Building Services Engineering Apprenticeship Assessor

Job Description

Permanent, Full time
Location: Hybrid / Remote with travel for assessments up to 250 miles with over night stays in UK regions
Salary: £38,000 - £47,000 DOE

Report to: Trade Area Lead Assessor

Overview

VQA is the fastest-growing Awarding Organisation in the UK and a market-leading End-Point Assessment Organisation. We work with over 500 schools, colleges, universities, and training providers across the world to provide qualification certificates, endorsements, and apprenticeships to over 150,000 learners.


What’s the secret to our success? Simply put, we do things differently here!

Do you have a passion for reshaping the future of the construction industry? Become part of our exciting journey as we continue to grow and expand our business.

We're looking for a professional, enthusiastic and quality-driven Building Services Engineering Apprenticeship Assessor to join our growing team.

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality apprenticeship assessments within your area of occupational expertise, ensuring a consistent and professional experience for our customers.

The successful candidate will hold a Level 3 Craftsperson qualification or equivalent, demonstrate a professional approach and have strong organisational skills. You will be confident in managing your own assessment caseload, ensuring all assessments are completed in line with required deadlines, quality standards and customer service level agreements.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducting Apprenticeship Assessments within your trade area(s)
• Deliver end‑point assessments in accordance with TQUK (Construction) policies and the relevant assessment plans.
• Conduct assessment methods including knowledge tests, professional discussions, observations, and portfolio reviews (as applicable)
  
• Make valid, reliable, and consistent assessment decisions based on evidence in line with the End Point Assessment plan.
• Complete assessment documentation accurately and within agreed timescales
  
• Participate in standardisation meetings, sampling, and quality assurance activities
  
• Maintain CPD, occupational competence, and EPA currency
  
• Work in line with GDPR, safeguarding, equality, and conflict‑of‑interest requirements
  
• Ensure timely completion of all required assessment follow up and documentation within the EPA system in line with quality assurance requirements and service level agreements
  
• Manage your own caseload of apprentices through their End-point Assessment
  
• Provide assessment feedback within service level agreements and timescales
  
• Ensure all information is kept secure at all times
  
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety Legislation and Assessor Conduct and safeguarding requirements.
  
• Complete trade CPD in accordance with company requirements
• Complete training as required to maintain competence and company procedure alignment.
• Meet audit and quality requirements as directed by the TQUK senior management team
• Maintain all assessment areas to a high standard and ensure adequate resources are available for assessments as required
• Support the development team with reviews of current and future assessment materials, assessment plan revisions, new standard developments (within your trade area(s))
• Support with Training and Induction of new assessors (where required) within your trade area(s)

Essential Skills / Experience / Qualifications

• Relevant trade qualifications (e.g. NVQ Level 3 / Advanced Apprenticeship or equivalent)
• Assessor qualification (A1, D32/33, TAQA)
• Recent and relevant industry experience (normally within the last 2–3 years) · Strong understanding of apprenticeship standards and competence-based assessment
• Strong understanding of apprenticeship standards and competence‑based assessment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Confident using online assessment systems and remote assessment tools
• Ability to work independently while meeting quality and compliance standards.

Desirable Skills / Experience / Qualifications

• Level 3 Award in End-Point Assessment (or willingness to work towards)
  
• IQA qualification (V1, D34, TAQA IQA)
• Previous experience delivering EPA or regulated vocational assessment
• Familiarity with Skills England, , Ofqual, and EQA frameworks.
  

Key Benefits

• Training, Qualifications & Apprenticeships. It’s what we do!
• Company sick pay upon completion of probation.
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 days Bank Holiday (33 in total).
• Additional annual leave day each year, after 2 years of continuous service (up to 28 days).
• An extra day off to celebrate your birthday and the Christmas period.
• Annual Loyalty Bonus.
• Annual salary review.
• Bupa healthcare benefits.
• Group Income Protection.
• Life Assurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• NEST pension.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• A workplace that supports a healthy work/life balance.
  

*We are an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Should you require any additional support during the recruitment process due to a disability, please contact us so we can assist you. *

Please note that TQUK has rebranded to VQA. As part of this transition, you may still see references to TQUK in some of our communications, documents and systems. These references relate to the same organisation and do not affect your application or the services provided. #premium