TVET Trainers - Social Work

Role Overview

This trainer is the person standing between a learner and a working trade. Day to day, the role involves turning approved occupational standards into practical, hands-on instruction in a workshop, laboratory, or classroom, then judging — honestly and consistently — whether each learner can actually perform the tasks their certificate will claim they can perform. The quality of that instruction shapes whether graduates walk into employment, self-employment, or further training with real capability, and it directly underpins the institution's accreditation standing with TVETA and the credibility of the awards it issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver competency-based training in the assigned area of specialization, working from the approved curriculum, occupational standards, and any industry input supplied by the institution.
• Prepare schemes of work, session plans, teaching aids, and learner materials before each intake, and revise them as standards, tools, or technologies change.
• Set up, check, and maintain tools, equipment, machines, and consumables in the training area so that practical sessions run safely and without avoidable downtime.
• Supervise learners through practical exercises and projects, correcting technique, enforcing safe work practices, and modelling the professional habits expected in the trade.
• Design and administer formative and summative assessments, including practical tasks and projects, and mark them against the stated criteria rather than personal impression.
• Keep accurate records of attendance, assessment results, and learner progress, and submit them within the institution's deadlines and in the format required for examination and certification purposes.
• Provide individual feedback and support to learners who are falling behind, and refer those with welfare, disability, or pastoral needs to the appropriate office.
• Guide learners through trade testing, certification, and industrial attachment requirements, and advise on employment or self-employment pathways in the field.
• Take part in departmental meetings, internal quality assurance and audit exercises, curriculum review, and ongoing professional development to keep both trade knowledge and teaching practice current.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Relevant academic qualifications and/or recognized professional or trade qualifications in the area of specialization you would be teaching.
• A valid, current TVETA Trainer Registration/Licence covering that same area of specialization — this is a minimum requirement, not a desirable extra.
• Demonstrated hands-on occupational experience in the trade or discipline, sufficient to teach it credibly and to demonstrate correct technique to learners.
• Working knowledge of competency-based education and training (CBET) principles, including how to write and apply assessment criteria against occupational standards.
• Practical workshop or laboratory skills, including safe use, care, and basic maintenance of the tools and equipment used in the specialization.
• Ability to plan and manage a training group of young adults and mature learners, keeping sessions disciplined, inclusive, and productive.
• Sound record-keeping and basic computer literacy for preparing materials, entering results, and reporting progress.
• Strong spoken and written communication skills, and the patience to explain a task repeatedly in different ways until a learner gets it.
• Commitment to professional ethics, learner safeguarding, and continuous updating of both technical and instructional skills.