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Practical Skills Supervisor in Agricultural Engineering

The Agricultural Engineering and Agriculture department is located at Coleg Glynllifon. Students study full-time level 2 and 3 courses with the possibility of completing an apprenticeship with a suitable employer. Students enter the world of work by working for employers who offer Agricultural services eg. selling, maintaining machinery on farms or by contracting.

With guidance, the Practical Skills Supervisor will work to develop students' understanding and skills through planned practical activities. These tasks follow a scheme of work that develops during term time to establish students' competence so they meet the requirements of the course.

Here is an example of the activities carried out by students:

Driving farm machinery (tractor/Telehandler)

Work with livestock - dosing, weighing, sorting, lambs, calves.

Farm equipment maintenance - Tractor, telehandler, round baler, manure spreader, fertilizer spreader

Estate maintenance work - fencing, walling, installing gates.

The Practical Skills Supervisor will be asked to contribute to a range of these activities depending on expertise and experience

Job Details

Job Reference

BD/102/24

Salary

£19.95 - £21.29 per hour inclusive of holiday pay

Place of Work

  • Glynllifon

Holiday Entitlement

There will be an entitlement to pro rata paid holiday in each academic year (1st September to 31st August), which includes pro-rata entitlement of 8 Bank and Public Holidays normally observed in Wales and a pro-rata entitlement of up to 5 efficiency days (please note this can change annually). Annual leave is derived from a pro rata full time equivalent entitlement of 46 days which is included in the hourly rate paid.

Working Pattern

7.5 hours per week. Work pattern to be agreed depending on availability for 34 weeks per year (during the college term)

An additional percentage of 10% will be applied to the contracted hours worked to reflect preparation and marking.

Pension Rights

Local Government Pension Scheme

Contract Type

Part Time Hourly Paid

Closing Date

16 Jan 2025
12:00 PM (Midday)

How to apply

Applications may be submitted in Welsh or English; any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably or be subject to any delay.

  1. Download and save the application form to your computer/device (e.g. to My Documents or Downloads folder).
  2. Browse to the folder that contains the application form and open the PDF using a program such as Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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  3. Fill out the form, including the equal opportunities monitoring form.
  4. Send your completed application form to jobs@gllm.ac.uk. The post you have applied for should be used as the subject line of your email.

Please contact us by email jobs@gllm.ac.uk should you require any assistance or require further information.

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