The Apprenticeship Skills Coach is required to ensure apprentices receive support, guidance and encouragement to succeed in their apprenticeship programme.
The role will also require you to bridge the gap between academic learning and practical application in the workplace with employers.
You will also be involved in the development of new curriculum to ensure that it is focussed on industry practice and the learner journey.
Key Activities
- Manage a caseload of engineering and manufacturing apprentices
- Monitor the health, safety and welfare of apprentices.
- Provide end to end information, advice and guidance on skills development, End Point Assessment and career development
- Monitor and record progress against the Standard to ensure apprentices are developing the knowledge, skills and behaviours required prior to their planned end dates
- Conduct regular documented progress reviews with apprentices and their employers as per funding rules
- Monitor apprentice off-the-job records
- Complete any funding/MIS documentation such as Breaks in Learning, withdrawals on a timely basis
- Plan and complete assessment of development competence qualifications
- Plan and complete assessments of apprentice’s knowledge, skills and behaviours development, and build subsequent action plans for improvement where required
- Use coaching methods in partnership with training centre colleagues and employers, to help apprentices develop and apply knowledge, skills and behaviours in their workplace
- Build and maintain relationships with apprentices and their employers to facilitate effective communication and collaboration ensuring that apprentices complete their apprenticeship within the planned duration
- Provide regular caseload progress updates to the Leadership Team
- Collaborate with Business Development colleagues to identify repeat and new business.
Knowledge:
- Strong background and experience of engineering (mechanical or electrical or electronic, multi-skilled is preferable)
- An understanding of assessment methods and techniques
- An understanding of coaching methods
- An understanding of engineering Apprenticeship Standards
- An understanding of apprenticeship funding rules
- An understanding of End Point Assessment
- An understanding of Safeguarding and the Prevent Duty
- Ideally have experience of using e-portfolios (ideally Smart Assessor)
- Ideally have experience of using learner management systems, such as Pro Monitor
Qualifications:
Essential:
- Level 3 Engineering qualification
- Recognised teaching qualification or willing to gain this.
- Recognised Assessor qualification, such as A1 or Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement.
Desirable:
- Functional Skills Level 2 / GCSE's or equivalent in Maths and English grade C or above.
- Recognised Quality Assurance qualification, such as V1 or Level 4 Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice
- Recognised coaching qualification
- Higher qualification (level 4 or above) in an Engineering discipline
- Digital training qualifications relevant to education. For example, Microsoft Learn badges
The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) is an internationally renowned and respected research and development organisation, bridging the gap between academia and manufacturing, and is home to some of the brightest minds in engineering from around the globe.
The MTC's engineers, scientists and technicians work with some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment in the world in a supportive and collegiate environment for the development and demonstration of new technologies on an industrial scale, helping manufacturers of all sizes develop new and innovative processes and technologies.
Established to prove cutting edge manufacturing advances in an agile environment in partnership with industry, academia and other institutions, the MTC works with hundreds of industrial clients across a range of sectors including automotive, aerospace, rail, informatics, food and drink, infrastructure, construction and civil engineering, electronics, oil and gas and defence. The MTC helps businesses thrive by advancing their technological and engineering capabilities to improve their business efficiency, capability and competitiveness.
Supported by one of the largest public sector investments in UK Manufacturing, the MTC's engineering capabilities cover research and development, advanced manufacturing management, factory design and training for the skills of the future.
The MTC has world-class facilities in Coventry, Liverpool and Oxford, and is part of the UK's High Value Manufacturing Catapult, supported by Innovate UK.
Reference Checks and Security Checks (where applicable)
Due to the nature of our business, all employment is subject to satisfactory references being obtained alongside a level of security clearance checks.
