Arboriculture Tutor 1160

Vacancy Type

Permanent/Full Time

Hours per week

40 hours per week

Location

Remote / Midlands

Salary Range

£27,686 per annum

About Us

Build a career in teaching? Let us fund the journey

Perhaps you've spent years working in arboriculture and are ready to pass your knowledge on to the next generation. If you hold credible industry qualifications and have experience of training or developing apprentices in the workplace, this could be the perfect opportunity. Whether you're looking to step away from hands-on work or take the next step in your career, we'll support you in becoming an outstanding Apprenticeship Tutor.

You don’t need to be a teacher to apply.

Whether you’re an experienced industry professional or a talented, qualified horticulturist with a passion for developing others, we’ll fully fund your assessor qualifications, develop your teaching skills give you the time and support to develop your skills whilst coaching you every step of the way. This is a springboard into a career in education.

Why join Central YMCA?

We’re the world’s first YMCA, a national charity with a simple purpose: helping people live happier, healthier and more fulfilled lives. Join us and you’ll be part of something with real social purpose, at an exciting time of growth and transformation.

What we offer:

• Fully funded assessor qualifications — with paid study time and mentoring built in
• 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Extra paid leave for your birthday, a mental health day, and up to 5 volunteering days a year
• Flexibility in the role to work full-time, part-time and flexible patterns all considered; tell us what works for you
• Home-based working when not on site with apprentices
• 4% contributory pension scheme and life insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Charity Employee Discount Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme, free confidential support (including counselling) for you and your immediate family

About You

You're passionate about developing the next generation of arborists and helping apprentices build the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to succeed.

Whether you're an experienced Arboriculture Tutor or Assessor, or an experienced Arborist professional looking to take the next step into teaching and assessing, we'd love to hear from you.

If you have the right industry experience and a passion for supporting others to learn, we'll provide the support you need to develop in the Arboriculture Apprenticeship Tutor role, including helping you achieve an assessor qualification if you don't already hold one.

Essential:

• Recognised arborist qualifications, including industry tickets (although these are not taught by you as a tutor)
• Be occupationally competent or technically knowledgeable in the arborist industry
• Have credible experience of providing training & mentoring in the industry
• Solid practical, hands-on capability in arboriculture, gained through industry experience (tree surgeon), or through the practical elements of your recent training, for example:

• Tree identification and understanding of tree biology.
• Tree planting, establishment and aftercare.
• Tree inspection and hazard identification.
• Tree pruning techniques, including formative and maintenance pruning.
• Safe tree dismantling and sectional felling (where appropriate to qualifications and experience).
• Aerial tree work and climbing techniques (if delivering or assessing these elements).
• Use and inspection of arboriculture equipment and machinery.
• Tree pest and disease identification and management.
• Site risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Knowledge and application of health and safety legislation, including working at height and LOLER requirements.
• Environmental legislation, wildlife protection and biosecurity.

• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across the Midlands region
• Great communication skills and the confidence to build rapport with learners and employers alike

Desirable:

• An assessor qualification (A1/CAVA or equivalent) — if not, we’ll fund it and support you to achieve it in your first months
• A teaching qualification, or experience tutoring or mentoring
• Familiarity with e-portfolio systems or apprenticeship funding rules

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an Arboriculture Tutor to join our Skills team, delivering arboriculture apprenticeship standards across the Midlands and surrounding areas.

As our Arboriculture Tutor (Apprenticeships), you’ll guide apprentices from their first day right through to EPA (End Point Assessment), delivering engaging training on site and online, assessing competence in the field, and building strong relationships with learners and their employers.

You'll also play an important role in developing and maintaining strong employer partnerships, promoting our apprenticeship programmes, supporting the recruitment and enrolment of apprentices, and identifying opportunities to grow our provisions across the region.

Day to day, you’ll:

• Deliver one-to-one or group practical and knowledge teaching sessions to apprentices
• Conduct workplace reviews and progress meetings
• Assess learner work and provide constructive feedback via our online portfolio
• Set SMART targets and agree next steps with learners
• Monitor learner progress against target completion dates
• Manage your own diary & caseload of apprentices throughout their learning journey including: sign-up, teaching & learning, ongoing assessment, progress reviews, End Point Assessment preparation and completion
• Keep learner records accurate, timely and audit-ready
• Maintain regular contact with employers and workplace mentors.
• Build trusted relationships with employers across the region, opening doors to new apprenticeship & business opportunities

This is a rewarding opportunity to help shape the next generation of arborists while delivering high-quality apprenticeship programmes that create lasting value for learners, employers and the communities we serve.

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