Casual Technician in Construction (Carpentry)

Department: Construction

Employment Type: Zero Hours

Location: Ammanford Campus

Reporting To: Head of Curriculum

Compensation: £15.97 / hour

Description

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical assistance and support for teaching and learning within your area, responding to the needs of students, academic staff and the relevant course leader/s;
• Maintain a clean and safe working environment, complying with Health and Safety regulations;
• Prepare, maintain and update relevant Health & Safety documentation such as Risk Assessments, Safe Systems of Work, COSHH records and equipment maintenance records, in liaison with course teams; 
• Maintain, upgrade and service equipment as planned, required or requested; wood machining and other construction related static and portable machinery and equipment. Receive relevant training as and when necessary; 
• Ensure the care, control, maintenance and security of course equipment, materials and stock; 
• Maintain stores inventory for consumables, equipment and delivery resources; 
• Carry out ordering of stock in line with college financial procedures and update online ordering database; 
• Provide a stores issue service for course consumables and an issue and return service for all departmental equipment and other course items; 
• Participate in course team; student consultative committees; and curriculum area meetings as required; 
• Carry out duties which support marketing and promotion of course programme; 
• Support lecturers and students in undertaking workshop based activities, in line with agreed timetable

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Minimum Level 2/3 Qualification in Construction trades
• Appropriate Health & Safety training (or willingness to undertake appropriate training)
• Recent and relevant experience of the technical field/s concerned
• Good communicator with diplomacy and tact
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills
• Ability to work harmoniously with learners and colleagues
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Excellent punctuality and ability to work flexibly
  
  

• GCSE English and Mathematics at minimum Grade C or O Level equivalent
• IOSH Managing Safely (If you are not IOSH qualified, you will be expected to undertake training as soon as possible)
• PUWER Training (If you are not PUWER qualified, you will be expected to undertake training as soon as possible)
• First Aid qualification (If you are not First Aid qualified, you will be expected to undertake training as soon as possible)
• A good understanding of the technical support role in Further Education   
• Be competent in the use and maintenance of the following machinery:  Electrotechnical installation and maintenance of static and portable machinery and equipment related to the trade. 

• Welsh Oracy (Listening/Speaking) - Level 0/1
• Welsh Literacy (Writing/Reading) - Level 0/1