Trainer - Carpentry & Joinery
The Role
Blackpool and The Fylde College (B&FC) is currently seeking a motivated and experienced Trainer in the Construction Department, with a specific focus on Carpentry and Joinery. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of aspiring carpenters and joiners by delivering both practical and theoretical training to students.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
As a key member of the Construction team, your primary responsibility is to deliver high-quality and effective training. Specific duties will include:
- Delivering practical and theoretical training in Carpentry and Joinery to apprenticeship and FE students.
- Conducting apprentice progress reviews with students and employers, ensuring effective tracking of Individual Learning Plans (ILPs).
- Assessing student work and providing constructive feedback.
- Collaborating with colleagues to support student progress across all programme areas.
- Using college systems to monitor student success.
- Promoting Health and Safety awareness and ensuring safe practices are followed.
About the Construction Department
Our department is committed to delivering industry-leading education in Construction. We work closely with employers and industry bodies to ensure our students are equipped with the skills they need to succeed. As part of our team, you will be essential in fostering a learning environment that emphasises both technical proficiency and safety.
Why Join Us?
You will join a dynamic and supportive team that is passionate about education and dedicated to developing skilled professionals in the construction industry. This role provides the chance to directly influence student success while honing your own skills in training and curriculum development. We are committed to professional growth and offer opportunities for ongoing development and industry engagement.
Interested? Apply Early!
We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications, so if this role excites you, please submit your application as soon as possible!
This position attracts a competitive salary plus a potential non-contractual scarcity payment (T&Cs Apply). Please discuss at interview stage.
Rewards and Benefits
- 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
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