Technology Technician
Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School, Accrington, Lancashire, BB5 4AYThis job expired on 4 April 2025 – see similar jobs
Closing date
4 April 2025 at 11:05am
Date listed
4 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Design and technology
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week / Term time + 2 inset day (inset days specifically for PAT testing)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,4183 - £27,269 pa
Pay scale
- Grade 5 (Spine Point 6 - 11)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications:
- Good standard of basic education including English and mathematics
- Experience of working in a school or college
- Experience working with Design Technology materials and equipment.
- Be PAT Test trained or be will to undertake PAT test training
Knowledge/skills/abilities:
- Familiarity with the materials, equipment and processes used in Design Technology and Product Design
- Knowledge of relevant Health and Safety guidance
- IT skills including word processing, email, spreadsheets and possibly CAD/CAM
What the school offers its staff
- Clear sense of purpose
- Highly supportive working environment in which all are valued
- Sustained opportunities for professional development
- Promotion of professional autonomy
- Delightful pupils and supportive parents
Further details about the role
Main Purpose
With limited instruction or guidance, assist teachers, other technicians or support staff in the preparation and maintenance of teachingresources and equipment for pupils in a particular subject area.
Key Responsibilities:
Prepare and set up materials, resources, and equipment for lessons.
- Order and maintain sufficient supplies of materials and equipment to enable the delivery of schemes of learning and demonstrate and assist others in their use.
- Ensure the safe, hygienic, and secure storage of all equipment and resources, complete routine health and safety checks on equipment and contribute to risk assessments.
- Clean and undertake basic maintenance of equipment as needed / directed, to ensure that it is clean and in good working order.
- Undertake record keeping, produce reports and analyse information, as directed.
- Maintain excellent housekeeping standards within the preparation and cutting room.
- Act in a professional manner supporting staff and individuals or small groups of pupils in practical learning activities, under the direction of the teacher.
- Assisting in the delivery of Taster Days and extra-curricular events.
- To take part in the staff development process, including performance management.
- To contribute to the maintenance of an attractive working environment in the Technology department.
- To contribute to the planning and development of systems, policies and procedures in Technology.
- PAT Testing of equipment to ensure adherence with H&S maintenance procedures
Commitment to safeguarding
St Christopher’s CE High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1313 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- vacancies@st-christophers.org
St Christopher’s is a highly successful and popular 11-18 co-educational Church of England single academy with 1,300 pupils and students on roll. We are situated in the Lancashire town of Accrington close to the Ribble Valley. Good motorway links mean that Preston, Burnley, Blackburn, Manchester, and North Yorkshire are all within a 30–40-minute car journey. The school is situated in a pleasant setting with views towards Pendle Hill.
Our pupils come from a wide catchment area. Pupils join us in Year 7 from over fifty primary schools, and the sixth form receives students from around thirty secondary schools. We enjoy an enviable reputation, built-up over many years, for providing high quality education for a comprehensive intake of pupils. Our reputation means that we are a popular school, and always over-subscribed. However, we do not allow ourselves to become complacent, always striving for higher standards in all areas. This year, for example, well over 800 applications were received for the 195 on offer. Ten per cent of our pupils are eligible for the Pupil Premium and 3% are from minority ethnic groups.
Our teaching comprises of 80 teachers and 12 teaching assistants. The core Senior Leadership Team is substantively the headmaster, one Deputy Headteacher, one Senior Assistant Headteachers, three Assistant Headteachers, and the school Business Manager.
The school’s commitment to learning extends to staff as well as pupils; there is a well-developed support structure for early career teachers and other new members of staff, and a strong culture of ongoing professional development among our teaching and support staff. We are continually looking to develop and further improve the quality of teaching and teachers are encouraged to think deeply about how pupils learn. Whilst we appreciate the contribution that technology can play in assisting learning, we remain committed to the idea that it is the teacher who makes the difference.
Arranging a visit to Accrington St Christopher's Church of England High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancies@st-christophers.org.
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