Science Technician ( Chemistry )
Gordon's School
Woking
- Expired
- Salary:
- Science Technician ( Chemistry )
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 23 February 2018
Job overview
Reports to: Senior Science Technician
Hours: 8am - 4pm, Monday-Friday, term time plus 5 days
Salary: £16,900 - £17,800 per annum depending on experience
Main Purpose of the Job
Under the instruction/guidance of the Science teachers to assist them to deliver Science lessons by providing support and preparing and maintaining specialist/equipment and resources for demonstration or use by the students.
Duties and Responsibilities
• Preparing and setting out apparatus and chemicals for practical lessons based on teacher’s requisition.
• Carrying out risk assessments where necessary and making sure health and safety measures are followed in setting up each practical, by referring to CLEAPSS resources and/or discussing with colleagues and teachers.
• Clearing and tidying up laboratories following each practical session.
• Carrying out safe disposal of chemicals and biological waste following CLEAPSS guidelines.
• Providing assistance to (Chemistry) teachers and students during practical sessions when necessary.
• Collaborating with colleagues to share workload at busy times and covering absence to maintain the standard of technical service at the science department.
• Carrying out routine laboratory servicing, mainly for two Chemistry labs and prep rooms following Gordon’s lab servicing schedule
• Ensuring that the chemicals and equipment are available in stock in suitable condition and initiate orders when necessary.
• Maintaining effective communication with the teachers to follow the lesson objectives and possible improvements for the lessons and general laboratory environment.
• Trialling out experiments whenever necessary before setting up for students.
• Adhering to the Gordon’s science department health and safety and prep room management policies.
• Carrying out simple in-house repairs, calibration and maintenance of equipment.
• Requesting assistance from school maintenance and facilities department for repairs of fixtures, hand washing facilities and internal deliveries from reprographics and elsewhere.
• Keeping up to date with developments in practical science and health and safety policies through CPD events and online resources.
• Assisting colleagues in issuing text books, stock taking, placing orders and any other duties required to maintain the smooth running of Science Department.
• Restocking stationary cupboard/shelves.
• Providing ICT facilities as teachers request and reporting any problems to IT helpdesk for assistance.
• Obtaining local purchases necessary for lessons and technician tasks.
• Attending school support staff/science department/technicians meetings as required.
Person Specification Qualifications/Experience
- Chemistry A Level is essential
- A Science degree or equivalent is desirable
- Previous experience of working in a secondary school science department is desirable
- Personal Skills
- An enthusiasm for science
- Good communication skills
- Flexibility
- Ability to work as part of a team
Gordon’s School is a State Boarding and Day School and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment – applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate screening including an enhanced DBS check.
Attached documents
About Gordon's School
Gordon’s is a non-selective, co-ed, 11-18 school of circa 1000 students. Unusually for a state school it offers residential boarding facilities to 280 students. Founded in 1885, its historical links with General Charles Gordon have shaped the ethos and sense of tradition that is present within the school today.
Gordon’s places a strong emphasis on standards, academic success and high expectations. Great importance is placed on the quality of teaching in the classroom because of the belief that schools are first and foremost centres for learning.
In the sixth form there are over 350 students taking BTEC and A Level courses. There are five residential boarding houses and six day boarding houses for students. This allows for a high level of care and individual support, excellent staff/student relationships, backed by a structured learning and teaching environment, with high standards of courtesy and self-discipline.
In the school there is a wide variety of sporting and co-curricular activities. Daily over forty clubs offer a range from traditional games, rock-climbing and horse riding to tap dancing, music and drama. The Combined Cadet Force and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme are particularly popular and successful. One unusual feature is the marching Pipes and Drums band, which plays at ceremonial occasions at school and for outside events, when the students wear their ‘blues’ - a form of military uniform featuring the Gordon’s tartan.
School facilities are excellent and include over fifty acres of playing fields, a state-of-the art fitness centre, sports hub including all-weather pitches and coffee shop, and refurbished music and drama block.
The school is situated in fifty acres of Surrey parkland a few miles from the M25, M3 and M4 motorways. Day boarders come mainly from the local villages of West End, Chobham and Lightwater. Residential boarders come for all parts of the United Kingdom and around ten percent from overseas.
The Ofsted Inspection of November 2014 reported, “Gordon’s is an outstanding school in every respect”. Ofsted inspected 27 areas, 26 of which were given grade 1. In particular: -
“Teaching and learning are outstanding”
“The curriculum provision is outstanding”
“Standards are outstandingly high in national tests and GCSE”
“The effectiveness and efficiency of the boarding is outstanding”
“The quality of care provided by the school for the pupils is exceptional”
“Leadership and management are outstanding”
All of this is a tremendous testimony to the hard work and commitment of both students and staff – and is part of the reason why Gordon’s is the most over-subscribed state school in Surrey with over five applications for every place.
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