful career in the industry. We foster a dynamic learning environment that combines theoretical knowledge with hands-on experience.
Why Join Us?
At B&FC, you'll be part of an innovative and supportive academic community, dedicated to technical excellence and student success. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of engineering education while advancing your own career in a progressive institution.
Interested? Apply Early!
If you're passionate about hands-on engineering training and eager to make a difference, apply today. We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
Rewards and Benefits
Blackpool and The Fylde College is proud to be Great Place To Work® Certified™
Enhanced leave allowance of 43 days (full-time equivalent), inclusive of bank holidays
Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
Competitive pension scheme:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) - 28.68% employer contribution
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - 19.3% employer contribution
Extensive professional development opportunities for all, with B&FC choosing to invest circa. £1.8m annually in colleague development and professional qualifications
Agile working opportunities
Enhanced Family friendly policies
Extensive wellbeing provision including, but not limited to:
Access to funded Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7, 365 days a year
Occupational Health
FREE Flu Vouchers for those not entitled through the NHS
FREE eye tests
Dedicated Wellbeing Hub available to all colleagues containing rich and varied content with resources relating to emotional, physical, financial and social wellbeing
FREE healthy breakfast
Sports facilities including fully equipped gym and discounted memberships
Health and beauty salon
Trim Trails on Campus (guided routes for walks)
Onsite food outlets and Starbucks at subsidised rates
FREE car parking
Car lease scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Onsite kids ‘Sports Camp’ 8am – 5pm during selected half-term breaks
B&FC is committed to the promotion of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all resourcing practices. Please email jobs@blackpool.ac.uk should a specific adjustment be required to support in the application and selection process
B&FC is dedicated to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of all learners, and expects all colleagues to share in this commitment. As such, employment at B&FC is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. For further information on DBS, please click here
The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. Check whether your conviction or caution is spent by visiting Disclosure Calculator
The Engineering Department is seeking a skilled and passionate Engineering Hand Skills Trainer to deliver high-quality practical and theoretical training. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the next generation of engineers by providing hands-on expertise and ensuring excellence in technical education.
Your Responsibilities Will Include:
As an Engineering Hand Skills Trainer, your key responsibilities will be:
Delivering engaging practical and theoretical training sessions across apprenticeship and FE pathways.
Designing and developing innovative training materials, including online resources, ensuring effective employer engagement and skill development.
Providing high-quality assessment, feedback, and evaluation to drive continuous improvement.
Supporting curriculum development, quality assurance, and student success initiatives.
Contributing to student recruitment through interviews, open days, and industry events.
About the Engineering Team at B&FC:
Our engineering team is committed to delivering outstanding technical education, equipping students with real-world skills for a successful career in the industry. We foster a dynamic learning environment that combines theoretical knowledge with hands-on experience.
Why Join Us?
At B&FC, you'll be part of an innovative and supportive academic community, dedicated to technical excellence and student success. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of engineering education while advancing your own career in a progressive institution.
Interested? Apply Early!
If you're passionate about hands-on engineering training and eager to make a difference, apply today. We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.
Rewards and Benefits
Blackpool and The Fylde College is proud to be Great Place To Work® Certified™
Enhanced leave allowance of 43 days (full-time equivalent), inclusive of bank holidays
Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
Competitive pension scheme:
Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) - 28.68% employer contribution
Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - 19.3% employer contribution
Extensive professional development opportunities for all, with B&FC choosing to invest circa. £1.8m annually in colleague development and professional qualifications
Agile working opportunities
Enhanced Family friendly policies
Extensive wellbeing provision including, but not limited to:
Access to funded Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7, 365 days a year
Occupational Health
FREE Flu Vouchers for those not entitled through the NHS
FREE eye tests
Dedicated Wellbeing Hub available to all colleagues containing rich and varied content with resources relating to emotional, physical, financial and social wellbeing
FREE healthy breakfast
Sports facilities including fully equipped gym and discounted memberships
Health and beauty salon
Trim Trails on Campus (guided routes for walks)
Onsite food outlets and Starbucks at subsidised rates
FREE car parking
Car lease scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Onsite kids ‘Sports Camp’ 8am – 5pm during selected half-term breaks
B&FC is committed to the promotion of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all resourcing practices. Please email jobs@blackpool.ac.uk should a specific adjustment be required to support in the application and selection process
B&FC is dedicated to safeguarding and the promotion of the welfare of all learners, and expects all colleagues to share in this commitment. As such, employment at B&FC is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. For further information on DBS, please click here
The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. Check whether your conviction or caution is spent by visiting Disclosure Calculator
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