Overview
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IQA – Engineering – Pipefitting/Welding
UCS Group
Bridgwater
Working Hours: Variable hours – subject to departmental requirements
Location: Bridgwater College
Closing date: 12 midnight, Sunday 22 February 2026
Job Purpose
The post-holder will be motivated and enthusiastic and a strong team player who strives to deliver the best possible outcomes for our learners by maximising their potential to make positive progress towards timely success. The ideal candidate will have some industry experience and be flexible in your approach to adapt to the various levels and needs of learners. You will be expected to IQA a range of student portfolios and assessments to ensure they meet the College and Awarding Body quality requirements while working with a successful team of staff to contribute to the college’s expectations of quality.
Responsibilities
* Quality & TLA
* Quality observations of lessons to ensure quality of delivery in line with AO criteria and expectations
* Quality assurance of plan of learning/schemes of work and lesson plans in line with College policies and processes
* Share teaching, learning and assessment good practice to enhance the learner experience through activities including Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and College Inspection Review (CIR) processes
* Quality assurance of assessment plans to support progress for all learners and track progress to ensure timely success
* Quality assurance of assignments/examinations/assessments as appropriate
* Quality assurance of feedback to meet College and Awarding Body requirements and support apprentice progress
* Provide effective verbal and/or written feedback to support colleagues progress in line with awarding organisations’ requirements and College processes
* Quality assurance of work readiness activities with learners to support their development and progress
* Quality assurance of teaching files in line with College and Awarding Body requirements
* Participate in staff appraisals and staff development activities to ensure knowledge is up to date and practice is continuously developing
* Keep a Continuous Professional Development portfolio to record and demonstrate personal development
* Complete all mandatory training as required in line with College expectations
* Ensure and maintain standards and quality by engaging with and using the College quality systems working alongside course leaders and curriculum managers
* Fulfil the role of IV/IQA as required
* Attend team meetings to standardise practice and share information
Continuous Professional Development
* Participate in staff development activities to support Continuous Professional Development (CPD) and keep a Professional Development Portfolio (PDP) to evidence personal development and impact on practice
* Actively participate in the College performance management processes, including appraisals to support personal and professional development and enhance the learner experience
Other
* Attend Department, Area and College meetings as required to support delivery of the College strategic and operational plans
* Supports and promotes equality and diversity at the College to ensure equality of opportunity for all students, visitors and staff and the elimination of discriminatory practices
* Maintains and promotes a healthy and safe environment at the College to ensure students, visitors and staff are safe from harm
* Supports and promotes the safeguarding agenda at the College to ensure students, visitors and staff are safeguarded
* Any other duties connected with the post as are reasonably required from time to time
Qualifications/Skills/Knowledge/Qualities
* Hold an IQA qualification
* Hold an assessor Qualification
* Have up-to-date sector/industry knowledge and/or evidence of specialist subject knowledge in key areas – Pipefitting and Welding
* Must have strong practical handling experience across a range of species
* Have a strong desire to be part of a high performing team and work collaboratively across the College
* Have a strong desire to see all learners succeed and progress, and have a clear understanding of their needs and how these may be met
* Be an excellent communicator with highly developed interpersonal skills
* Possess strong and effective problem solving and IT skills
For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Why Join Us?
For more than 60 years, nuclear power stations in the UK have been quietly keeping Britain fuelled with massive amounts of home-grown energy.
Our teams up and down the country are proudly continuing to serve the nation – but they also have an eye on the future.
EDF is leading the UK's nuclear renaissance with the construction of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C and plans for a new power station at Sizewell C in Suffolk.
Nuclear power is the most reliable, low-carbon energy source currently available to the UK. EDF is playing a key role in the development of nuclear sites, while Hinkley Point C will provide low-carbon electricity to meet 7% of the UK demand. The project is already making a positive impact on the local and national economy as well as boosting skills and education.
We’re not just building new nuclear power stations. We’re developing careers, upskilling generations and creating thousands of employment and apprenticeship opportunities across a variety of skills areas.
It takes a special kind of person to work in the nuclear energy industry and although we have thousands of them there’s always a need for more.
Our industry has a mind-boggling range of opportunities and more jobs, and in more places, than you might think. But it’s also an industry which is changing.
We’re a responsible business and proud to be Britain’s biggest generator of zero carbon electricity. With size, age and experience, we believe we can do even more.
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