About The Role

Your expertise. Their future - Join us an Apprenticeship Trainer

As an Apprenticeship Trainer – Carpentry and Joinery, you’ll have the opportunity to make a real difference to the careers of future tradespeople, while sharing your own industry knowledge and experience.

You’ll work closely with apprentices and employers to provide a high-quality training and assessment experience, helping learners progress from developing their fundamental skills through to becoming confident, capable professionals.

Your role will include:

Delivering engaging practical and theoretical training in Carpentry and Joinery.
Supporting apprentices to develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours required for their apprenticeship.
Assessing learners' progress and providing constructive, meaningful feedback to help them improve.
Working closely with employers to ensure training reflects current industry standards and workplace requirements.
Monitoring and recording apprentice progress, ensuring learners remain on track to achieve their qualifications.
Supporting apprentices through their programme and towards successful End-Point Assessment.
Creating a positive, inclusive and encouraging learning environment where apprentices can thrive.
Working collaboratively with colleagues across the curriculum and apprenticeship teams.

We would welcome applications from those seeking flexible working

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About You

Are you an experienced Carpentry and Joinery professional looking to take your industry expertise into a rewarding training and education role? Do you enjoy sharing your knowledge, developing others and helping the next generation of skilled tradespeople build successful careers?

If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We are looking for someone who can bring their practical industry experience, enthusiasm and passion for the trade to support our apprentices as they develop their skills and confidence.

You will ideally have:

Strong practical experience and knowledge within Carpentry and Joinery.
A passion for supporting and developing apprentices and new entrants to the industry.
The ability to inspire, motivate and engage learners from a range of backgrounds.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
An Assessor qualification, such as D32/D33, A1 or the Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA).
An Internal Quality Assurance qualification, such as TDLB D34, V1 or the Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice, would be desirable.

Don't have the assessment or quality assurance qualifications yet? That's not necessarily a barrier. We welcome applications from experienced candidates who are willing to work towards these qualifications, with appropriate support and development.

Most importantly, you’ll be committed to helping apprentices achieve their potential and will take pride in preparing them with the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to succeed in the construction industry.

Why join us?

This is more than just a training role. It’s an opportunity to pass on your trade, shape future talent and see the impact of your experience on the next generation of Carpentry and Joinery professionals.

Whether you are an experienced trainer or an industry professional looking to take the next step in your career, EKC Group can provide an environment where you can develop your own skills while helping others achieve theirs.

No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply and complete our short application form. 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 an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on [email protected]

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

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.

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Apprenticeship Trainer Carpentry & Joinery

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