Weapons Trainer

Weapons Trainer – 36,277 starting salary, permanent position, onsite work. Location, Lyneham Wiltshire. Pension & enhanced leave allowance available.

The role
As a Weapons Trainer you will be responsible for the delivery and development of Weapons training, course development, Continuous Improvement for the betterment of training. You will pro-actively look for opportunities to modernise training and training material.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for attending, completing and passing L4 (Certificate in education & training) within 12 months of employment.
• Responsible for liaising and working collaboratively with T2D to ensure the L4 teaching qualification is attained. Responsible for ensuring subsequent observations and any related work is programmed, attended, and produced/provided.
• Responsible for liaising, booking and ensuring you are in date with all required teaching observations
• Responsible for updating and ensuring College IP is up to date at all times.
• Responsible for attending, completing and passing all Mandatory \”Safeguarding courses\” and other Mandatory training within 6 months of employment as directed by Line manager.
• Responsible for preparing and delivering training in support of the DCTT EMTC training contract and future variations including up to date and modern (Lesson plans, Course material, training aids and equipment).
• To prepare and develop relevant training material. You will work collaboratively with the Media and Graphics Department and Digital Learning Advisors to produce up to date and modernised Instructional Training material. Responsible for maintaining personal CPD portfolio in respect of new technologies and equipment ensuring that lesson plans are training sessions are developed in accordance with the approved Course Training Plans (CTP).
• Responsible for reviewing course material and content to ensure it is current and evolves to support equipment and technology advances using the most appropriate training aids.
• Participate in teaching practice and subject matter observations and learning walks, to quality assess training delivery and identify areas for improvement to improve the trainee experience.
• Responsible for maintaining personal CPD portfolio in respect of new technologies and equipment ensuring that lesson plans and training sessions are developed in accordance with the approved syllabi.
• Responsible for utilising. updating and achieving VLE maturity as directed by your Line manager
• Responsible for trainee assessment to include: Creation of written examination and progress test papers, Creation of practical assessment/examination scenario and continuous assessments. Marking of examination papers, Setting and marking of course and homework, Invigilation of examination and assessments.
• Ensuring trainee development through monitoring, feedback appraisal, discipline and training interventions, ensuring all supporting documentation are maintained and that any special trainee developmental needs or training delays are flagged to the Lead Trainer (LT). Delivery of remedial training and revision as necessary. Student administration including course reports and student training records. Attending Course Debriefs as required by the PI.
• Responsible for the Inspection, maintenance and repair of Light Weapons, Heavy weapons/Gun systems and associated optics/ancillaries as directed by the Line manager. In accordance with Army Equipment Support Publications (AESP\’s), Modification Instructions, Defence Instuction Notices (DIN\’s) and Service policy.
• Responsible for completing and keeping in date Joint Asset Management Equipment System (JAMES) Training.
• Responsible for ensuring all necessary JAMES actions are recorded and completed correctly for applicable Weapon maintenance, repair and inspection events (Including optics and ancillaries) as directed by the Line manager.
• Responsible for adhering to and assisting the Line Manager to design and produce QMS Policy Control Documents (PCD), Process User Guides (PUG\’s) and Process User Maps (PUM\’s) to accurately represent the departmental processes and procedures.
• To ensure that Defence School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering (DSEME) Standing Orders, and Babcock Quality Management System (QMS) procedures, are understood and implemented in the course of carrying out any work tasks.
• Responsible for the maintenance of technical literature, training equipment, training aids
• Responsible for following Babcock and EMTC H&S policy, reporting near misses, accidents and incidents through the correct reporting tool where appropriate (SYNERGI or BERT).
• Responsibility within the Weapons training areas for cleanliness, security, HSW, COSHH and environmental and engineering hygiene and ensuring that all students are fully aware of these requirements.
• When directed responsible for the security and asset management of AinU\’s sub signed to you by the Line manager.
• Responsible for security of AinU items used to deliver Weapons training and/or directed by your Line manager. Additionally responsible for notifying the Line manager of any AinU items that are misplaced, remove, lost or damaged immediately.
• Supervision of Students and Visitors to ensure full compliance with relevant H&SE & PPE requirements as required by Babcock, the Authority and as relevant to the equipment training department, ensuring risks are adequately assessed and minimised. Ensures that the correct equipment is used for each task.
• Responsible for supporting and participation in presentations to customer, external/Internal agencies and visitors as directed by your Line manager.
• Responsible for delivering and attending training courses as directed by your Line manager (this includes locations away from Lyneham).
• Responsible for enhancing your SQEP through gaining competency to teach/train multiple subjects as directed by your Line manager.
• To carry out any other reasonable requests that in your Line managers opinion utilise your capabilities to deliver the contract.

Required experience:

• Must be a class 1 armourer to be considered

My client is a large and rapidly expanding global Defence company looking for a Weapons Trainer to prepare relevant training material. You will deliver learning, coach, assess and support them to achieve their apprenticeship.

If you are interested in the role, please \’APPLY\’ and submit your CV for immediate consideration.