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Design Technology Technician

Icknield High School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2AH

This job expired on 25 September 2023 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  25 September 2023 at 1pm

• Date listed

  11 September 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: No, visa sponsorship not available
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: L2 (Scale Points 4-5) £21,575 (pro rata)

Design Technology Technician job summary

We are looking to appoint a well-qualified, enthusiastic and highly skilled Design Technology Technician

The Design Technology Department is a vibrant area of the school where students create high quality products from a range of materials and where staff are enthusiastic to support them. 

The successful candidate will assist teachers and students in the smooth running, demonstration and organisation of practical activities across the department, as well as monitoring the implementation of the department’s Health and Safety policy.  Other duties will include regular auditing, machine health and safety checks and ordering of materials, tools and equipment and the organisation of all department resources. 

The Design and Technology department is very well equipped with a range of industrial specification systems, including: CAM equipment such as a laser cutter and 3D printer. The department has a wide range of mechanical systems for example: circular saw, band saws, scroll saws, pillar drills and sanding machines.  The Design Technology department works within a wide range of resistant and more compliant materials but especially timber based materials.

Experience of working as a Design Technology technician, or previous experience of working within a relevant industrial field; for example, carpentry, joinery, cabinet making or as an Art technician would be desirable.  This role involves working alongside a number of department staff; therefore, good communication and team skills are essential.

Icknield High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this post.

Closing date;  25th September 2023 at 12.00 noon. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Further details and application forms are available from MyNewTerm and our website www.icknield.beds.sch.uk .

Icknield High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Icknield High School is an Equal Opportunities Employer

No agencies please!

Commitment to safeguarding

Icknield High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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About Icknield High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1461 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Icknield High School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/icknield-high-school (opens in new tab)

Icknield High School is a highly successful 11-16 mixed Academy with an excellent reputation, situated in pleasant grounds on the northern outskirts of town. We pride ourselves on our excellent GCSE results and offering an enriching educational experience to all of our students. We are justifiably proud of our excellent reputation and believe that we offer both students and staff a caring environment in which they can succeed.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) formerly the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB).

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