Share your trade with the next generation

Colleges across the South West want people who do the job to help teach it. If you work in construction, building services or engineering, you could be one of them.

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Why get involved

• You'll be paid for your time. It's £450 for each day of four hours or more, paid through the partner college.
• It's good experience. Teaching and mentoring look good on your CV, and many people find they enjoy it.
• You pass on what you know. The trade needs skilled people. You can help train them, the way someone once trained you.

What you could do

You choose what suits you. It might be one session, or something regular.

• Help a college plan a course, so it teaches what the job really needs.
• Have a student or a college lecturer spend time with you at work.
• Support a student one to one, or in a small group, as they learn the trade.
• Run a one-off session on something you know inside out.
• Help a college lecturer keep up with how the work is done today.
• Teach a class yourself.
• Teach alongside a college lecturer, who leads the class.

Who you'd work with

These colleges are part of the programme:

• Bath College
• Bournemouth and Poole College
• City College Plymouth
• City of Bristol College
• Coastland College
• Cornwall College
• Exeter College
• Gloucestershire College
• New College Swindon
• North Devon College
• SGS College (South Gloucestershire & Stroud College)
• South Devon College
• Truro and Penwith College
• UCS College Group (University Centre Somerset)
• Wiltshire College & University Centre
• Yeovil College

How it works

1. Apply. It takes about 5 minutes.
2. Have a chat with us. Someone from the Project Office will talk to you about what you'd like to do.
3. Get matched with a college. We'll put you in touch with one or more colleges near you.
4. The college takes it from there. They arrange your sessions with you, and any checks they need.