Apprenticeship Assessor/ Practitioner Engineering
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Apprenticeship Assessor/ Practitioner Engineering
Cannock / Tamworth
Salary: Up to £42,000 + 35 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + Pension + Excellent Benefits
Do you have experience in assessing and are you familiar with advanced manufacturing apprenticeship programmes? Are you looking for a role with a leading engineering college where you can make a real difference while working as part of a highly skilled team?
This organisation is a well-established and highly respected engineering college with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality apprenticeship programmes. They work closely with industry-leading employers and are committed to developing the next generation of engineers through outstanding training, support and employer engagement. With continued growth, they are looking to strengthen their apprenticeship team with experienced professionals who can maintain and elevate their standards.
In this role, you will take full responsibility for managing a caseload of engineering apprentices, supporting them from enrolment through to end-point assessment. You will deliver training, carry out workplace assessments, monitor progress and ensure timely achievement of apprenticeship standards. Acting as the main point of contact for both apprentices and employers, you will play a key role in coordinating learning, maintaining quality and ensuring successful outcomes across your cohort.
The ideal candidate will hold a recognised assessing qualification and have experience supporting engineering apprentices. You will be confident managing your own caseload, familiar with apprenticeship standards and comfortable working with employers to drive progress and performance. Experience with advanced manufacturing or engineering programmes will be highly beneficial, alongside strong communication and organisational skills.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading institution where you can genuinely make a difference. You'll be part of a professional, supportive team, working in a structured environment with excellent benefits, strong job security and the chance to help shape future engineering talent.
The Role:
*Manage a caseload of engineering apprentices from enrolment to completion
*Deliver workplace assessments and support training aligned to apprenticeship standards
*Act as the key point of contact for apprentices and employers
*Monitor learner progress and prepare for end-point assessment
*Maintain accurate records and contribute to quality assurance processes
The Person:
*Holds a recognised Assessing Qualification (e.g. CAVA or equivalent)
*Experience assessing engineering apprentices
*Familiar with advanced manufacturing/engineering apprenticeship standards
*Strong communication and organisational skills
*Able to manage workload independently and work with employers
*Full UK driving licence and able to travel locally
Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.
The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set and will be decided by our client, the employer. Rise are not responsible or liable for any hiring decisions made by the end client.
We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.
Key skills
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Application advice
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⭐ Lead your CV with your CAVA (or equivalent) assessing qualification prominently in your Professional Profile, as the advert lists this as the first essential requirement under 'The Person'.
📊 Quantify your caseload experience: e.g. 'Managed a caseload of 35 engineering apprentices across 4 employers, achieving 92% timely completion rate'.
🎯 Explicitly name the engineering or advanced manufacturing apprenticeship standards you have delivered against (e.g. Level 3 Engineering Technician, Level 4 HNC Engineering), as familiarity with these frameworks is flagged as highly beneficial.
🌐 Highlight employer engagement experience — describe how you coordinated with employers to drive learner progress, as the role requires you to act as the key point of contact for both apprentices and employers.
🚗 Include your full UK driving licence clearly in your CV's personal details or skills section, as the advert explicitly requires local travel capability.
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- •Managed a caseload of 32 engineering apprentices across 8 employer sites, achieving a 94% timely completion rate against Level 3 Engineering Technician standards.
- •Conducted 120+ workplace assessments annually aligned to advanced manufacturing apprenticeship standards, maintaining full compliance across all internal and Ofsted quality audits.
- •Prepared 18 apprentices for end-point assessment in a single academic year, coordinating EPA readiness reviews with employers and reducing deferral rate by 25% year-on-year.
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Rise Technical Recruitment's Apprenticeship Assessor role at the Cannock engineering college stands out as a strong match for my background in workplace assessment and caseload management. With a CAVA qualification and hands-on experience delivering assessments against engineering apprenticeship standards, I am well placed to support apprentices from enrolment through to end-point assessment while maintaining the quality standards your institution is known for.
My background in engineering apprenticeship delivery includes managing a caseload of over 30 learners across multiple employer sites, conducting regular workplace assessments, monitoring progress against knowledge, skills and behaviours criteria, and preparing apprentices for EPA. I have built strong working relationships with employers to drive learner performance and contributed to internal quality assurance processes to ensure timely and successful outcomes.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›Walk us through how you manage an apprentice from initial enrolment through to end-point assessment — what milestones and documentation do you use?
- ›How do you ensure your workplace assessments align with the relevant apprenticeship standard, and how do you evidence this?
- ›Which engineering or advanced manufacturing apprenticeship standards have you delivered against, and how did you interpret the knowledge, skills and behaviours criteria?
- ›How do you approach quality assurance within your caseload, and what records do you maintain to support internal and external audit?
- ›Describe your process for preparing an apprentice for end-point assessment — how do you identify readiness and address any gaps?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you managed a large caseload independently and had to prioritise competing demands across multiple apprentices and employers.
- ›Describe a situation where an apprentice was at risk of not achieving their qualification on time — what actions did you take and what was the outcome?
- ›Give an example of a difficult conversation you had with an employer about an apprentice's progress. How did you handle it?
- ›Tell me about a time you identified a quality issue in your assessments or records and how you resolved it.
- ›Describe a time you supported an apprentice who was struggling with both the on-programme learning and their workplace environment simultaneously.
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Describe a situation where an apprentice was at risk of not achieving their qualification on time — what actions did you take and what was the outcome?
Give an example of a difficult conversation you had with an employer about an apprentice's progress. How did you handle it?
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