At a Glance
- Tasks: Support students in practical lessons and prepare workspaces for hands-on activities.
- Company: Exeter and North Devon College, a supportive and collaborative environment.
- Benefits: 28% pension contribution, 45+ days paid holiday, and amazing perks like discounted shopping.
- Other info: Opportunities for progression and training towards teaching qualifications.
- Why this job: Share your skills with the next generation and make a real difference.
- Qualifications: Experience in carpentry, joinery, or maintenance; no teaching qualifications needed.
The predicted salary is between 27600 - 29300 £ per year.
- Practical Facilitator Maintenance
- Exeter, Devon
- Permanent
- Exeter and North Devon College
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We're looking for someone patient and super-organised to work in our brick and maintenance team.
You don't need any teaching experience / qualifications for this role, but you'll need some industry experience, whether that's labouring, bricklaying, working in maintenance, carpentry or anything in between.
Your role is to support students, prepare workspaces and facilitate practical activities.
- You'll need to be…
- organised and reliable
- supportive, patient and approachable
- confident with industry-specific tools and machinery, with a great knack for explaining things simply and clearly
- flexible and happy muck to in and do what's needed
- knowledgeable about / experienced in a construction trade
- What you'll be doing…
- preparing for practical lessons - ensuring workspaces are spic and span
- ordering tools, equipment, materials - keeping stocks just right
- supporting lessons by guiding students and sharing your technical knowledge
- a limited amount of teaching
- In return, you'll get…
- a whopping 28% pension. No, that's not a typo. On top of your salary, we'll pay an extra 28% of your salary into your pension pot
- at least 45 days' paid holiday per year. That's not a typo either
- progression - if you're up for it, and you've got what it takes. Many of our staff started out doing this role
- a truly rewarding job, working with likeminded people who really care about what they do
- plenty of training from experienced staff before you teach alone
- loads of training, leading to a teaching qualification for the right person
- We will be holding a selection process for this position on
Tuesday 6th October 2026 the at Falcon House Construction Centre EX2 7LB.
Ambition, Collaboration, Energy.
These are our values.
We'll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme.
You'll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping, spa treatments, electric cars and paddleboarding.
Read more on our careers page.
Everyone's welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.
We're totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too.
We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education).
If you're successful, you'll be required to complete thorough pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
All posts at Exeter College are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) mean that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
The MOJ's guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications, related exceptions and further information.
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Practical Facilitator Maintenance in Exeter employer: Exeter and North Devon College
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Contact Details:
Exeter and North Devon College Recruitment Team