
Technician in Art & Design at Coleg Sir Gâr and Coleg Ceredigion
Coleg Sir Gâr and Coleg Ceredigion · Pibwrlwyd, United Kingdom · Onsite
- Professional
- Office in Pibwrlwyd
Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical assistance and support for teaching and learning within your area, responding to the needs of students, academic staff and the relevant course leader/s and Curriculum Management Team;
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment, complying with Health and Safety regulations;
- Utilise appropriate electronic and college systems to prepare, maintain and update relevant Health & Safety documentation such as Risk Assessments, Safe Systems of Work, COSHH records and equipment maintenance records, in liaison with course teams;
- Maintain, upgrade and service equipment as planned, required or requested within the art and design area and related workshops receiving relevant training as and when necessary;
- Ensure the care, control, maintenance and security of course equipment, materials and stock;
- Maintain stores inventory for consumables, equipment and delivery resources;
- Carry out ordering of stock in line with college financial procedures and update online ordering database;
- Provide a stores issue service for course consumables and an issue and return service for all departmental equipment and other course items;
- Participate in course team; student consultative committees; and curriculum area meetings as required;
- Carry out duties which support marketing and promotion of course programmes including Social Media;
- Support lecturers and students in undertaking workshop based activities, in line with agreed timetable
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Minimum NVQ Level 3 Qualification in industry related qualification
- GCSE English and Mathematics at minimum Grade C or O Level equivalent
- IOSH Managing Safely (If you are not IOSH qualified, you will be expected to undertake training as soon as possible)
- Appropriate Health & Safety training, including PUWER & Working at Height (or willingness to undertake appropriate training)
- First Aid qualification (If you are not First Aid qualified, you will be expected to undertake training as soon as possible)
Relevant experience of the technical field/s concerned - A good understanding of the technical support role in Further & Higher Education
- Be competent in; a range of art and design techniques and process
- Good communicator with diplomacy and tact
- Good interpersonal and organisational skills
- Ability to work harmoniously with students and colleagues
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Ability to work flexibly
- BA Hons/HNC/HND in related area
- A current driving licence
- Ability to drive college minibus
- Welsh Oracy (Listening/Speaking) - Level 2
- Welsh Literacy (Writing/Reading) - Level 2
Persons are welcome to apply for posts in Welsh and applications made in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
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Benefits
- You will receive 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays and five closure days which totals at 41 days holiday per year. You also receive an additional 4 days after 5 years service.
- Extremely generous pension scheme with employer contributions of 20%.
- Award-winning professional learning and development programme.
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free on-site car parking
- Online and instore retail discounts