Technician in Construction in Ammanford

Coleg Sir Gâr and Coleg Ceredigion are looking for a motivated Technician in Construction to join the Construction Curriculum Area at our Ammanford Campus.

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; including 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 the 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 the course programme.
• Support lecturers and students in undertaking workshop-based activities, in line with the agreed timetable.

Essential Criteria:

• 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.

Desirable Criteria:

• GCSE English and Mathematics at minimum Grade C or O Level equivalent.
• IOSH Managing Safely (training to be undertaken if not already obtained).
• PUWER Training (training to be undertaken if not already obtained).
• First Aid qualification (training to be undertaken if not already obtained).
• Good understanding of the technical support role in Further Education.
• Competency in the use and maintenance of static and portable machinery and equipment associated with general Construction/Plumbing practices.

Welsh Language Requirements:

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

Benefits:

• 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays and five closure days (total 41 days holiday per year).
• Additional 4 days after 5 years of service.
• Extremely generous pension scheme with employer contributions of 20%.
• Award-winning professional learning and development programme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Free on-site car parking.
• Online and in-store retail discounts.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion: At Coleg Sir Gar & Coleg Ceredigion, we inspire learners to fulfil potential and achieve excellence. To do this, we need the best employees to continue our culture of respect, unity and professionalism. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and therefore welcome applications from all backgrounds and areas of the community.

Disability Confident: Coleg Sir Gar and Coleg Ceredigion are proud to be a disability-confident employer. We ensure our recruitment process is fully inclusive and accessible to all, communicate and promote all opportunities, anticipate and provide reasonable adjustments, support existing employees who acquire a disability or long-term health condition to stay in work, and offer an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job.