Vacancy Apprentice PE Technician

We are seeking a PE Technician Apprentice. This position would suit an enthusiastic and energetic individual looking to enter or excel in a career within sports coaching and/or teaching. You will need to understand how to plan and deliver coaching sessions, you will also need to inspire, motivate and enthuse your students.

Key Responsibilities:

• From timetables and/or teachers’ instructions, identify and ensure availability of all materials, equipment and apparatus that are required for P.E lessons
• Assist teaching staff in lessons by overseeing and/or assisting students to enable students to maximise their use of available lesson time and to obtain assistance with any problems being encountered (eg. use of materials and equipment)
• Ensure equipment used in the department is kept in a state of good repair, to ensure that it is always safe and available to use
• Clean kit and equipment used by students to ensure that it is available when required
• Undertake repairs and maintenance of equipment to maximise its usage an minimise the need for replacement thereby providing cost effective support
• Maintain all areas of the PE department in a tidy condition (including cupboards) to ensure they are safe environments to work in, that accurate records of stock levels can be maintained and that equipment requiring repair can be identified easily
• Provide advice, as necessary, on Health & Safety issues to staff and students. Alerting staff as necessary to any ‘unsafe’ practices by students, to reduce the possibility of accidents
• To support and deliver extra-curricular activities
• To prepare and support the use of learning materials, monitor and maintain curriculum resources, and create visual displays in order to ensure a relevant physical learning environment
• To assist with the maintenance of student record keeping systems, including recording agreed updates to individual records 
• To assist with the maintenance of match reports, including recording and publicising fixtures and results
• Support the organisation of whole school events
• Support the organisation of fixtures
• To escort and supervise students on educational visits and out of school activities, ensuring their health, safety and well-being
• Assist with administration tasks such as filing, photocopying, collating, as required
• Undertake training as may be required to fulfil the duties of the post