Arts and Technology Technician

Job Responsibilities

• Fully complete the CES application form, ensuring all details are accurate and all declarations are signed. Please ensure you include details of two professional referees with one being your current employer (with email addresses).
• To comply with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1998 (as amended by S147 of the Nationality and Immigration and Asylum Act 2002) all prospective employees will be required to supply evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.
• To assist with the preparation of materials for lessons (Technology and Art) and monitor the stock control for these areas.
• To be responsible for the day to day running of machinery sited within the Design and Technology (D & T) rooms.
• Provide technical support to teaching staff planned in advance and when requested by The Arts or Technology departments.
• To provide learning and student support as and when required during technology (Resistant Materials and Food) and Art
• To undertake a practical and administrative Health & Safety role for the The Arts or Technology departments.
• Provide technical and administrative support for teaching staff to support teaching and learning within Health and Safety guidelines.
• Prepare, maintain and set out equipment to support teaching staff in undertaking demonstrations and experiments and to manage the safe acquisition, storage and disposal of equipment used in the delivery of the curriculum under the direction of the Head of DT.
• Prepare and assemble teaching resources and equipment to support the curriculum (Technology and Art) and enable students to use them effectively in practical lessons and examinations.
• Establish responsibility for the safe storage and disposal of equipment and materials in accordance with the relevant safety regulations, guidelines and school procedures.
• Closely monitor and check equipment is in proper working order and is clean and safe to ensure students are working in a safe learning environment in accordance with Health and Safety Regulations e.g. COSHH (control of substances hazardous to health)
• Keeping records & measurements of hazardous substances, updating annual Health and Safety records, and updating annual risk assessments across the Technology and Art departments.
• Undertake regular risk assessments to identify any potential hazards and ensure that all areas are kept safe in accordance with Health and Safety Regulations.
• Monitor stock levels through regular stocktaking and inventory checks, and make purchases in accordance with levels of authorisation and budgetary control
• Develop skills through training and ensure knowledge remains up to date and relevant
• Assist with the daily laundry needs of the food room when required.
• To undertake any other tasks that are reasonably requested, Any other duties commensurate with the role as directed by the Head of DT
• Complete statutory break / lunch duties as requested by the School Leaders.
• Deliver an extracurricular club once a week.
• Fulfil the role of learning mentor if requested by the School Leaders.
  Certified in Health and Safety training in D & T Core and Workshop practice (this could be training provided once employed).
• Ability to plan and prioritise a range of regular and irregular tasks within specific deadlines.
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to follow strict Health and Safety Regulations.
• Good ICT, Graphics, Carpentry, Metal Work, 2D and 3D Modelling, CAD, Drawing and Drafting Skills, Food hygiene and ingredient preparing.
• Good knowledge of Google Suite (training can be provided).
• Ability to research and analyse tasks and demonstrate how best they may be achieved.
• Development of experience of working with young people in a learning environment.
• Support and CPD training will be provided, Technician Experience
• Experience of working with Design and Technology machinery
• Experience of preparing Art / Photography materials for practical lessons
• Experience in working in a Secondary school environment
• Knowledge and Skills Good communication skills
• Sound awareness of personal impact on others
• Able to confidently and competently apply knowledge and skills acquired from training into a practical classroom context
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Good ICT skills
• Ability to relate to, and communicate with, children in and out of the classroom
• Ability to demonstrate Design & Technology machinery effectively to students
• Ability to demonstrate techniques effectively to students in Art and Food Technology lessons
• Knowledge of relevant health and safety procedures

• High expectations of all children
• Flexible and adaptable to working across different year groups
• Developing and maintaining good relationships with colleagues
• Have a positive attitude, energy and commitment
• Willing to become involved in extracurricular activities
• Ability to work as part of a team
• The ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people in line with…