DT Technician

Job title: DT Techician

Salary: Scale Point 4 (£23,421)

Contract type:  Permanent (term time only 39 weeks —actual salary £20,358.25) 

Reporting to: Head of DT/Creative Technologies Faculty 

We are looking to appoint a DT Technician to work within our exceptional Creative Technologies Faculty with modern facilities . The ideal hours of work will be 8am – 4pm Monday to Friday. Experience in a similar role and environment would be advantageous but not essential.

Key responsibilities 

• To be responsible for providing and organising resources to enable teachers to deliver a range of high quality DT learning opportunities.
• Support the DT Department in enabling other teams across the School to embed the DT specialism in their activities.
• Maintenance, preparation and cleaning of laboratory equipment and areas.
• Make up and maintain class sets of equipment and resources
• Carry out routine maintenance of equipment, reporting any problems to the Head of DT.
• Organisation and maintenance of efficient storage systems for equipment, materials and chemicals.
• Assist in annual stock checks and cleaning of storage areas.
• Set up and maintain audio visual aids, computers and data logging equipment.
• To be First Aid trained and administer First Aid as required within the science department.
• To prepare display materials and equipment for open evenings.
• Remove and display items of work in the Science department, as and when requested.
• To attend meetings as appropriate.
• Play a key role in the co-curricular life of the school.
• To support a tutor group in an Associate Tutor role if required.
• As appropriate and under the direction of the teacher work with students to enhance their DT learning opportunities.

Accountability

• To ensure that areas used by students and staff for Science activities are safe.
• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety, security, confidentiality and data protection. Reporting all concerns to the appropriate person.

Other specific duties:

• To engage actively in the performance review process.
• Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a line manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.