GDST (The Girls' Day School Trust)
DT Technician
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Contract: Permanent
Hours: 28.8 hours a week over 4 days, term time only (including 8 staff training days), plus 10 additional days, worked through extended hours during term time.
Salary: Starting at GDST Regional Grade 3 £27,987 (FTE 0.67 Actual Salary £18,751.29)
About the Role
If you are a practical, organised, and proactive individual who enjoys working in a creative environment and supporting young people to develop technical skills, this is an exciting opportunity to join a thriving Design and Technology department within a leading independent school.
Working across a distinctive school community combining Grade II listed buildings, modern facilities, and a vibrant co-curricular programme, you will play a key role in supporting the delivery of Design and Technology education at Royal High Bath. As a DT Technician, you will ensure that workshops, machinery, equipment, and materials are prepared, maintained, and organised to the highest standards, enabling staff and students to work safely, effectively, and creatively.
This is a varied, hands-on role involving the preparation of materials and resources for lessons, practical assessments, and enrichment activities, maintenance of specialist machinery and workshop equipment, stock control and ordering, and the day-to-day organisation of workshop spaces. You will work closely with teachers and students, providing technical support during practical lessons, helping students develop their project work, and contributing to exhibitions, displays, and wider departmental activities.
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You will play an important role in maintaining the department's specialist facilities, ensuring machinery, tools, and equipment are serviced, tested, and compliant with health and safety requirements. You will help maintain a safe and inspiring learning environment, supporting the school's commitment to high-quality teaching, creativity, and innovation.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare materials and resources for lessons, practical assessments, and enrichment activities.
- Maintain specialist machinery and workshop equipment.
- Conduct stock control and ordering.
- Organise workshop spaces.
- Provide technical support during practical lessons.
- Help students develop their project work.
- Contribute to exhibitions, displays, and wider departmental activities.
- Maintain machinery, tools, and equipment to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.
Requirements
- Strong organisational skills.
- Practical aptitude and a commitment to safe working practices.
- Experience of working with workshop machinery, tools, materials, and technical equipment.
- Ability to manage resources efficiently.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a busy department.
- Knowledge of health and safety requirements within a workshop environment, including risk assessment and machinery maintenance (highly advantageous).
- Experience within education is welcome; we are also keen to hear from candidates with transferable skills from engineering, manufacturing, construction, product design, fabrication, workshop environments, or other technical fields.
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This role could particularly suit an experienced Workshop Technician, Engineering Technician, Manufacturing Technician, Fabrication Technician, Product Design Technician, or a skilled craftsperson looking to apply their technical expertise within a school environment where they can have a meaningful impact on students' learning and development.
Why Join Royal High Bath?
Royal High Bath is a vibrant day and boarding school for girls aged 9–18, based in the beautiful city of Bath. Our school combines historic buildings with modern facilities, creating a varied and inspiring environment in which to develop your administrative leadership career.
As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), we can offer a strong benefits package, including:
- GDST pension scheme.
- Free lunches during term time.
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities.
- Training Grants For Qualifications.
- Free life assurance.
- Up to 50% discount on fees for children at GDST schools.
- Interest-free loans for training, computer purchases, and travel season tickets.
- Cycle to Work scheme.
For further details and to apply, please click the apply button.
We reserve the right to withdraw this role early if suitable candidates are found.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion, and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected, and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children, and child protection screening will apply to this post.
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