Technical Trainer in Rugeley

We are Forestry England. We’re hiring a Technical Trainer to join our Technical Training team. We need a dynamic, engaging, and passionate individual who will inspire and train our forestry colleagues, helping to develop their skills and grow our internal apprenticeship program. This will involve delivering elements of the Forest Craftsperson Apprenticeship such as fencing, mensuration, tree ID and harvesting, and other core forestry skills training to meet our business needs and strategic objectives. You will also collaborate with the Health and Safety team and the wider business to support key strategic goals.

The location of this post is ideally at the Cannock Chase Training Centre, but may be open to negotiation depending on the successful candidate. Blended and home working arrangements will also be considered. The role involves dealing with contacts across the UK, and regular travel with overnight stays.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday a year, rising by one day each year’s service, up to 30 days (pro‑rated for part time employees) plus additional days off such as bank holidays.
• STaR is our employee benefits scheme offering discounts on everyday supermarket shopping, as well as other things such as hotel stays, clothes, mobile phones, other electrical items, medical and car insurance, holidays, gym discounts, household bills, Headspace wellbeing app.
• Free parking at Forestry England sites and free entry to our National Arboretums at Westonbirt and Bedgebury.
• A commitment to lifelong learning through career development.
• Forestry England will support your career development in a variety of ways, including continual professional development, support for individual learning plans and sponsored membership of professional bodies.

Personal Specification

Essential:

• Good knowledge and experience across a range of practical Forestry skills.
• Proven track record of delivering both practical skills training and classroom-based activities.
• Proven track record in planning and managing own timetable of work and the ability to work on own initiative.
• Excellent communication skills.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of various training methods including coaching, workshops, classroom training, mentoring and e‑learning programmes.
• Ability to track the performance of training programmes, write reports and recommend strategies for improvement.
• Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating a range of training events across a broad range of topics.
• Good understanding of the training cycle and its relevance to effective training.

Professional and Technical Expertise

Essential:

• Recognised Brushcutter qualification.
• Experience in stock and deer fence construction.
• Recognised Clearing saw qualification.
• First Aid and appropriate endorsement.
• Recognised Training Qualification at L3 or above or willing to achieve this within 9 months.

Desirable:

• Successful background in delivering training.
• Assessor qualification for example D32/ D33 or Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement.
• NPTC/Lantra certificates in the following: Safe use of pesticides (PA1), Pesticide application using handheld applicators (PA6a), Chainsaw maintenance and cross cutting, Felling trees up to 380mm, Felling trees over 380mm.

How To Apply

Sift Date: 19 May 2026 - Subject to change. Interview Date: To be confirmed. Location: Health, Safety and Technical Training, Cannock Training Centre, Birches Valley, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2UQ. You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form. You will be assessed on a technical skill and experience based questions during your interview.

Behaviours being assessed at interview:

• Making effective decisions
• Communicating and influencing
• Developing self and others
• Delivering at pace

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check. If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.

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Nationality Requirements

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Working for the Civil Service

Forestry England is part of the Civil Service. The Civil Service has a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). This means candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria during the application process will be guaranteed an interview. We also offer a Redeployment Interview Scheme to current civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the role. This role is also part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans and Prison Leaver Recruitment initiative.

Within Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, it is essential that applicants should have the ability to provide conversation in accurate spoken English. Our recruitment process makes appointments based on fair and open competition and merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in line with/according to these principles and you wish to make a complaint, please email englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk.