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Plumbing Tutor

Dovetail Ref: 192378
Prison Education From £30,000 per annum Permanent mid Level 20 October 2026
South East
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Education Details

Plumbing Prison Education prison
Levels: Level 2

Job Description

Plumbing Tutor- HMP

Permanent

Location: the South East

Salary: From £30,000 per annum

Are you a skilled plumber looking for a role where your trade expertise genuinely changes lives?

About the Role

We are seeking an inspiring Plumbing Tutor to join an employer in the justice sector, delivering meaningful vocational learning within a prison education setting. This is a unique opportunity to support learners on their rehabilitation journey, helping them build the practical skills, confidence and qualifications needed to progress into employment and shape brighter futures.

You'll deliver engaging and inclusive plumbing lessons, up to Level 2, to small groups of learners with a wide range of educational backgrounds, learning needs and abilities. Many of your learners will have had difficult experiences of education, so patience, empathy and a genuine belief in each individual's potential will matter as much as your technical knowledge.

Key Responsibilities

  • Delivering plumbing qualifications up to Level 2 to groups of learners.
  • Conducting initial assessments and diagnostics to identify learners' starting points and needs.
  • Planning and adapting lessons to meet a diverse range of abilities and learning needs.
  • Creating structured training plans that support individual learner goals.
  • Assessing learners' practical work and maintaining accurate records of progress and achievement.
  • Instilling industry standards of safety, tool control and workshop discipline within a secure learning environment.
  • Providing mentoring and guidance to help learners build confidence and work-readiness ahead of release.

What We're Looking For

Essential:

  • A Level 2 (or higher) qualification in Plumbing.
  • Substantial hands-on experience working in the plumbing trade.
  • Patience, empathy and a genuine belief in learners' potential to change.

Desirable (but not essential):

  • Experience delivering training, teaching or mentoring others.
  • A teaching or assessing qualification.

No teaching qualification? No problem. If you have the trade expertise, you'll be fully supported to gain your teaching or assessing qualification on the job.

What We Offer

  • £30,000 per annum
  • Full support and funding towards teaching and assessing qualifications
  • The chance to make a genuine difference to learners' futures

If you're ready to bring your plumbing expertise into the classroom and help learners build the skills and confidence to turn their lives around, we'd love to hear from you.

What's on Offer

  • Full support and funding towards teaching and assessing qualifications
  • Opportunity to make a genuine difference

Important Notice Dovetail and Slate is a specialist education recruitment company. If this role isn't quite right, we welcome your CV and a call to explore other opportunities. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. All appointments are subject to satisfactory vetting, including a right to work check and, where relevant, an enhanced DBS, PVG (Scotland), or EWC (Wales) check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Dovetail and Slate Ltd (11351060) acts as an Employment Agency and an Employment Business under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. We are an equal opportunities employer. By applying, you consent to your data being processed for recruitment purposes in line with our Privacy Policy. Because education matters. © Dovetail and Slate Limited.

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Your Recruitment Consultant

Lauren Main

Lauren Main

Associate Recruitment Consultant

Requirements

  • Level 2 (or higher) qualification in Plumbing
  • Substantial hands-on experience working in the plumbing trade
  • Patience and empathy
  • Enhanced DBS check
  • HMPPS security vetting

Benefits

  • • Full support and funding towards teaching and assessing qualifications
  • • Opportunity to make a genuine difference

Skills & Qualifications

PlumbingVocational training deliveryAssessment and diagnosticsLesson planningDifferentiationWorkshop safetyMentoringWorking with diverse learners

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