Health and Safety Commercial Trainer in Manchester

We are currently looking to recruit a Health & Safety Instructor on a permanent contract located in Urmston, Manchester, England.

Salary and Benefits Package:

• Holiday entitlement of 33 days (including mandatory days off to cover Christmas and New Year)
• HSF Health Plan and Perkbox
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Pension contributions 5% (Employee) & 3% (Employer)

This role is contracted at 40 hours per week. The standard working pattern will be 7.30am to 4.00pm or 8.00am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday.

Role Purpose:

The Health and Safety Instructor is responsible for designing, preparing, and delivering engaging health and safety training that develops learner competence, supports compliance, and promotes safe working practices across practical and classroom-based environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Delivery of accredited and non-accredited health and safety training programmes.
• Maintenance of training quality, learner records, course materials, and awarding-body requirements.
• Plan, prepare, and deliver health and safety training programmes in line with course specifications and learner needs.
• Adapt training delivery to suit different learning styles, experience levels, and operational contexts.
• Prepare lesson plans, training resources, presentations, and practical exercises to meet course outcomes.
• Ensure training materials remain current, accurate, and aligned with legislation, standards, and awarding-body requirements.
• Support internal quality assurance activities, standardisation, and continuous improvement of course delivery.
• Maintain own professional competence through continuing professional development, refresher training, and industry updates.
• Deliver training in full compliance with health, safety, and environmental requirements, maintaining safe control of classroom and practical activities.
• Carry out risk assessments and pre-use checks for training activities, equipment, and environments.
• Ensure all training delivery and assessment activity meets internal standards, client expectations, and awarding-body requirements.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Demonstrable training delivery capability and subject-matter expertise aligned to health and safety training course requirements.
• Ability to deliver both practical and theory-based health and safety instruction effectively.
• Evidence of competence such as a current CV, relevant course materials or training portfolio, and references or endorsements.
• Level 3 Award in Education and Training (or equivalent training qualification).
• Health and Safety qualification at a minimum of IOSH Managing Safely.
• Emergency First Aid at Work and commitment to maintaining all required training approvals and certifications in date.
• Ladder Association training requirements met, including in-date Ladder User and Ladder Inspector certificates, completion of the two-day Instructors’ Course, and mentored training sessions.
• IPAF instructor requirements met, including minimum two years’ operator experience, in-date Operator and Demonstrator Licences (3a and 3b), IPAF MEWPs for Managers, Harness Appreciation, IPAF Site Survey, completion of the five-day Instructors’ Course, and mentored delivery sessions.
• Experience delivering accredited health, safety, and compliance training courses, including CITB courses such as HSA, SSSTS, SMSTS, Temporary Works (Supervisor/Co-Ord), SEATS, NEBOSH Courses such as National General Certificate, and First Aid – 1 day Emergency First Aid at Work, 2 Day Re-Qualification, full 3 day first aid at work and MHFA.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding, any offer of employment for this instructor role is conditional upon the satisfactory completion of an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

3t is the combination of world-leading companies that are together transforming training in the energy, and wider safety-critical sectors, combining cutting-edge immersive technology with award-winning high-impact workforce training. We stand as a global training powerhouse operating across 60 countries worldwide. Together, we are training the workforce of the future. 3t Training Services is the UK’s largest and leading provider of training for the oil and gas, wind, and power industries, and a major player globally, whilst also making a significant impact on the wider and utilities sectors including gas, electric, and water.