SCIENCE TECHNICIAN APPRENTICE
35 hours per week/39 weeks per year – Termtime only
£12,597 per annum - equivalent to £8 per hour
Monday to Friday - 8.00am-3.30pm (excluding 30mins lunch break)
We wish to appoint a reliable, enthusiastic and motivated Science Technician to work within our Science Department.
The successful candidate will provide a practical, daily technician service to teaching staff through the preparation and provision of equipment, apparatus and chemicals, enabling pupils to safely and effectively carry out laboratory experiments.The role will also involve offering ad hoc classroom support, including assistance with demonstrations of selected experiments, and supporting the department with general administrative duties where required. This is a key role in ensuring the smooth running of practical science lessons and maintaining a safe and well-organised laboratory environment.
In this role, you will work towards your Laboratory Technician Level 3 qualification, delivered by the expert training team at Wirral Metropolitan College.
The Bishops’ Blue Coat C of E High School is a high achieving and supportive school, where all are known, nurtured and inspired to flourish. We are committed to ensuring high quality learning and teaching in a caring environment. You will find the school a rewarding and friendly place to work with very good relationships between staff and students. We have a strong commitment to the professional development of all.
If you would be interested in joining us, please download a Support Staff application pack from our website www.bishopschester.co.uk/careers-vacancies/
If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact [email protected]
Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications from suitably qualified candidates. Therefore you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible.
Main Job Purposes: To provide a practical, daily technician service to members of the teaching staff in the Science Department through the preparation and provision of equipment, apparatus and chemicals to enable pupils to carry out laboratory experiments. To provide ad hoc science classroom support, including assistance with classroom demonstrations of selected experiments and to assist with general administrative duties.
Management: The post holder will be line managed by the Subject Leader for Science.
The post holder will not line manage any other staff.
Principal Responsibilities of the Post
1. Check and provide science apparatus, equipment, materials, and chemical solutions to ensure their availability in support of laboratory teaching activities.
2. Maintain laboratories, preparation rooms and chemical stores (including security and accident/hazard spotting) to ensure all Health and Safety Regulations are met.
3. Provide practical support and guidance for school staff in the use of materials, laboratory techniques, practices and processes using CLEAPSS and COSHH guidelines and recommend solutions to technical problems encountered.
4. Identify faults on equipment and apparatus and repair where possible (including annual testing of portable electrical appliances) to minimise disruption to science experiments.
5. Trial, and assist teaching staff in trialling, any experiments prior to lessons.
6. Maintain stock control systems and order replacement goods to ensure that all necessary stock is readily available. Carry out price checks and ordering, as well as keeping records for the science department.
7. Supervision of students at lunchtime as part of staff duty rota and occasionally at other times as required.
8. Provision of first aid assistance (training will be provided if required).
Notwithstanding the detail in this job description, the job holder will undertake such work as may be determined by the Head Teacher/Business Manager from time to time, up to or at a level consistent with the principal responsibilities of the job during contracted hours. Additional hours for IT/AV support for lettings or events may be required from time to time together with a willingness to occasionally work excess hours where needed (e.g. to finish an urgent task) – where this extends to more than half an hour, the extra hours would be reimbursed via time in lieu or payment for the additional hours.
Other Information
Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage (ANMW):
The National Minimum Wage for Apprentices is £8 per hour. This is the legal minimum pay per hour applying to 16–18-year-old Apprentices and those aged 19 and over in the first year of their Apprenticeship. For Apprentices 19 or over who have completed their first year and are continuing their Apprenticeship, the National Minimum wage appropriate to their age applies.
Pay: £8.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
