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Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician

Aurora Boveridge College

Dorset

  • £25,272 - £27,331 per year
  • New
Salary:
depending on experience
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
29 November 2024

Job overview

Maintenance Technician – Aurora Boveridge College

Location: Cranborne, Dorset

Contract: permanent, 40 hours per week, year round

Hourly Rate: £12.15 - £13.14 per hour

Annual Salary: £25,272.00 - £27,331.20

 

At Aurora Boveridge College, we prepare our students for adult life, through person-centred academic and vocational study programmes leading to independent living with employment or further study. By working together, we increase resilience, confidence, self-esteem, emotional intelligence, and well-being: the cornerstones on which strong and successful long-term futures are built.

 

The main purpose of the role:

We currently looking for a Maintenance Technician to join our friendly team covering both Boveridge College and The Beeches School.

The support services teams are an essential pillar in enabling the children and young adults to achieve their full potential.

The role requires emphasis on Health & Safety relevant to the premises ensuring that the building and grounds are continually fit for purpose for students and staff to enable them to fulfil their roles.

This job involves various duties to help the Site maintenance manager keep the site property in good order, carrying out general maintenance, and repairs to the building, and planned maintenance. This will require a high level of attention to detail to promote the character of the building.

 

Key Duties

  • Carry out repairs and maintenance to a high standard in a proactive approach.
  • Conduct regular inspections and ensuring the upkeep and maintenance of all areas of the college and school.
  • Keep a record of all the day-to-day maintenance and service activities undertaken
  • Comply with all corporate policies regarding Health and Safety whilst carrying out maintenance functions.
  • Report defects, damages and malfunctions to the Maintenance Team Leader
  • Ensure the effective completion of all tasks.
  • Play a full part in building good relationships with other staff, students and stakeholders.
  • Carry out regular planned maintenance inspection on services, utilities and the building fabric throughout the college report findings and take necessary actions.
  • Ensure that all emergencies are dealt with speedily and effectively

Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. Please see the attachments section for our full job description:

Skills and Qualifications

Successful candidate qualities:

  • General maintenance knowledge ,basic tasks related to joinery, electrical fittings and plumbing
  • Knowledge of current Health & Safety regulations
  • Understanding of hot & cold water systems
  • Knowledge of good working trade practices.
  • Due to our rural location access to transport and a drivers licence is essential

Benefits and Additional Information

What’s on offer?

 Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

  • Life assurance
  • Pension
  • Perkbox - offering high street discounts
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Car lease scheme
  • Fully funded training and qualifications
  • Bike to work scheme
  • Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

If you are interested in this role then please apply online and complete our application form. For more information on this position please contact kirsty.wilkinson@the-aurora-group.com

 

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

 

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

Attached documents

About Aurora Boveridge College

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Our College

At Aurora Boveridge College, we support young people between the ages of 16 and 25 who have additional social, emotional and mental health needs, by preparing them for adult life and facilitating their transition into further education, training or employment.

We offer both day services and residential placements, with varying levels of academic and therapeutic support to enable participation in study programmes and college activities.

Our Facilities

Aurora Boveridge College sits in 16 acres of listed gardens within a wider 50-acre campus, located near the village of Cranborne in the Dorset countryside.

Within the college buildings, students enjoy access to well-equipped classrooms, spacious communal rooms and a pastoral hub, as well as vocational areas including a digital studio, science lab and art and design base. Our extensive grounds include horticulture learning areas with large glasshouses, as well as motor vehicle workshops, an animal care unit and excellent sports facilities.

We also make use of local amenities including a cinema, theatre and leisure centre with a swimming pool, all located within a short drive from the college. Bournemouth, Poole and Salisbury are only 40 minutes away by car, with many leisure facilities on offer from the beach to shopping centres, restaurants and the beautiful historic Jurassic Coast. The market towns of Wimborne and Ringwood are approximately 14 miles away.

Our residential accommodation is both homely and welcoming. Each accommodation area comprises 7 or 8 individual bedrooms, some of which are en-suite, with communal areas for socialising. Shared laundry and cooking facilities are available.

Our Curriculum

We support each of our students to set and meet realistic goals for their own future, whether that is by working towards specific qualifications or vocational experience, or focusing on developing key life skills.

We offer a range of post-16 study programmes, including GCSE and A Level qualifications in selected subjects, as well as vocational qualifications in horticulture, motor vehicle mechanics, hospitality and tourism, IT and animal care.

Each study programme encompasses work-related learning, work experience, employability and independent living skills development, while our tutorial programme covers topics such as health and wellbeing, sex and relationships, cultural diversity and personal safety. We also work with a range of local, national and global businesses and agencies to offer excellent work-related learning experiences and work experience, providing meaningful employability opportunities for our students.

Therapeutic Support

Our multidisciplinary team delivers specialist on-site therapy including Occupational, Speech and Language, Psychology, Psychiatry, and Holistic Therapy. Therapists work both directly with our students and indirectly through teaching and support staff to meet individual needs.

Residential Support

For residential students, Aurora Boveridge offers an opportunity to develop independent living skills in a safe, supported environment.

Our accommodation is both homely and welcoming because we recognise that being away from home, especially for the first time, can be stressful for both our students and their families.

Each accommodation area comprises of 6, 7 or 8 individual bedrooms, some of which are en-suite, with communal areas for socialising. Shared laundry and cooking facilities are available. Residents are welcome to personalise their individual rooms with items from home to help them settle in.

Our Outcomes

We are proud to list evidence of the progress and performance of our students (for the previous academic year) below:

· 100% of students achieved GCSE Science Double Award with 43% achieving grade 4 or higher

· 100% of students achieved GCSE Biology with 83% of students achieving grade 4 or higher

· 100% of students achieved GCSE English Language with 83% achieving grade 4 or higher

· 100% of students who took GCSE Mathematics achieved grade 4

· 100% of students achieved GCSE Physics

· 100% of students achieved Level 3 Practical Horticultural Skills

· 100% of students achieved Level 1 Practical Horticultural Skills

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