Specialist Instructional Officer, Fitting and Turning. Four Positions

Gosport, South East England, PO12 3BY

Please note that DSMARE is due to transfer to Navy Command within the period Nov 2024 to Nov 2025. This post may therefore be in scope for potential outsource under Project Selborne during this period.

 

The Defence School of Marine Engineering (DSMarE) is a personnel and training organisation situated at HMS Sultan, the Gosport site for the Tri-service, Defence College of Electro-mechanical Engineering (DCEME)

Main outputs are the training of Royal Navy Marine Engineers and Technicians, Army and RAF specific courses and some commercial training.  The DSMarE also provides personnel support for its staff and other users of the Gosport site.  Many of these functions are provided through a contractual arrangement with Babcock Limited which also markets spare capacity for income generation.  HQ DCEME acts as the primary administrative authority for DSMarE and provides financial services, contracts oversight and property management functions.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week 

Primary duties will involve the delivery of workshop theory, practical instruction to Service and Civilian trainees to Foundation Degree/ Defence standards.

 

Secondary roles include: providing Subject Matter Expertise on the courses delivered and liaising with external authorities, ships, establishments and other military units to provide technical support and advise where required.

The post holder will also be expected to prepare course documentation, assess and mark tests and examinations, develop new course material as required and the minor maintenance and repair of training equipment and training aids.

 

As a member of a training delivery team of 10 band D, Specialist Instructional Officers; experience is required in all aspects of fitting, turning, milling and grinding as well as being to interpret engineering drawings in accordance with BS8888.                                  

 

Candidates will have served a recognised apprenticeship or a relevant alternative period of training in Fitting and Turning processes to the appropriate ONC, City and Guilds (part III), BTEC or an equivalent level qualification, plus have recent experience within the appropriate workshop skills. Applicants who have completed a full Services Engineering Apprenticeship plus recent practical experience in that trade or specialisation will be deemed to meet the necessary requirements.

 

Previous experience in a training/instructional role would be beneficial but training in Defence instructional techniques will be provided for the successful applicant without prior experience.

Candidates will have served a recognised apprenticeship or a relevant alternative period of training in Fitting and Turning processes to the appropriate ONC, City and Guilds (part III), BTEC or an equivalent level qualification, plus have recent experience within the appropriate workshop skills. Applicants who have completed a full Services Engineering Apprenticeship plus recent practical experience in that trade or specialisation will be deemed to meet the necessary requirements.

Previous experience in a training/instructional role would be beneficial but training in Defence instructional techniques will be provided for the successful applicant without prior experience.

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• A short practical assessment of Turning on a Centre lathe will be required
• A fifteen minute lecture on on one of the following will be required, Using a 0-25 Micrometer, Taper Turning or Screw Cutting on a centre lathe with a single point tool.

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

The post does not offer relocation expenses. 

External recruits who join the MOD who are new to the Civil Service will be subject to a six-month probation period. 

The Ministry of Defence is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for its staff which includes educating them on the benefits of not smoking, protecting them from the harmful effects of second-hand smoke and supporting those who want to give up smoking. Under the Smoke-Free Working Environment policy, Smoking and the use of all tobacco products (including combustible and chewing tobacco products) will not be permitted anywhere in the Defence working environment by 31st December 2022. The policy is Whole Force and includes all Defence personnel, contractors, visitors and other non-MOD personnel. All applicants seeking, considering, or accepting employment with the Ministry of Defence should be aware of this policy and that it is already in place at a number of Defence Establishments. 

Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts.  

Expenses incurred for travel to interviews will not be reimbursed. 

Any move to MOD from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/. 

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Job contact :

• Name : Mr Peter Quint
• Email : Peter.Quint888@mod.gov.uk
• Telephone : 02392542308

Recruitment team

• Email : DBSCivPers-Resourcingteam3@mod.gov.uk