THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Recruitment Role Profile Form
Job Title:
Teaching Technician
School/Department:
School of Veterinary Medicine and Science
Salary:
£13,486 - £15,303 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance
Job Family and Level: Technical Services Level 1
Contract Status:
Permanent
Hours of Work:
Full-time (36.25 hours per week)
Location:
Sutton Bonington Campus
Reporting to:
Simon Clifford
Purpose of the New Role:
To fully support the delivery of teaching for the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science by
ensuring that live animal and laboratory based practical classes are fully provided for through
the provision of materials, advice and operational support.
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Main Responsibilities
% time
per year
Maintaining the cleanliness and tidiness of the laboratories and teaching areas
including the cleaning of equipment and instrument to a high standard,
cleaning and disinfecting sinks and work surfaces and ensuring that the
student locker areas are kept in reasonable order
Support the running of the school small hold facilities, to include general
animal husbandry and house keeping duties
Responsible for maintaining stock levels in the laboratories, teaching rooms
and other facilities including chemicals, other consumables, utensils and clean
protective clothing
Set-up, dismantling, cleaning and reassembling specific items as required.
Basic maintenance of equipment
Support the running of the school livery yard and associated facilities, to
include receiving deliveries, allocation of weekly provisions to livery tenants
and basic maintenance of the stables, grazing fields and ménage surface
Maintenance of the school kennel and dog exercise facilities ensuring that all
animals are managed in clean and comfortable surroundings
Collection of goods from stores and other areas. Moving resources (including
live small, large and exotic animals), consumables, laboratory and other
equipment and furniture when necessary
Washing, drying and sterilising glass/plastic ware and utensils. Preparation of
equipment for autoclaving and sterilising/autoclaving materials and equipment
which are to be used in teaching
Disposal of clinical and biohazard waste ensuring that contaminated waste is
disposed of safely and appropriately
Preparing materials and basic solutions for use in teaching
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Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications & Experience
Essential
Qualifications/
 5 GCSE’s (or equivalent) in
Education
relevant subjects, or previous work
experience in a relevant role
Knowledge/Skills  Good IT skills (MicroSoft Office)
/Training
Experience
 Experience of working with horses
and/or cattle
Other
Desirable
 BTec in Animal
Care/Management
 Experience of working with
small mammals and exotics
 Experience of exercising horses
 Ability to communicate effectively
with staff and students at all levels
 Ability to work on own initiative as
well as part of a team
 Willing to undertake overtime
duties at weekends as required
 Full driving licence
 Satisfactory Enhanced disclosure is
obtained from the Disclosure and
Barring Service
Decision Making
i) taken independently by the role holder;
Development and organisation of teaching materials
Provision of advice and support during practical classes
Implementing safety procedures.
Implementing equipment maintenance using guidelines agreed with line manager
ii) taken in collaboration with others;
Development of schedule and requirements of practical classes
Organisation of space and resources within the relevant work area
iii) referred to the appropriate line manager (Senior Teaching Technician) by the role
holder.
Matters outside normal School policy
Implementation of new safety policies or major changes to existing policies
Spend >£500
Scope of the Role
The role is crucial in the support of the teaching requirements of the School of Veterinary
Medicine and Science. The post holder will be required to be flexible to ensure that the animal
care and teaching requirements of the school are met
Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is exempted from the
provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Candidates are therefore, not entitled to withhold information about convictions, which for
other purposes are “spent” under the provisions of the Act, and in the event of employment
any failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the
University. Any information given will be strictly confidential and will be considered only in
relation to an application for positions to which the Order applies.
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