Geospatial Apprenticeship Trainer

Zenith are looking to recruit a Geospatial Apprenticeship Trainer. The role is to deliver high-quality teaching and learning for the Level 3 Geospatial Survey Technician apprenticeship, both face-to-face and remotely. Manage a caseload of learners and employers, ensuring timely achievement and progression. Support the raising of standards in line with Zenith's strategic objectives and the technical demands of the geospatial sector.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality teaching and learning sessions that stimulate learning appropriate to learner needs, covering topics including surveying principles and techniques.
• Use GNSS, total stations, and laser scanners; data collection, processing, and geospatial software (e.g. AutoCAD, GIS).
• Address health mapping, cartography, and spatial data interpretation.
• Prepare lesson plans and schemes of learning that meet the apprenticeship standard and reflect current industry practices.
• Use initial assessments to tailor learning for apprentices with varying levels of technical experience.
• Liaise with employers to ensure training reflects real-world surveying tasks and supports business needs.
• Monitor learner progress and provide feedback on technical skills, portfolio development, and EPA readiness.
• Support apprentices in developing core competencies such as data accuracy and validation, site preparation and equipment calibration, and understanding of geospatial ethics and data security.
• Promote maths and English in context (e.g. coordinate systems, scale, measurement conversions).
• Liaise with employers at reviews on the development of training programmes to satisfy employer requirements and add value to learners.
• Monitor learner progress to ensure learning continues and learners achieve in a timely manner.
• Support the achievement of KPIs, business performance, and contractual targets for learner retention and success rates.
• Ensure compliance with awarding body and Ofsted requirements, including IQA and audit readiness.
• Act on feedback from teaching observations, employers, peers, or other review processes.
• Provide impartial advice and guidance on career progression within the geospatial sector (e.g. moving into GIS analysis, land surveying, or civil engineering roles).
• Promote safeguarding, Prevent, British Values, and EDI in all sessions.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of geospatial technologies and industry developments (e.g. drone surveying, BIM integration).
• Attend monthly caseload reviews and contribute to internal and external audits.
• Deliver commercial or CPD training in geospatial topics if required.
• Provide a high level of customer service to all learners and parties contacting the business.
• Have experience delivering vocational qualifications to groups of learners and individuals from a range of backgrounds.
• Ensure learners' work is marked in a timely manner (weekly).

Qualifications

• Hold a full teaching qualification - PGCE, PCET, DTLLS; Recognised Assessor award: D32/D33, A1, TAQA or CAVA; Industry experience in land surveying, geospatial data collection, or mapping technologies.
• Be proficient in AutoCAD, GIS software, and surveying equipment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate professionally at all levels.
• Experience of unsupervised working and using own initiative.
• Experience of online learning and assessment platforms.
• Ability to work in a target-orientated environment and achieve required measures of success and quality.
• Understand different learning styles/needs and how to differentiate through various teaching methods.
• Be able to motivate self and learners.
• Willingness to work flexible hours and locations as required; be committed and enthusiastic.
• Excellent organisational, IT and administrative skills; full, clean driving licence and use of a vehicle (flexible travel). Business insurance is compulsory.
• Be able to believe in and demonstrate Zenith's values and team charter behaviours.