Training Coordinator - Plumbing

Role: Training Coordinator – Plumbing

Location: Tresham College – Corby Campus / Bedford College – Kempston Plumbing Centre

Salary/Benefits: Salary is between £33,048 and £41,085 per annum DOE and Qualifications, 35 days annual leave plus Bank holidays, Teacher’s pension, Retail and Leisure Discounts, excellent professional and personal development opportunities, accessing college courses.

Hours/Weeks: 37 hours per week – 52 weeks per year

Contract Type: Permanent – Full Time

This is a UK based contract
, and you are required to have the Right to Work in the UK
. Unfortunately, we’re unable to offer sponsorship and any offer of employment will be subject to evidence of your Right to Work in the UK.

We are currently seeking a Plumbing Training Coordinator to join our Apprenticeships department at The Bedford College Group.

• Apprenticeship Delivery & Learner Progress
  - Coordinate and manage the full Plumbing and Gas apprenticeship journey from initial assessment to completion, ensuring learners receive effective induction, training, coaching, mentoring and support to successfully achieve their apprenticeship standards and qualifications.
• Training, Assessment & Competence Development
  - Deliver and assess industry-relevant training across Plumbing Level 2 and 3, Gas Level 3, ACS and Gas Safe programmes, supporting apprentices to develop the required knowledge, skills and behaviours while building robust portfolios of evidence.
• Quality Assurance, Compliance & Record Management
  - Maintain accurate learner records, ensure compliance with apprenticeship funding and awarding body requirements, verify the validity and sufficiency of learner evidence, and contribute to internal quality assurance, standardisation and external verification processes.
• Employer Engagement & Workplace Support
  - Build and maintain effective relationships with employers, coordinate workplace reviews and assessment visits, monitor workplace health and safety, provide progress updates, and develop tailored training plans that meet employer and learner needs.
• Curriculum Development & Professional Standards
  - Support curriculum enhancement and programme development, contribute to team best practice and continuous professional development, promote apprenticeship opportunities, and uphold safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, health and safety, and College values and procedures.

• Qualifications & Industry Credentials
  - Holds Level 2 English and Maths qualifications, an A1 Assessor or TAQA qualification, and relevant technical qualifications including Plumbing Level 2 and 3, Gas Level 3, ACS and Gas Safe certification, supported by a strong understanding of current apprenticeship, assessment and industry standards.
• Industry Experience & Apprenticeship Delivery
  - Brings recent commercial or industrial experience within the plumbing and gas sector, with proven experience training, assessing and coordinating competence-based apprenticeship programmes and supporting learners to achieve successful outcomes.
• Learner Management & Coaching Skills
  - Able to motivate and engage apprentices, manage a caseload effectively, conduct regular reviews and assessments, set targets, and support learners through to the timely completion of their qualifications.
• Organisation, Administration & Employer Engagement
  - Demonstrates strong administrative, coordination and time-management skills, maintains audit-compliant learner records, liaises effectively with employers and stakeholders, and identifies opportunities to support business development and employer engagement.
• Professionalism, Customer Focus & Flexibility
  - Proactive, adaptable and customer-focused, with excellent communication skills, a commitment to equality and diversity, the…