Technician For Design & Technology & Food

REQUIRED FOR January 2025

36 Hours term time only plus 1 week

• Salary Point NJC 4-7 (£28,125 - £29,346) Actual Pro-Rata salary £24,056-£25,100
• NOR: 1250 | 300 in 6^th Form

A suitably qualified, technician for Design & Technology and Food is required to join our enthusiastic and committed Technology Department.

The Design & Technology faculty offers students the experience of Food, Product Design, CAD CAM and Graphics. Working within the Product Design area, candidates will require confidence in using and maintaining a range of specialism tools and equipment. A knowledge of CAD software (Techsoft) would be an advantage but training can be given.

Your duties will include:

• Preparing, setting up and maintaining equipment, including CAD/CAM equipment, to ensure that it is in working order to support teachers in the production of students’ work
• Preparation and clearing of practical work
• Organising, maintaining and storing stocks of resources and preparing them for lessons
• Support for teaching staff before, during and after lessons
• General workshop maintenance
• Ensuring a safe environment
• Have the ability to order and budget for material resources
• Have a good level of ICT knowledge
• Administrative tasks
• Delivery of equipment including laptops to lessons

Our ideal candidate will:

• Be committed to our ethos of high expectations where all staff strive to maximise outcomes for pupils
• Have experience of working in a school environment, ideally with secondary aged pupils
• Have a clear understanding of classroom roles and responsibilities

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such all candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Applications from non-Catholics who are willing to support the values and ethos of a Catholic school are warmly invited.