Associate Assessor in Plumbing and Domestic Heating

Gloucestershire Professional Services (GPS) is recruiting an Associate Assessor in Plumbing and Heating to join the Employer Training and Apprenticeship team based at Gloucestershire College. 

We know how important it is to have industry experts in the team and we welcome applications from both experienced Trainers/Assessors or Plumbers currently working in industry looking for a move into teaching. We will fully support you to complete your assessing qualification (CAVA) and by joining an experienced team, your colleagues will guide and coach you to develop into an experienced and successful assessor.  

The Assessors role is vital to a learner’s successful completion of their Standard qualification. The role requires the assessor to work closely with the Employer, Learner and Curriculum Tutors to ensure work placed assessment of the learners are completed in line with the qualification requirements. The Assessor will be supporting the learners in applying their skills they have learnt in the classroom. The Assessor will be required to develop assessment materials using a range of Microsoft packages, such as word and PowerPoint. Plan assessment activity with the learner and employer so all parties know what they need to achieve. Communicate this clearly, drive to employer’s premises/site of work to complete assessment and to support the learner with gathering their evidence of workplace. Provide supportive and constructive feedback and develop activities to support the learners in their production of a portfolio of evidence. The Assessor will need to be able to plan their diary, use a range of IT packages, be ambitious for their learners and looking for opportunities for self development. 

This is an exciting time to join the College with sustained growth and expansion of construction centres enabling us to recruit, develop and invest in new team members. We are proud of our state of the art facilities to provide apprentice training across a wide range of specialisms.  

This is a brilliant opportunity to pass your knowledge and expertise on to the next generation of budding plumbers if you have a real passion for your trade and teaching.  

A career with us means much more than just a salary- we know that our people are our greatest asset.  

We provide an empowering, values-based environment where we all play a part in inspiring a future generation, working towards an inspirational vision. We are passionate about learning and pride ourselves in developing our staff; we will support you both professionally and personally to develop all the skills necessary to make this your next success. 

We value mutual respect and believe that trust, respect and civility bring out the best in people. We also work collaboratively utilising the different knowledge, skills and experiences we each have; we strive to create an environment where everyone can give of their best. Working with committed colleagues, we also offer an attractive benefits package, please click on the benefits link to find out more about the range offered.

We celebrate the fact that our students and staff, our partners and friends, are from different social and ethnic backgrounds, different faiths, sexual orientation and ages.

A career with us means much more than just a salary - we know that our people are our greatest asset; 96% of our employees are proud to work at the college and 90% of students would recommend GC as a place to study.

We also offer a wide range of staff benefits including:

• A generous holiday allowance of 27 days per year + Bank Holidays and Christmas Closure
• A Membership into Teachers Pension Scheme
• Access to discounted benefits platform and discounted gym memberships
• Family friendly policies and flexible working
• Access to our employee assistance programme
• Discounted nursery offer at My Ohana Gloucester through salary deduction