Aeronautical Technician/CAA Instructor
| Posting date: | 15 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £39,000 to £48,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | +28% of salary paid into pension + 45 days’ holiday* |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 August 2025 |
| Location: | Exeter, Devon |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Exeter College |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
You don’t need any teaching experience for this role, but you’ll need aeronautical industry experience or worked as a B Licence engineer in a maintenance repair organisation (MRO). This is your chance to share your knowledge, inspire the next generation, and see students flourish.
What’s in it for you
£39k - £48k* starting salary plus….
we’ll pay an extra 28% of salary into your pension making the overall package £49k - £61k*
enhanced benefits, including 45 days’ paid holiday a year, sick pay, online and high street discounts, plus much, much more!
paid industry upskilling days.
we’ll pay for you to become a qualified Assessor and Teacher.
free parking at our Future Skills Centre.
Sunday Times 100 Best Company.
What you’ll be doing
delivering CAA approved practical experience sessions.
overseeing the effective set up and outstanding workshop environment for our students’, ensuring tooling is available.
prepare teaching resources.
ensuring that our students get access to the facilities and training required to complete CAA Part 66 modules.
You’ll need to
be enthusiastic, with a passion for the sector.
be supportive, patient and approachable.
come from an aeronautical background of instructing students towards a B Licence or worked as a B Licence engineer in an MRO.
have experience of instructing trainee engineers.
preferably have worked as a B Licence engineer in an MRO and hold a B Licence.
* salary range includes a £6,000 supplement for skills shortage areas.
Check out the job description for more information and tell us how you meet what we’re looking for.
To apply
If you’re reading this on our website, click on the apply button, below. Or you can send a full CV to our People team via email people-team@exe-coll.ac.uk.
If you’re reading this advert on another site, visit our vacancies page.
Closing date – Monday 11th August 2025 at midnight
About us
Ambition, Collaboration, Energy. These are our values. Watch this short Video to learn more.
And see what our staff have to say here.
Benefits
We’ll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme. You’ll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping, spa treatments, electric cars and paddleboarding. Read more on our careers page.
Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.
We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education).
If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.
What’s in it for you
£39k - £48k* starting salary plus….
we’ll pay an extra 28% of salary into your pension making the overall package £49k - £61k*
enhanced benefits, including 45 days’ paid holiday a year, sick pay, online and high street discounts, plus much, much more!
paid industry upskilling days.
we’ll pay for you to become a qualified Assessor and Teacher.
free parking at our Future Skills Centre.
Sunday Times 100 Best Company.
What you’ll be doing
delivering CAA approved practical experience sessions.
overseeing the effective set up and outstanding workshop environment for our students’, ensuring tooling is available.
prepare teaching resources.
ensuring that our students get access to the facilities and training required to complete CAA Part 66 modules.
You’ll need to
be enthusiastic, with a passion for the sector.
be supportive, patient and approachable.
come from an aeronautical background of instructing students towards a B Licence or worked as a B Licence engineer in an MRO.
have experience of instructing trainee engineers.
preferably have worked as a B Licence engineer in an MRO and hold a B Licence.
* salary range includes a £6,000 supplement for skills shortage areas.
Check out the job description for more information and tell us how you meet what we’re looking for.
To apply
If you’re reading this on our website, click on the apply button, below. Or you can send a full CV to our People team via email people-team@exe-coll.ac.uk.
If you’re reading this advert on another site, visit our vacancies page.
Closing date – Monday 11th August 2025 at midnight
About us
Ambition, Collaboration, Energy. These are our values. Watch this short Video to learn more.
And see what our staff have to say here.
Benefits
We’ll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme. You’ll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping, spa treatments, electric cars and paddleboarding. Read more on our careers page.
Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.
We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education).
If you’re successful, you’ll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.