Level 2 Facilities Operative Apprenticeship Freemantles School
Freemantles School is a Specialist school based in Mayford Green Woking providing education provision for autistic children and young people aged 4 to 19 years. We have been expanding for a number of years and on our Mayford site we have a Primary School building and a new Secondary & FE School building.
Where youll work
Smarts Heath Road Mayford Green Woking GU22 0AN
What youll do at work
- Responsible for supporting the Site Manager and Assistant Site Manager in ensuring the security maintenance cleanliness standards and general wellbeing of the school are of a good standard.
- To receive a daily list of jobs via an iPad and be able to follow through complete and record within a timely fashion working both under own initiative and with other members of the team.
- To receive checkin and distribute deliveries ensuring that the reception area remains clear of deliveries at all times.
- To work under supervision to maintain the school grounds which includes litter picking weeding sweeping pathways gardening works using both rideon and hand mowers and hedge cutting equipment.
- To learn how to support the maintenance of the building plant and equipment to meet statutory Health & Safety requirements.
- To undertake emergency cleaning if required during the school day and help with daily housekeeping issues as they arise.
- To undertake minor repairs improvements and (re)decoration of the school site using the tools and materials provided and focusing on maintaining an excellent standard of Health & Safety
- To support the daily coordination of the schools minibus fleet and support the routine maintenance and checks of the schools vehicles.
- With training to be able and willing to drive a school minibus on an adhoc basis.
- To support the transportation of school lunch provision across the sites.
- To assist in jobs that are sometimes dirty and unpleasant e.g. clearing drains.
- To support the effective running of school events and activities including setting up rooms car parking marshalling and responding to parents and site visitors in a helpful manner.
- To support the daily maintenance of the schools hydropool.
- To be concerned for security of the school and its grounds at all times including carrying out morning grounds checks and the daily locking up procedures but not the responsible person in the first instance.
- To act as one of the Fire Marshall team in the event of an emergency.
- To be flexible to changing needs of the school and site team.
- To be aware of and work within H&S regulations at all times ensuring that PPE provided is used and reporting any identified H&S concerns as they arise. To support the Site Manager in carrying out risk assessments.
- To be aware of school policies relating to child protection health safety and security confidentiality and data protection reporting concerns to an appropriate person.
- To attend whole school meetings whenever possible to ensure awareness of developing school policies and priorities.
- To attend appropriate training as required and arranged by the Site Manager / Assistant Site Manager e.g. manual handling fire training working at heights use of tools.
- To recognise the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.
- To uphold the values and behaviours of the School.
- To work inclusively with a diverse range of stakeholders and promote equality of opportunity.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Non judgemental
College or training organisation
GLP TRAINING LTD
Your training course
Facilities services operative
Equal to Level 2 (GCSE)
Hours
Monday to Thursday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. 45minute break.
Friday 8:30 am to 4:15 pm. 45minute break.
36 hours a week
Duration
12 months
Positions available
1
Company Benefits
- Eligible for an NUS card for discounts in shops and restaurants.
- Eligible for an apprenticeship oyster card 30 off travel.
- Discount on Nandos ASOS Vue cinema and much more.
- Automatic rise in pay after 12 months.
After this apprenticeship
Potential for fulltime employment and/or further training.
Other requirements
Preemployment checks. Please be aware that upon a successful offer of employment the company completes digitalised righttowork checks and DBS applications via an external provider Matrix Screening. The company also completes an internal online social media search in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.
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