Teach your trade and help build futures for the next generation of aspiring Carpenters!
We are looking for a Carpentry Apprenticeship Trainer to join our fast growing Carpentry and Joinery provision within EKC Training.
As a Carpentry Trainer, no two days are the same! you'll play a key role in helping learners develop their skills and achieve their qualifications. You'll assess, coach and monitor learners in a range of workplace and training environments, providing the guidance and support they need to successfully complete their programmes on time.
You will build strong relationships with learners through regular reviews, one-to-one coaching, drop-in sessions, and telephone or email support, helping them develop both their practical skills and underpinning knowledge.
You'll also carry out Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) activities where required, ensuring the highest standards of assessment and delivery.
Working closely with employers and their teams, you'll tailor your approach to meet the needs of both the business and its employees, ensuring training is delivered at the right time, in the right way, and has a lasting impact!
Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus highly on our employees!
Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Flexible Personal Leave
- Exclusive Discounts & Perks
- Wellbeing and Health Support
- Competitive Pension Scheme
- Culture and Recognition
Full list of company benefits
You will be an experienced carpenter, ideally with both site, joinery and or furniture manufacturing experience.
You will hold or be willing to work towards Assessor qualifications D32 -D33 or A1 or Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement and have achieved or willing to work towards Internal Verifier qualification TDLB D34 or V1 or Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice.
You will be able to demonstrate a proven track record of setting and achieving challenging improvement targets and experience of successfully supporting training and assessing in a variety of contexts.
To apply, we require a short application form, so no need to spend time updating your CV!
You can save your progress as you go, and we’ll review all applications and get back to all candidates after the closing date.
If you are interested in this role, or have any queries, please email us on
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East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.
As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.
It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.
If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.
Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.
We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.
Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.
We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.
We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.
