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Vehicle Technician Instructor. Job in Tidworth Education & Training Jobs

SMJ

Tidworth

Remote

GBP 60,000 - 80,000

27 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Vehicle Technician - Apprenticeship Coach to play a crucial role in supporting the British Army's vehicle fleet management. In this unique opportunity, you'll leverage your vocational expertise to coach and assess vehicle mechanic learners, ensuring they successfully complete their apprenticeship. This full-time, remote position offers flexibility and the chance to contribute to national security while fostering the next generation of skilled technicians. If you're passionate about mentoring and have a background in vehicle mechanics, this role could be your next career milestone.

Qualifications

  • Considerable experience in vehicle mechanics is essential.
  • Understanding of work-based learning programmes is required.

Responsibilities

  • Support and coach learners through their apprenticeship programme.
  • Monitor and review learners' progress to meet expectations.

Skills

Vehicle Mechanics

Coaching

Assessment

Portfolio Building

Work-Based Learning

Education

Relevant Industry-Related Qualification (Level 3)

GCSE Maths and English (Grade C or above)

Job description

As a Vehicle Technician - Apprenticeship Coach, you'll have a role that's out of the ordinary. You will play a vital role in the security of the nation whilst supporting the equipment used by the British Army. This includes the fleet management of over 50,000 vehicles, ranging from quad bikes and generators to main battle tanks and weapons from pistols to cannons.

Day-to-day, you'll visit vehicle mechanic learners within their workplace using your vocational experience and knowledge to deliver learning, coach, assess and support them to achieve their apprenticeship.

Responsibilities
  • Support, motivate and coach all learners through their apprenticeship programme, ensuring all components of the apprenticeship programme are completed in a timely manner whilst meeting awarding organisation, ESFA and Ofsted requirements.
  • Monitor and review learners in line with the customers' expectations.
  • Ensure all required documentation is completed to the correct standard and within agreed timelines.
  • Provide portfolio building advice and guidance to learners based on the requirements of their programme.
  • Effectively record, plan and track individual learner progress in accordance with agreed paperwork and reporting processes.

This role is full-time, working 37 hours per week, offered on a 12-Month Fixed-Term contract and is fully remote. There is a requirement to travel to our sites in Tidworth, Lyneham, Warminster, Colerne, Larkhill, Bulford, and Wiltshire.

Agile working may be available to employees in some instances, applying the principles of fairness and consistency whilst ensuring that the overriding business needs can be appropriately met. We are happy to consider flexible, blended working, including part-time, condensed hours, and job sharing. Please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Essential Experience
  • Considerable experience in the vehicle mechanic field.
  • Good understanding of work-based learning programmes.
  • Previous experience in the defence sector, ideally within the army arena (desired not essential).
Qualifications
  • Relevant industry-related qualification (Vehicle Mechanic minimum of Level 3).
  • Maths and English - GCSE grade C or above (or equivalent).
  • We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

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