Breathing Apparatus Trainer
// Role Summary
Shape the future of firefighter training as a Breathing Apparatus Trainer, delivering critical skills development to London's frontline crews. Make a tangible impact on community safety.
// Key Responsibilities
- Deliver core firefighter skills training, including Breathing Apparatus and apprenticeship modules.
- Assess learner performance and provide constructive feedback.
- Create a safe, inclusive, and professional learning environment.
- Manage learner welfare and escalate concerns via safeguarding procedures.
- Ensure training resources and equipment are suitable.
- Requires the ability to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance.
// Role Specification
As a Breathing Apparatus Trainer, you’ll play a vital role in delivering hands‑on, safety‑critical training that directly supports the operational readiness of London’s frontline fire crews. This is your opportunity to make a real impact — helping learners develop essential skills, supporting their confidence, and contributing to safer communities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Delivering core firefighter skills training, including Breathing Apparatus and Level 3 apprenticeship modules.
- Assessing learner performance and providing constructive feedback to support progression.
- Creating a safe, inclusive, and professional learning environment following Fit to Train, safety and welfare policies.
- Managing learner welfare issues and escalating concerns via established safeguarding procedures.
- Ensuring training resources and equipment are suitable and raising any issues with senior colleagues.
This is a full-time, onsite role working 37.5 hours per week based at Park Royal, near London. You will be working Monday to Friday, with occasional weekends.
Essential Experience:
- Training or assessing qualification at Level 3 or above (can be obtained through Babcock).
- Experience teaching, coaching, assessing or presenting to groups of adults (desirable).
- Fire‑related background or operational experience (advantageous).
- A passion for training, with an adaptable and engaging approach.
Qualifications:
We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.
Security Clearance:
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) security clearance for this role.
What we offer:
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading
- ‘Be Kind Day’
We are Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure.
We are a disability confident committed employer and are happy to talk about flexible working.