Company: GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL AND ARMS LENGTH ORGANISATION
We are looking for an experienced Training Instructor to join our Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability training team.
The purpose of the role is to deliver high-quality training and assessment for machinery and small plant operations, ensuring learners achieve competence in line with industry standards, awarding body requirements, and health & safety legislation.
The key responsibilities of the role are:
- Deliver practical and theoretical training on machinery and small plant equipment
- Assess learner competence in the workplace and training environments
- Conduct VQ (NVQ/SVQ) assessments within the area of operation
- Develop training materials and lesson plans aligned to awarding body criteria
- Ensure all training complies with current health, safety, and environmental regulations
- Maintain accurate assessment, learner progress, and compliance records
- Provide constructive feedback and support to learners
- Liaise with employers, training managers, and awarding bodies as required
- Keep technical knowledge and instructional skills up to date
This position requires a Basic Disclosure. Please note successful candidates for the above position will be required to pay for their Disclosure.
This role is primarily a Monday – Friday role however currently receives a non-standard working payment for working variable hours.
Salary Details
Please note that this pay will apply until 3 April 2027 only.
A new allowances framework will be introduced from 4 April 2027, and this post will move to those new arrangements. If appointment takes place before that date, the rate shown above will apply until 3 April 2027 only.
The post has not yet been fully evaluated, and the final evaluated Pay Level and total pay position will not be confirmed until Job Evaluation activity has been completed.
Further information will be provided to candidates during the recruitment process.
Further Information
The Council promotes flexible working, we are happy to talk about flexible working options in relation to the role, to support your work-life balance.
We welcome applications from everyone and are committed to building a diverse workforce. We particularly encourage applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds, disabled people and women for senior roles, as these groups are currently underrepresented within our workforce.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Glasgow City Council aims to offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role, in line with the Disability Confident scheme.
Please note that Glasgow City Council is currently completing a Job Evaluation exercise and introducing a new pay and grading structure which may impact on current salaries quoted in job adverts, see
Working for Us\Job Evaluation
For further information about working for us please refer to our website
GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL AND ARMS LENGTH ORGANISATION
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