Overhead Line Person Training Assessor
Location: Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
Employment Type: Full time
Working Hours: (Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week with overtime opportunities available)
What’s in it for you…
We believe in looking after our people, and it shows. When you join Ipsum, you’re not just taking a job, you’re starting a career with real support behind it.
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Option to buy up to 5 additional holidays
Group Personal Pension Plan
Career development & progression with the opportunity to earn professional qualifications
24/7 access to a virtual GP and Mental health support & counselling services
Cycle to Work scheme
Discount club - supermarkets, phone bills, gyms & more!
Life assurance cover
Long service recognition
Enhanced Maternity Pay
About the role…
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Overhead Line Person Training Assessor to join our growing training team. This is an excellent opportunity for an industry professional with extensive overhead line experience to develop the next generation of electrical distribution professionals.
You will be responsible for delivering high-quality overhead line training programmes, assessing learner competence against industry standards. If you have significant overhead line experience and are passionate about developing others, we'd like to hear from you. Whether you are already an experienced trainer or looking to move into training and assessment, this is an exciting opportunity to build a rewarding career while helping shape the next generation of industry professionals.
As a Overhead Line Person Training Assessor you will…
Deliver high-quality Overhead Line Person training programmes to learners across the electrical distribution industry.
Plan, prepare and deliver engaging practical and theoretical training sessions and conduct examinations and assessments in line with occupational standards for learning and development.
Assess candidates in accordance with the examination and assessment strategy for relevant programmes and qualifications.
Examine and assess learners against agreed criteria, ensuring consistency, fairness and compliance.
Support invigilators and ensure examination activities comply with industry regulations and best practice.
Review assessment applications and learner-generated evidence, including claims for unit exemptions and equivalency.
Maintain accurate learner records and assessment documentation.
Work closely with the Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) to maintain quality assurance standards.
Attend and actively contribute to standardisation meetings, quality reviews and continuous improvement activities.
Maintain impartiality throughout the assessment process and declare any actual or potential conflicts of interest.
Promote a positive safety culture and ensure compliance with all health, safety and environmental procedures.
About you…
Level 3 qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant electrical, engineering or utility discipline.
Extensive practical experience within the overhead line or electrical distribution industry.
Strong technical knowledge of overhead line construction, maintenance and operational practices.
Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to motivate, mentor and develop learners.
Good IT skills, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
Full UK driving licence
Desirable:
Level 3 Award in Education and Training (or equivalent).
Level 3 Assessor Qualification (CAVA or equivalent).
Relevant utility industry authorisations or competency certifications.
Applicants who do not currently hold teaching or assessor qualifications will be supported to achieve:
Level 3 Award in Education and Training.
Level 3 Assessor Qualification.
What We Offer
Competitive salary and benefits package
Ongoing professional development and funded training.
Support to achieve recognised teaching and assessor qualifications.
The opportunity to play a key role in developing the future workforce of the UK's electrical distribution industry.
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Next steps… If you're interested in this opportunity please apply or reach out to Ipsum Talent Team for more info!
At Ipsum, we provide specialist engineering services across the UK’s regulated water and energy companies and private sector businesses.
We work with our customers to maintain, optimise and develop their above and below ground assets to ensure security and resilience, and with our smart systems and ways of working, we ensure we deliver on time, on budget and safely.
At Ipsum, we develop long-term working relationships with our customers by providing essential utility services on both public and private networks. We have many long-term contracts and framework arrangements in place which are built upon great customer service, safe working practices and the ability to flex and deploy specialist skillsets at short notice.
The growth of Ipsum has been built upon our people and our ability to meet the demanding and ever-changing needs of our customers. The UK utility sector is evolving and expanding to meet increasing customer demand, regulatory-driven outcomes and to exploit new innovative technologies, at Ipsum we will continue to grow in this sector by being a reliable, flexible and agile service partner that helps customers meet these new challenges.
As we know, utility service provision is not a 9 to 5 business, our customers don’t switch off their networks or assets at night, or at the weekends, or on holidays, or when things are quiet. They need them to work round the clock – and we at Ipsum are right beside them 24/7 to make sure they do.
We pride ourselves in providing specialist scheduled maintenance services, being able to respond to an individual call-out or mobilise onto a major upgrade project and that our customers can rely on Ipsum 24/7/365.
