D&T Technician
The Thomas Adams School, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 5UB6 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
12 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time: 26 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 6 (pt 7)
What skills and experience we're looking for
RESPONSIBILITIES
Support for pupils
- Support pupils in accessing learning activities under the guidance of the teacher
Support for the teacher
- General maintenance of technology rooms and equipment
- Preparing materials for practical lessons and setting up equipment
- Ensuring that equipment is ready for lessons
- Filing and ordering reprographics
- Making regular safety checks on equipment
- Placing orders and checking deliveries
- Checking equipment before and after use by a class for quantity and damage
- Supporting teachers during lessons, educational visits and activities in school
Support for the curriculum
- Stocktaking books and equipment and entering new stock onto the records
- Keeping an accurate record of tools, materials and stationery stock and advising the teacher in charge of ordering requirements
- Ordering replacement stock as necessary
- Complying with appropriate Health & Safety regulations
- Collecting money for materials from pupils
- Using specialist equipment
- Attend staff meetings as required
General Duties
- Preparation of materials for classes
- Providing technical support to the classroom teacher – working with individuals or small groups when required
- Routine maintenance of machines and equipment
- Maintaining Health & Safety records and risk assessments
- Conducting inventories of stock and equipment, and ordering when necessary
- Receiving and unpacking equipment and stock
- Photocopying resources for staff when necessary
- Building and maintaining racks of tools and equipment, and classroom display & storage
- Checking equipment for damage or breakages on a regular basis
The postholder may be required to carry out any other duties that are commensurate with the post. Whilst every effort is made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post each individual task undertaken may not be identified.
This job description is subject to review, in negotiation with the post holder at any time. However, an annual review of this job description and allocation of responsibilities will take place as part of agreed performance management arrangements.
Qualifications
- Good standard level of education
Work or relevant experience
- General technical/resource support
- Keyboard/computer skills
- Experience of working in an education setting or other relevant environment
Knowledge and Understanding
- Excellent numeracy and literacy skills
- Knowledge of Design & Technology, especially the general workshop
Skills and Abilities (relevant to post)
- Willingness to participate in training and development activities
- Good ICT skills
- Knowledge of H & S and compliance in relation to workshop machinery
Personal Qualities
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to relate well to children and adults
- Ability to work on your own and as part of a team
- Flexibility and reliability
Special Conditions
- Requirement to undertake an Enhanced DBS check and Social Media check
What the school offers its staff
In addition to exclusive access to a reward and discount scheme, comprehensive induction, commitment to your ongoing training and career progression, paid for enhanced DBS, we also offer:
Ø A competitive salary
Ø Access to the Trust’s Employee Assistance Programme, which includes 24 hour access for you and your family members to legal, financial, health, parenting and life advice
Ø 1:1 Counselling Service
Ø Cycle to Work Scheme
Ø Childcare Voucher Scheme or Tax-Free Childcare Scheme
Ø Access to freshly made hot meals or deli-style food on site
Ø Teachers Pensions (23.68% employer contributions)
Ø Local Government Pension Scheme (17.9% employer contribution)
Ø Generous Sickness Payment Scheme
Ø Eye Testing Scheme
Ø Flexible Working Policy
Ø Special Leave Policy
Ø Member of the Valued Worker Scheme (accredited by our recognised unions)
Ø A Disability Confident Committed Employer
Ø Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Ø Collaborative working culture and professional development opportunities across our Trust schools
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to belinda.howells@tas.318education.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Thomas Adams School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1226 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Thomas Adams School website
- Email address
- belinda.howells@tas.318education.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01939 237000
11-18 school part of the 318 Education Trust
Arranging a visit to The Thomas Adams School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email belinda.howells@tas.318education.co.uk.
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