Vocational Trainer / Assessor - Engineering
| Posting date: | 02 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £5,748.65 to £6,681.08 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 October 2025 |
| Location: | Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 8ND |
| Company: | Weston College |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | WREQ5721_1759413203 |
Summary
As one of the fastest-growing Colleges in the UK, delivering courses from entry level right up to Masters degrees, Weston College is an inspiring place to work. Why not join us as a Vocational Trainer Assessor - Engineering?
This is a part-time role working 1 day per week (7.5 hours).
Interviews for this role will take place on-site, at one of our college campuses in Weston-super-Mare.
Within this role you will mainly be delivering the training and assessing required for our Port Operative Apprentices with the Bristol Port Company.
You may also be expected to travel to our South West Skills Campus in Weston-super-Mare, where our Engineering department is based.
A temporary Recruitment and Retention Premia of approx. £600 per annum is attached to this post, which is a separate payment in addition to the normal salary. A review of market conditions will be carried out 6 months prior to the proposed end date (two years from the date of commencement) to establish if the Recruitment and Retention Premia should continue. Further information on Recruitment and Retention Premia payments is available on request.
Day to day duties
- Providing high-quality, innovative teaching, learning, assessment, and internal moderation across a range of work-based learning courses from Level 2-6 in alignment with awarding organisations and/or IfATE standards.
- Promote engagement in personal development opportunities including social action and community activities.
- Produce bespoke apprenticeship Career Development Plans that include individual development and industry enrichment, ensuring employers are involved in creating and updating these through participation in reviews of progress.
Required skills and qualifications
- Relevant occupational experience and knowlege of the Industry / sector.
- Knowledge of work based learning and apprenticeship provision.
- Assessors Qualification*
*All candidates must possess a relevant recognised assessing qualification or be prepared to gain this qualification within the first year of service, with the assistance of the College
Benefits
- Generous holiday entitlement
- 2-week Christmas closure
- Potential for hybrid working opportunities
- Volunteering Days (Up to two days of paid volunteering leave per academic year)
- Flexible start and finish times outside of core hours, 9.30am - 3.00pm, Monday to Friday (only available during holiday periods for Academic staff)
- Dedicated staff welfare officer and wellbeing champions
- Generous pension scheme
- Local and national staff discounts
- Free parking across sites
- Various staff committees including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Autism and Menopause
- Focus on staff wellbeing
- Wellbeing@weston hub
- Eye care including free eye test and a contribution towards glasses
- Annual staff conference with guest speakers
- Employee assistance programme - available 24/7, 365 days a year
- Training and development opportunities with a focus on progression
Weston College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Please be aware that Weston College reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
Due to the volume of recruitment, we are unable to offer feedback to any unsuccessful candidates.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received.
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