Fashion Design/ Dressmaking Trainer

Role Overview

This role delivers technical and vocational training, guiding students from classroom learning through practical work and preparation for examinations or industrial attachment. Alongside teaching, the instructor supports student wellbeing, tracks progress and attendance, and helps learners build the client-service and business skills needed to apply their trade successfully.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and update course materials, schemes of work, lesson plans and training records in line with the curriculum.
• Teach practical and theoretical content, assess student performance regularly, set improvement targets, and prepare learners for internal and final examinations.
• Support student recruitment and maintain accurate records of enrolment documents, attendance, assessment results and monitoring data; follow up on fee payments.
• Provide student guidance, address disciplinary concerns, help resolve conflicts, and communicate organisational expectations, values and activities.
• Help students identify suitable industrial attachments and develop the professional skills to meet deadlines, serve clients, price their work and market their services.
• Deliver services where required and supervise students during client work to support quality outcomes and customer satisfaction.
• Maintain workshop tools and equipment by scheduling inspections, arranging supplies, allocating materials, reporting damage and repairs, and opening and securing the workshop.
• Submit activity reports on time, follow up on agreed actions, and recommend improvements to training, equipment care and classroom security.

Requirements & Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree, Higher National Diploma or diploma in a relevant technical or vocational field.
• A diploma in technical education or a certificate in pedagogy from Kenya School of TVET (KSTVET/KTTC).
• At least one year of teaching or relevant industry experience.
• Current registration and licence from the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority (TVETA).
• Knowledge of examination procedures for KNEC, NITA or CDACC competency-based programmes.