P5710 PC Firearms Instructor
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£28,551 - £46,044
28/01/2021, 23:55
As a Firearms Trainer, you will undertake research, curriculum design, delivery and assessment of training events and courses both internally and to multi agency partners in accordance with the National Police Firearms Training Curriculum.
Your main duties will be to undertake research and assessment, design and delivery of training events and courses in accordance with National Police Firearms Training Curriculum (NPFTC). You will be responsible for the daily maintenance of all ranges, operational and training equipment including responsibility of reporting any faults with the vehicles and associated equipment.
The post holder must hold a National Police Firearms Training Certificate (within the last 3 years and hold a teaching or training qualification to NVQ Level 3 in Training and Development or equivalent).
You will be expected to obtain an IOSH or equivalent Health and Safety qualification within an 18 month timescale from the point of employment, if not already qualified.
The post holder will also be required to comply with the following:-
• Annual hearing and eyesight test in line with national standards;
• ARV qualification standard and the national instructor qualification standard shoots as set by the College of Policing.
• To achieve and maintain the required level of fitness for the role.
• Meet the required role profile annually
• Be operationally deployable to support the Tactical Support Team
If an internal applicant who is at risk of redundancy / in need of redeployment has applied for this role and pass the selection process they will be offered the role over the remaining internal and / or external applicants.
To apply for this vacancy, applicants should complete the application providing:
One piece of evidence against Competency and Values Framework (CVF) for the role that the officer is currently undertaking. Each piece of evidence should be contained within one box (not multiple boxes) and not exceed a maximum of 500 words.
The interview panel reserve the right to hold a training session design and presentation as part of the interview process.
Please advise your Chief Inspector or Police Staff equivalent of your application, failure to do so may mean that your application will not be supported.
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Important information before you commence an application (for external applicants)
You will require the following detail to complete this application form:
- National Insurance Number
- Identification Detail e.g. passport
- Address information including proof
- Referee information
- Full employment history including dates and any qualifications you may have attained
- Tattoos - you will also be requested to provide photos and describe of any visible tattoos you have
If the role requires you to drive you will also be required to upload details from your full driving licence including photos.
Important information before you commence an application- for ALL applicants
The application system only remains active on a single page for a period of 60 minutes.
Please ensure you allow time to complete your application fully as part complete pages do not save.
If the role has evidence questions you may wish to save these remotely and paste your answers into the boxes at time of submission.
Internal applicants for uniform roles
It is important you have gained approval from your Chief Inspector or above if you are in a uniform role or your Senior Manager equivalent if you are in a staff role before completing an application for this position.
You will be required to provide the name and collar number on the application form of the individual that has approved your application.
Failure to do so, may result in your application being withdrawn from process.
Internal applicants must not be on probation or under tenure in their current role e.g. transferee or driver training course, to apply for an internal role.
This vacancy is closed to applications.