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[Example Vacancy] Demonstrator Backhoe Operations

The Barbados Vocational Training Board (BVTB) is seeking qualified and skilled professionals to join our team to fill the following vacant positions:

Core Function

To plan, execute, manage and evaluate technical/vocational instruction in the vocational skill at one of the Barbados Vocational Training Board’s Vocational Training Centres.

Duties include

  • Preparing instructional materials, including performance objectives, lesson plans, instructional aids, information materials and training modules.
  • Demonstrating skills and explaining theoretical concepts in the relevant skill area.
  • Ensuring that all training is conducted in accordance with the required health and safety practices and the Road Traffic Act.
  • Directing field trips and arranging on-the-job training.
  • Organizing and managing the training workshop for effective and efficient delivery of training.
  • Performing preventative maintenance on tools, equipment and machinery.
  • Maintaining electronic training records.
  • Performing continuous assessment of the trainee’s performance.
  • Evaluating the ability of the trainee(s) at the end of the programme.
  • Conducting interviews for the selection of participants.

Qualifications

  1. A Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate in English Language (CSEC) General Proficiency Level with no less than three (3) years’ relevant experience in the discipline, and possession of one (1) of the following qualifications in said discipline:
  2. Intermediate or final Craft Certificate of City and Guilds or its equivalent.
  3. An Associate Degree.
  4. Level II of City and Guilds.
  5. The BTEC National Certificate or Diploma.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate computer literacy. The possession of the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) Level 4 and the Erdiston Teachers’ Training College Diploma in Technical and Vocational Education would be an asset.