Science Technician
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Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
4 January 2023 at 9am
Date listed
2 December 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- View all Sciencejobs
Working pattern
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- 32.5 hours each week, term time only plus 2 days Monday to Friday: 8.45 am to 3.45 pm with a 30-minute unpaid lunch each day
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Scale Pay Point 5-6
What skills and experience we're looking for
RESPONSIBLE TO THE HEAD OF SCIENCE, THE ROLE WILL ENTAIL:
1. Maintenance of equipment – undertaking simple repairs under supervision of teaching staff.
2. Preparation of apparatus, solutions and specimen appropriate to the individual sciences.
3. Cleaning of apparatus including audio-equipment and of facilities. To transport equipment and resources as required.
4. Provide any further appropriate assistance under the direction of the Head of Department/Science Teacher.
5. To use or prepare equipment and materials as required by teaching staff. To demonstrate and assist pupils in setting up of, and use of equipment. To demonstrate skills and techniques as required.
6. To manufacture equipment/apparatus for use in the work area, and ensure its safety for use, as appropriate.
7. To prepare and distribute materials and equipment for students’ use in practical work and examinations, as requested by teaching staff.
8. To liaise with teaching staff on the availability of materials/equipment for practical examination purposes.
9. To ensure the maintenance of stock levels, making out initial orders and checking deliveries, liaising with suppliers as appropriate. To maintain an inventory of equipment and materials.
10. To ensure that work areas are maintained in a clean and safe condition appropriate to Health & Safety standards.
11. To keep the department updated with regards to changes in legislation/guidance from relative organisations (checking with CLEAPSS)
What the school offers its staff
In return for your commitment we can offer:
- the opportunity to make a real difference students with ‘highly positive attitudes to learning’
- personalised CPD with a strong commitment to professional growth and developing
- a very calm and orderly school with high expectations and an ethos of trust and care
- a committed and established staff and a supportive leadership team, parents and Governors
- a location on the edge of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales
Commitment to safeguarding
Moorlands Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people in our recruitment procedures and in all our work across and beyond school. The school adheres to statutory guidelines in respect to safe recruitment. All persons employed by the school, in any capacity, will undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and confirmation of employment is subject to a successful outcome. All teaching staff members recruited by the school have their eligibility to teach checked with the DfE.
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About The Skipton Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
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- School size
- 474 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Skipton Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- v.okeefe@theskiptonacademy.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01756 792965
The Skipton Academy is a vibrant 11-16 comprehensive school which is rapidly growing and expanding in size; pupil numbers have increased recently to such a degree that we now need to expand our staffing across a range of subject areas.
We are committed to our ethos of “Belong Challenge Inspire” and this has been key to the improvements in every aspect of the school. Our dedicated staff are fully committed to this ethos and have bought into a common goal and support each other to make The Skipton Academy a vibrant and positive place to work.
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