Breathing Apparatus Trainer

Job Title:            Breathing Apparatus Trainer
Location:            Beckton or Park Royal 
Compensation:  £42,132 - £43,888 + Benefits
Role Type:          Full time / Permanent 
Role ID:               SF62565

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Breathing Apparatus Trainer supporting the London Fire Brigade at either our Beckton or Park Royal site.

The role
As a Breathing Apparatus Trainer you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. To deliver engaging, practically based, high energy lectures and assessments to ensure students understand and can utilise breathing apparatus and understand fire behaviour and firefighting techniques.

Day-to-day, you’ll deliver an excellent student experience in accordance with the programme requirements.

• Provide teaching, learning support and undertake observations to ensure students’ progress timely through their programme.
• To develop highly motivated students who proactively engage with learning and transfer knowledge, skills, and behaviours to the workplace, and enable them to integrate theory with practice through reflection.
• Provide feedback and appropriate student support. 
• Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending or standing for extended periods of time.

This role is full time, 37.5 hours per week and is based at either Park Royal or Beckton.

Essential experience of the Breathing Apparatus Trainer

• Comprehensive understanding of the fire service and the evidence base current context, challenges, and issues gained either through previous operational or training experience.
• Fire service experience (beneficial)
• Excellent literacy, numeracy and communication skills 
• Ability to support, motivate and inspire others, driving performance and professionalism.

Qualifications for the Breathing Apparatus Trainer

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS)  security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance 
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme 
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave 
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Babcock International 

For over a century Babcock  has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal. 

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email

careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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