Apprenticeship Assessor - Engineering Technician
| Posting date: | 19 May 2026 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 June 2026 |
| Location: | OX11 0SG |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Explosive Learning Solutions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Explosive Learning Solutions (ELS) Ltd, founded in 2005, is a Small to Medium Employer with a strong portfolio of capabilities.
The ELS Assessment Organisation (AO), established in 2020 and regulated by Ofqual, designs and delivers apprenticeship assessments for over 60 Apprenticeship Standards, covering many occupations and industry sectors.
To meet client demand the AO needs an additional assessor who will join our team to assess the Engineering Technician apprenticeship standard and other engineering apprenticeship standards/pathways.
This role is suited to a highly experienced engineering professional with a background in the UK Armed Forces, ideally a former military engineer (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) or Royal Logistic Corps (RLC)), who understands Army engineering environments, terminology, and technical practices and can apply that experience to assessing apprentices.
The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting apprenticeship assessments for apprentices, ensuring that assessments are carried out fairly, and consistently.
The purpose of this role is to plan and deliver apprenticeship assessments, and provide written feedback to apprentices, across a number of Engineering Apprenticeship Standards/Pathways, ensuring ELS continues to provide high quality, robust and cost-effective assessment services to our stakeholders, whilst adhering to ELS’ policies, procedures and Ofquals Conditions of Recognition.
This role reports directly to the Assessment Delivery Manager working along-side other AO Delivery staff; Coordinators, Assessors and ELS’ Internal Quality Assurance Team. This role provides invaluable support to ELS’ Assessment Delivery team.
The successful applicant will work closely with their AO Delivery Manager, Contract Coordinators, other Assessors and Internal Quality Assurers.
This role will ensure compliance with regulatory requirements are adhered to and met, maintaining high-quality standards, and achieving overall excellent customer satisfaction rates while meeting (and exceeding) department and contract performance KPIs.
The successful candidate will be assessor qualified or be prepared to work towards their assessor’s qualification, and have Engineering registration with a relevant Engineering Institution such as the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Engineering, Technology or The Welding Institute.
All assessors must have the occupational “hands on” experience in the standards they are assessing. In addition:
The Engineering Technician Standard contains several different pathways, with ELS currently conducting work in the following:
Option 3 - Aircraft Maintenance
The assessor will have recent relevant experience of the occupation or sector to at least occupational level 3 gained in the last 3 years or significant experience of the occupation or sector
Option 9 - Machining Technician
The assessor will have recent relevant experience of the occupation or sector to at least occupational level 3 gained in the last 3 years or significant experience of the occupation or sector.
Option 10 - Mechatronics Maintenance Technician
The assessor will have recent relevant experience of the occupation or sector to at least occupational level 4 gained in the last 5 years or significant experience of the occupation or sector
Option 13 Technical Support Technician
The assessor will have recent relevant experience of the occupation or sector to at least occupational level 4 gained in the last 3 years or significant experience of the occupation or sector
Assessments will be undertaken in line with the associated Assessment Strategy and Apprenticeship Assessment Plan, with assessment documentation and tools provided by ELS.
This is an office-based role with occasional ‘working away from the office’ permitted.
The ELS Assessment Organisation (AO), established in 2020 and regulated by Ofqual, designs and delivers apprenticeship assessments for over 60 Apprenticeship Standards, covering many occupations and industry sectors.
To meet client demand the AO needs an additional assessor who will join our team to assess the Engineering Technician apprenticeship standard and other engineering apprenticeship standards/pathways.
This role is suited to a highly experienced engineering professional with a background in the UK Armed Forces, ideally a former military engineer (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) or Royal Logistic Corps (RLC)), who understands Army engineering environments, terminology, and technical practices and can apply that experience to assessing apprentices.
The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting apprenticeship assessments for apprentices, ensuring that assessments are carried out fairly, and consistently.
The purpose of this role is to plan and deliver apprenticeship assessments, and provide written feedback to apprentices, across a number of Engineering Apprenticeship Standards/Pathways, ensuring ELS continues to provide high quality, robust and cost-effective assessment services to our stakeholders, whilst adhering to ELS’ policies, procedures and Ofquals Conditions of Recognition.
This role reports directly to the Assessment Delivery Manager working along-side other AO Delivery staff; Coordinators, Assessors and ELS’ Internal Quality Assurance Team. This role provides invaluable support to ELS’ Assessment Delivery team.
The successful applicant will work closely with their AO Delivery Manager, Contract Coordinators, other Assessors and Internal Quality Assurers.
This role will ensure compliance with regulatory requirements are adhered to and met, maintaining high-quality standards, and achieving overall excellent customer satisfaction rates while meeting (and exceeding) department and contract performance KPIs.
The successful candidate will be assessor qualified or be prepared to work towards their assessor’s qualification, and have Engineering registration with a relevant Engineering Institution such as the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Institute of Engineering, Technology or The Welding Institute.
All assessors must have the occupational “hands on” experience in the standards they are assessing. In addition:
The Engineering Technician Standard contains several different pathways, with ELS currently conducting work in the following:
Option 3 - Aircraft Maintenance
The assessor will have recent relevant experience of the occupation or sector to at least occupational level 3 gained in the last 3 years or significant experience of the occupation or sector
Option 9 - Machining Technician
The assessor will have recent relevant experience of the occupation or sector to at least occupational level 3 gained in the last 3 years or significant experience of the occupation or sector.
Option 10 - Mechatronics Maintenance Technician
The assessor will have recent relevant experience of the occupation or sector to at least occupational level 4 gained in the last 5 years or significant experience of the occupation or sector
Option 13 Technical Support Technician
The assessor will have recent relevant experience of the occupation or sector to at least occupational level 4 gained in the last 3 years or significant experience of the occupation or sector
Assessments will be undertaken in line with the associated Assessment Strategy and Apprenticeship Assessment Plan, with assessment documentation and tools provided by ELS.
This is an office-based role with occasional ‘working away from the office’ permitted.
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