Aeronautical Technician/CAA Instructor
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Exeter College
Devon
- £39,000 - £48,000 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- +28% of salary paid into pension + 45 days’ holiday*
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 01 October 2025
- Apply by:
- 12 August 2025
Job overview
What’s in it for you
- £39k - £48k* starting salary plus….
- we’ll pay an extra 28% of salary into your pension making the overall package £49k - £61k*
- enhanced benefits, including 45 days’ paid holiday a year, sick pay, online and high street discounts, plus much, much more!
- paid industry upskilling days.
- we’ll pay for you to become a qualified Assessor and Teacher.
- free parking at our Future Skills Centre.
- Sunday Times 100 Best Company.
What you’ll be doing
- delivering CAA approved practical experience sessions.
- overseeing the effective set up and outstanding workshop environment for our students’, ensuring tooling is available.
- prepare teaching resources.
- ensuring that our students get access to the facilities and training required to complete CAA Part 66 modules.
You’ll need to
- be enthusiastic, with a passion for the sector.
- be supportive, patient and approachable.
- come from an aeronautical background of instructing students towards a B Licence or worked as a B Licence engineer in an MRO.
- have experience of instructing trainee engineers.
- preferably have worked as a B Licence engineer in an MRO and hold a B Licence.
* salary range includes a £6,000 supplement for skills shortage areas.
Check out the job description for more information and tell us how you meet what we’re looking for.
To apply
If you’re reading this on our website, click on the apply button, below. Or you can send a full CV to our People team via email people-team@exe-coll.ac.uk.
If you’re reading this advert on another site, visit our vacancies page.
Closing date – Monday 11th August 2025 at midnight
About us
Ambition, Collaboration, Energy. These are our values. Watch this short Video to learn more.
And see what our staff have to say here.
Benefits
We’ll give you incredibly generous holidays and a superb pension scheme. You’ll also get a package of amazing benefits, including free counselling and discounted supermarket shopping, spa treatments, electric cars and paddleboarding. Read more on our careers page.
Everyone’s welcome to apply for a role here, regardless of personal characteristics, including race, age, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality.
We’re totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all our students, and we expect you to be too. We follow safer recruitment statutory guidance (Keeping Children Safe in Education).
Attached documents
About Exeter College
Exeter & North Devon Colleges Group (ENDC) is one of the largest place‑based college groups in the country, created through the merger of Exeter College and North Devon College (formerly Petroc) in early 2026.
The Group provides coast‑to‑coast education for over 16,000 learners across three campuses in Exeter, Tiverton and Barnstaple.
ENDC brings together Exeter College in Exeter, the Exeter College Centre for Progression in Tiverton, and North Devon College in Barnstaple to deliver a unified, high‑quality learning experience for the region.
Exeter College
Exeter College is an Ofsted Outstanding, multi‑award‑winning education provider in Devon, with campuses in Exeter and Tiverton. Our ambition to be an exceptional college is driven by the commitment and enthusiasm of our staff. Across multiple sites, we offer a wide range of rewarding roles with extensive training, development, and progression opportunities.
Featured in the 2025 Sunday Times Top 100 Places to Work and a proud Disability Confident employer, we strive to create an environment where all staff feel valued, engaged, and able to thrive.
North Devon College
North Devon College is an ambitious and inclusive education provider, committed to helping every learner reach their full potential. Our staff are passionate, collaborative, and driven to deliver outstanding learning experiences that transform lives and strengthen our community.
Located in stunning surroundings with easy access to Exmoor, Dartmoor, and the South West Coast Path, we offer rewarding careers with a true work‑life balance.
If you would like to join our team of exceptional people in either Exeter, Tiverton or Barnstaple, please have a look at our vacancies below.
Our Benefits
We depend on exceptional people to sustain our outstanding performance and reward staff for their hard work. We provide an array of progressive benefits to encourage a healthy work-life balance, including:
🔹 Two defined benefits pension schemes, one for teachers and one for support staff
🔹 Generous Annual Leave entitlement as well as a Christmas shutdown
🔹 Staff Development including away days for employees
🔹 We offer a cycle scheme that saves you 26-40% on a bike and accessories. You pay nothing upfront and can spread the cost of new equipment over a year
🔹 Get discounts on over 1200 retailers with our Pluxee platform, plus the ability to access student discount sites with your college e-mail
🔹 Be able to register and join Blue Light Card and have access to over 10,000 discounts
🔹 Access to 24-hour counselling services
Principal
John Laramy
Values and vision
Exeter College aims to be an exceptional college, working with partners to provide inspirational education and training.
North Devon College aims to inspire ambition through inclusive education, enabling every learner to reach their fullest potential.
Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and we expect all our staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
For further information on the College’s commitment visit our Safeguarding page.
Ofsted report
“As a result of the highly motivated, skilled and experienced staff, the quality of teaching, learning and assessment is outstanding. Lecturers provide learners with challenging work that prepares them extremely well for their next steps. The colleges uses its excellent links with schools, employers and other agencies to understand, and respond quickly to the education and training needs of the local area.”
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