Engineering Assessor
About the role
We are looking for a professional to join our clients team of Training Officers working with engineering and manufacturing companies in Oxfordshire and surrounding counties. The role is centred around managing a caseload of learners delivering training, assessment, support and guidance whilst they undertake their apprenticeship training. Our client is looking for someone who is passionate about training people and who is equally passionate about the engineering and manufacturing industry.
Key to this role is your ability to build meaningful working relationships with each learner and the businesses within which they are employed. You will be involved in the full lifecycle of the apprenticeship process including talking to your companies about new apprentice vacancies, interviewing potential apprentices, attending career fairs to promote apprenticeships, inducting appointed apprentices, carrying out workplace delivery of the apprenticeship (assessments, observations, training and preparation for end point assessment).
You will have knowledge and understanding of recent developments in training, assessing, and verifying, as well as knowledge of work-based learning including both apprenticeship standards and frameworks.
Responsibilities
* Carry out workplace assessments, reviews and set action plans for apprentices studying at levels 2, 3 and 4 in line with their delivery model, KPIs and Awarding Body requirements.
* Coach, monitor and mentor learners in their chosen apprenticeship pathway and provide instruction, guidance and support in order to keep them on track and to achieve a successful timely outcome. Share your knowledge and expertise in an engaging manner.
* Provide support for functional skills when required.
* Manage and support the learner whilst they are in college.
* Manage your employers and support them through the process of employing an apprentice. Foster continued business with the employer both through encouraging the employment of new apprentices and through offering training solutions for existing staff.
* Assist the employer in the building of a Company Training Plan to compliment the apprenticeship standard.
* Interview candidates who have applied for an apprenticeship vacancy and have the ability to offer advice and signpost them if unsuitable for the apprenticeship.
* Attend careers events and those organised by ourselves to represent us as a training provider, promote engineering as a career and apprenticeships as a route way.
Person specification
* Occupationally qualified to Level 3 or above and experienced within a relevant occupational area.
* Qualified assessor (TAQA, A1, D32, D33) AND/OR a relevant Teaching qualification. If you do not hold one or the other, we will support you in gaining the qualification within the first 12 months of employment.
* Experience working in an engineering or manufacturing role, ideally at a supervisory/management level.
* Ability to communicate effectively, build and maintain relationships with a wide variety of people and solution focused with the ability to problem solve.
* Comfortable working on your own, organising your workload to meet delivery KPIs and flexible with your work hours in order to attend events which do not fall within normal working hours.
* Have Key Skills/Essential Skills at Level 2 or above.
* A valid driving licence - travel to different employer's sites is essential and cannot be achieved on public transport.
* Based in or willing to relocate to Oxfordshire
All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
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