Level 2 Facilities Service Operative Apprenticeship - Harlow, United Kingdom - LMP Group

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Level 2 Facilities Service Operative Apprenticeship - Harlow Fields School & College

About the Placement (Host)

Harlow Fields is a very successful special needs school & college providing for children and young people between the ages of 3 to 19 with Severe and Complex Learning Difficulties.

About the Role

Key details:
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Hours:35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 11am to 7pm

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Wage: £6.40 per hour

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Location:Tendring Road, Harlow, Essex, CM18 6RN
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Apprenticeship Standard: Level 2 Facilities Service Operative

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Duration: Typically 12 months

Overview of the role:

The purpose of the role is to support the school with facilities management, cleaning, health and safety checks, repairs and maintenance.

Key responsibilities:
Health & Safety

Ensure all caretaking equipment is in a safe and working condition and report any issues to the site manager.
Ensure all caretaking equipment is safely and securely stored.
Assist the site manager in undertaking scheduled safety checks / risk assessments including pool maintenance and minibus checks.

Security and Supervision

To act as a key holder, carrying out security procedures for the buildings and grounds. The routine and nonroutine opening of premises and grounds. Responding to calls outside normal working hours as a result of breakins etc. and or/the setting off of the burglar alarm(s).
Providing access, where possible, to the premises and classrooms in the event of snow or minor flooding or similar emergency situations.

Caretaking and maintenance

Undertaking cleaning of allocated area(s), and secondary cleaning.
Washing internal walls e.g. classrooms, corridors, including cleaning at a high level where appropriate safety equipment is available and a safe system of work has been defined in accordance with Health and Safety requirements.
Window cleaning, including cleaning at a high level where appropriate safety equipment is available and a safe system of work has been defined in accordance with Health and Safety requirements.
Monitoring the standards of cleanliness of the premises and furnishings and reporting any deficiencies to the Headteacher
Drawing the attention of the appropriate authorities via the Headteacher to any repairs or maintenance work required at the premises which is beyond the competence of the caretaking staff.

General repairs and maintenance in-line with the delegation of duties from the site management team, such as:

Ensuring that all areas within the site are free from litter and that all drains and gullies are free-flowing and clean.
Taking delivery of stores, materials and other goods and conveying them to their points of distribution. Dispatching laundry, goods, materials etc.
Ensuring that adequate supplies of cleaning materials and other supplies are available.
Operating the heating plant so that the required temperatures are maintained in the premises and an adequate supply of hot water is available. Carrying out frost precaution procedures

Carrying out first line repairs and maintenance which are not beyond the scope and capability of the postholder including:

Plumbing work
e.g. repairing a leaking pipe, simple installation work, such as plumbing in a new tap, or replacing washer etc
Redecoration as appropriate
Plastering work such as repairing cracked or broken plaster, making good damaged walls for example, following the removal of say, shelving or similar fittings;
Fencing and boundary repairs, e.g. mending broken fencing panels or stakes, repairing holes in chain link fences etc;
Glazing work, such as replacing smaller windows, rebeading or reputtying glass panes, internal and external.

Note:
Specialist contractors would be used for repairs to large window panes or double glazed units or windows at a high level;

Skills & Personal Qualities Required:

Communication skills
Good reading and writing skills
Good numerical skills
Time Management
Organisation skills
DIY skills
Hardworking
Motivated

Qualifications Required:

GCSE or equivalent English (Grade 4)
Essential
GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade 4)
Essential
Full UK Driving license
Essential

About the employer
Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licenced by the Department for Education.

Currently ranked 2nd in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry.

We arrange the most suitable and appropriate apprenticeship training from one of our partnered training providers.

If you are successful in securing an apprenticeship with Inspire ATA, it is important to understand that Inspire ATA will be your employer and the apprenticeship