Home Economics/Health & Social Care Technician
Job description
To provide proactive support and assistance to teaching staff in all aspects of the delivery of the Northern Ireland Common Curriculum for Home Economics/Health & Social Care. To enhance and enrich the learning experience of pupils and ensure that the aims and objectives of the School are achieved in a manner that meets the needs of individual pupils, promotes a positive image of the School, reflects good practice in teaching and learning, and complies with all relevant health and safety standards and regulations. .
Responsibilities
- Prepare/organise classrooms and support teachers before and during practical classes and practical examinations
- Set out equipment and materials for class use and remove same when class is complete
- Collect, clean and store equipment and materials in designated storage areas. Ensure items are maintained in a state of 'ready for use'
- Dispose of used materials in a safe and approved manner
- Maintain inventory of departmental resources/materials/equipment
- Ensure that mandatory and/or statutory checks of materials/equipment are carried out
- Inform Head of Department of materials and equipment found to be in an unsatisfactory/unsafe condition and arrange for repair/quotations for replacements/disposal of such items
- Check orders of materials/equipment when received
- Ensure no unauthorised person has unsupervised access to equipment and materials when not in use
- Advise on health and safety issues in relation to the use of equipment
- Other duties as assigned by Head of Department/Line Manager
- Full list of responsibilities can be found in Application Pack
Skills and Qualifications
Essential Skills
- A minimum of 5 GCSEs
- Health and Safety accreditation (pending)
- High level of ICT competency skills
Desirable Skills
- A Level qualification or 3rd level qualification or equivalent in HE related subject area
- Experience in technicians environment/school based schedule
- Experience organising stores/equipment on excel spreadsheet
- High order communication skills
- Ability to demonstrate experiences of good working relationships
- Ability to work as part of a team
Further Information
Work time: 8am - 4pm, days to be confirmed.
Application Information
Please download Application Pack/Application Form from our school website: - http://www.stlouisgrammar.com/news/vacancies (copy and paste link to your browser)
- Vacancy ID
- 1554766
- Job Sector
- Education and Training
- Area
- Co Antrim
- Location
- Ballymena
- Salary
- £19,650 - £20,043 pro rata for term time
- No. vacancies
- 1
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Weekly hours
- 36.25
- Published date
- 16/06/2022
- Closing date
- 29/06/2022
- Worktime
- 8am - 4pm, days to be confirmed.
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