Instructor / Technician - Game and Wildlife
Sparsholt College
Hampshire
- £17,142 - £21,007 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- (dependent upon qualifications and experience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 4 October 2021
Job overview
£17,142 - £21,007 (dependent upon qualifications and experience)
Sparsholt College has a national reputation and a long proud history of training future gamekeepers and wildlife managers, many of whom are now in key roles across the whole of the UK. We are now seeking a new member of staff to join the Land & Wildlife team.
We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced person to work as an Instructor/Technician. The role is learner facing, and the post-holder will instruct learners in a range of gamekeeping, conservation and wildlife management skills, dependant on experience. The role also includes the responsibility to ensure that departmental resources, facilities and equipment are maintained to a high standard.
The post-holder will be responsible for the management and day-to-day operation and supervision of the College’s Game and Wildlife resources, which will include game rearing, husbandry of the Sika deer herd, pest and predator control, and assistance with local game shoots.
Candidates for this role should have experience of gamekeeping including working knowledge of gamebird rearing and release and pest and predator control. Ideally you will hold a minimum Level 2 qualification in a relevant subject. You will also need to be self-motivated and have the aptitude to work with young people and a desire to help to educate the next generation. A full driving licence and possession of Shotgun and Firearms Certificates are desirable.
Onsite accommodation opportunities are available for this role and can be discussed at interview.
This post is based at our Winchester (Sparsholt) campus.
Closing Date: 04 October 2021
College Benefits
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (a defined benefit pension scheme)
• Death Benefit grant of 3 x salary if in the pension scheme
• Free on-site parking
• Occupational Sick Pay Scheme
• Occupational Maternity Pay Scheme
• Flexible Working Policy
• Holiday entitlement of 23 days (rising to 25 days after 5 years’ service) plus Public and Bank Holidays along with college closure days at Xmas.
• Access to an employee assistance scheme
• On-site gym at the Sparsholt campus (membership £100 per annum)
• Facility to purchase Sparsholt produce including: plants, fruit & vegetables, fish and game
• Access to discounted hair treatments at the Andover campus
• Ability to access a range of CPD events and support with undertaking professional qualifications
• Various food outlets and eateries offering good value food and drink at competitive prices
There is a nursery on the Sparsholt campus operated by a commercial provider
Attached documents
About Sparsholt College
- Sparsholt College
- Westley Lane, Sparsholt, Winchester
- Hampshire
- SO21 2NF
- United Kingdom
What’s in a name?
Sparsholt College takes its name from the parish of Sparsholt in which it is situated and the neighbouring village.
Pronounced “Spar - sholt” (not “Spars - holt”), the name derives from two old English words:
Spar - a straight timber for making spears,roof timbers, etc.
Holt - an area of managed woodland.
Thus, rural industry, reflected in the local name, continues to be taught and promoted in its modern forms by the
College today.
History
Hampshire County Council was the fourth in England to commit bricks and mortar to agricultural training and the county’s first Farm School was opened in November 1899 at Old Basing, near Basingstoke.
Its aim was “to provide instruction in the science and practice of agriculture and gardening, but particularly to make the practical side approach as nearly as possible to business conditions, consistent with educational purposes and to provide a centre for domestic work in the county”.
In September 1914, the Farm School was transferred to the 400 acre (158 ha) Westley Farm at Sparsholt, specially bought for the purpose by the County Council. Staff and students made do with huts, barns and Westley farmhouse until 1926, when a new College building (now the administrative centre) was opened.
Numbers of students remained in the 30’s and 40’s for many years, with the development of farm and horticultural buildings in line with modern practice of the times.
Between 1970 and the present time, other College educational buildings have developed to accommodate a rapid growth in student numbers as the breadth of land-based subjects was expanded and the depth of academic progression reflected up to six levels of course qualifications.
Higher Education at the College began in 1983, with the introduction of an HND in Fishery Studies. Since then, HE courses have multiplied. The College is directly funded for its Higher Education courses, not as a subsidiary of university-based courses.
In common with all colleges of further education, the College became independent from the County Council in 1993 and is now funded, for FE courses, from central government through the Learning and Skills Council.
The present day College has excellent teaching and training facilities both for theory and practical classes. A superb library and four computer suites reflects the need to keep pace with new methods of learning, while recent construction of superb new training resources (see individual sections’ facilities) keep pace with rapidly developing industrial technology.
More than 1,400 full-time students and 6,000 part-time enrolments have increased the demand for new teaching space and, to this end, the Sainsbury building, incorporating classrooms, lecture theatre and laboratories was opened in December 2000.
Many students use the highly developed residential, social and sports facilities at the College (over 400 single study rooms on site most of which are en-suite). Over its 100+ year history, Sparsholt College has become one of the largest colleges of its kind in the country and, with highly rated educational standards, one of the best regarded.
As with all Further and Higher Education institutions, Sparsholt College is subject to government standards and inspection processes.
Graded results from the last three inspection reports and recently awarded Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) status show the College to be in the highest league and should give every prospective student full confidence in the quality of their course provision.
A reputation alone does not “make” a college, nor do familiar buildings and top class resources; it is also the commitment of a dedicated staff and the motivation of the students which contribute to that “something special” which is Sparsholt College.
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