Instructor/Assessor - Carpentry & Joinery | Hartlepool College of Further Education

Full Time | 37.00 hours per week | Permanent

Up to £31,304.03

29 days plus bank holidays

Closing date:

25/08/2026 - 12:30pm

1 day remaining

Completed application forms must be returned to recruitment@hartlepoolfe.ac.uk by the closing date.

Post Title: Instructor/Assessor - Carpentry & Joinery

Reporting To: Head of School - Construction and the Built Environment

Salary: Up to £31,304.03 per annum

Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week

Holidays: 29 days plus Bank Holidays

Hartlepool College of Further Education seeks to appoint an enthusiastic and proactive Instructor/Assessor in Carpentry and Joinery. As an employer-facing organisation that celebrates skills, the College is proud that skills training and development is at the heart of its building’s design. This exciting opportunity offers an enthusiastic, ambitious and committed individual the chance to join this forward-looking college as it embraces change and responds to increased demands for its services.

Applicants should have relevant industry experience and knowledge of the construction sector. A minimum level 3 qualification in a relevant vocation is essential for this post, along with a teaching qualification or a willingness to undertake a teaching qualification within an agreed timescale.

The Specific Nature of the Role

The post-holder will be responsible and accountable for the delivery of effective instruction and the supervision of learners and apprentices working to national occupation standards associated with carpentry and joinery. This will include demonstrating the correct and safe use of equipment & tools, supervising groups of learners, assessing competence in practical skills (including on-site assessment), using a range of standard materials and techniques. The post-holder will be responsible and accountable for ensuring effective housekeeping in the related area(s) to 5S standards, including the maintenance of a safe working environment. The post-holder is expected to be an excellent team player and embrace the College’s RESPECT values. The role will include up to 30 hours of instruction/assessment in the Skills Academy, on-site or in the workplace. The remaining time is expected to be used for maintaining 5S standards in the Skills Academy.

The post-holder is expected to be an excellent team player and embrace the College’s RESPECT values.

Hartlepool College of Further Education is firmly committed to embedding and promoting a safeguarding culture, and adopts safer recruitment practices. Therefore all appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check and references.

***SAFER RECRUITMENT: Hartlepool College of Further Education promotes and embeds a culture of safeguarding and student welfare at all times. All appointments are subject to thorough pre-employment checks including references and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Honesty, transparency, and full disclosure are expected of all prospective and current employees. As part of the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, and 2020 some spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-filtering-guidance.

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