Apprentice Education Technician
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
Greater Manchester (M13 9PL)
Closes in 31 days (Monday 18 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 18 July 2025
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Summary
The Technical Apprenticeship Programme will provide you with the ability to become the best version of yourself, taking your career with full support to the next level. We will provide you with strong knowledge and skills to support a wide range of laboratories and workshops across some of the world's leading research and teaching facilities.
- Wage
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£23,414 a year
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Starting salary of £23,414
- Training course
- Education technician (he assistant technician and simulation-based technician) (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm (variable times to suit workplace requirements).
1 hour for lunch.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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2
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
Where you'll work
Oxford Road
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M13 9PL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CSR SCIENTIFIC TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Education technician (he assistant technician and simulation-based technician) (level 3)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Identify, prepare and lay out/set up relevant required materials/ equipment /machinery /tools using relevant protocols/Standard Operating Procedures for the purposes of teaching, learning or research activities within their area of responsibility.
- Clearing up materials/ equipment /machinery /tools using relevant protocols and Standard Operating Procedures specific to clearing up.
- Work safely, complying with relevant Health and Safety and local regulations or policies and protocols, escalating issues where relevant.
- Demonstrate or facilitate and supervise the use of materials/ equipment /machinery /tools and equipment to meet the needs of the audience
- Respond to specific enquiries about appropriate protocols and Standard Operating Procedures, basic techniques and equipment and their safe use and being able to escalate to senior technical colleagues when further clarification is required
- Manufacture, construct or assemble both standard and bespoke components and demonstrate how these components integrate into larger teaching, learning and research systems and equipment.
- Use creative thinking and problem solving to build on existing or new ideas in the teaching, learning or research environment based on expertise and context.
- Monitor and deliver key activities such as reactive maintenance and where required repair of equipment, safety compliance, infection control during a practical class and completing accurate records in relation to the activity.
- Identifying the needs and then fulfil the needs of a person or group requiring information, documentation or resource - such as a student unsure of a piece of equipment during a laboratory, studio or workshop teaching session.
- Carry out basic repairs in line with specified protocols/Standard Operating Procedures and keep accurate records where appropriate. Refer more complex or critical repairs where appropriate.
- Planning, monitoring and maintaining appropriate stocks of materials and equipment including budgeting and costing as required.
- Prepare documentation and materials for all types of wider teaching or learning or research activities and events as required.
- Communicate with key stakeholders (such as students, academics, clinicians or research staff, the general public, businesses, professional services staff and technical colleagues) using a range of techniques such as email, visual posters, verbal instructions to support teaching, research, wider activities.
- Use and apply current and emerging technologies and techniques such as microscopy, 3D printing, robotics, use of lasers or light to create a range of images, automated screen printing, or virtual reality to support teaching, learning and research.
- Working at times under time pressure to raise and resolve areas of concern such as malfunctioning equipment, always working safely and to best practice.
- Being able to adapt to changing priorities related to both their own work and to the organisation, showing the flexibility to maintain high standards in a changing environment.
- Organising own work and achieving required results within deadlines.
- Apply safe working practices such as manual handling, risk assessments and infection control audits.
- Facilitate, support and participate in internal or external events such as conferences, exhibitions, public engagements and open days.
- Evaluate the delivery of demonstrations or facilitation for relevant activities such as setting up bespoke equipment for a practical demonstration by getting feedback from students, colleagues and make changes to practise as identified and appropriate.
- Undertake data collection, data analysis, data presentation and date storage, in line with legislation, local policies and procedures, such as room usage, student footfall, inventories of equipment or experimental data.
- Use of IT technologies such as management information systems
- HE only: Deliver end to end equipment and resource management processes in order to identify the resource needs for their area of responsibility for higher education teaching and research activities.
- HE only: Provide technical support for higher education activities such as experiments and demonstrations
- HE only: Attention to detail when collating or producing information for higher education activities such as teaching and research.
- SBE only: Identify, prepare, and apply the relevant moulage/special effects make-up to achieve the required results
- SBE only: Demonstrates scenario coding (programming and running of scenarios using the appropriate hardware and software)
- Identify, prepare and lay out/set up relevant required materials/ equipment /machinery /tools using relevant protocols/Standard Operating Procedures for the purposes of teaching, learning or research activities within their area of responsibility.
- Clearing up materials/ equipment /machinery /tools using relevant protocols and Standard Operating Procedures specific to clearing up.
- Work safely, complying with relevant Health and Safety and local regulations or policies and protocols, escalating issues where relevant.
- Demonstrate or facilitate and supervise the use of materials/ equipment /machinery /tools and equipment to meet the needs of the audience
- Respond to specific enquiries about appropriate protocols and Standard Operating Procedures, basic techniques and equipment and their safe use and being able to escalate to senior technical colleagues when further clarification is required
- Manufacture, construct or assemble both standard and bespoke components and demonstrate how these components integrate into larger teaching, learning and research systems and equipment.
- Use creative thinking and problem solving to build on existing or new ideas in the teaching, learning or research environment based on expertise and context.
- Monitor and deliver key activities such as reactive maintenance and where required repair of equipment, safety compliance, infection control during a practical class and completing accurate records in relation to the activity.
- Identifying the needs and then fulfil the needs of a person or group requiring information, documentation or resource - such as a student unsure of a piece of equipment during a laboratory, studio or workshop teaching session.
- Carry out basic repairs in line with specified protocols/Standard Operating Procedures and keep accurate records where appropriate. Refer more complex or critical repairs where appropriate.
- Planning, monitoring and maintaining appropriate stocks of materials and equipment including budgeting and costing as required.
- Prepare documentation and materials for all types of wider teaching or learning or research activities and events as required.
- Communicate with key stakeholders (such as students, academics, clinicians or research staff, the general public, businesses, professional services staff and technical colleagues) using a range of techniques such as email, visual posters, verbal instructions to support teaching, research, wider activities.
- Use and apply current and emerging technologies and techniques such as microscopy, 3D printing, robotics, use of lasers or light to create a range of images, automated screen printing, or virtual reality to support teaching, learning and research.
- Working at times under time pressure to raise and resolve areas of concern such as malfunctioning equipment, always working safely and to best practice.
- Being able to adapt to changing priorities related to both their own work and to the organisation, showing the flexibility to maintain high standards in a changing environment.
- Organising own work and achieving required results within deadlines.
- Apply safe working practices such as manual handling, risk assessments and infection control audits.
- Facilitate, support and participate in internal or external events such as conferences, exhibitions, public engagements and open days.
- Evaluate the delivery of demonstrations or facilitation for relevant activities such as setting up bespoke equipment for a practical demonstration by getting feedback from students, colleagues and make changes to practise as identified and appropriate.
- Undertake data collection, data analysis, data presentation and date storage, in line with legislation, local policies and procedures, such as room usage, student footfall, inventories of equipment or experimental data.
- Use of IT technologies such as management information systems
Training schedule
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
About this employer
One of the world’s leading universities built on research and teaching practices, coupled with one of the most respected apprenticeship programmes in the UK. Our programme builds its success’s year-on-year and continues to develop, matching the needs of the university and our community. We are proud of our strong reputation, supporting each of our apprentices with individualised training, specialised projects, and targeted development to build a future career at the cutting edge of technology.
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Company benefits
Generous annual leave plus closures. Pension for you and family. Well-being, counselling, and health support. Learning and development opportunities. Transport loans, Cycle to Work schemes. Workplace nursery. Staff discounts on high street and online.
After this apprenticeship
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CSR SCIENTIFIC TRAINING LIMITED
apprenticeships@manchester.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332591.
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Closes in 31 days (Monday 18 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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