ACS Assessor

Job description

ACS Assessor

Application Deadline: 23 October 2026

Department: Construction

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Wigan & Leigh College

Reporting To: David Love

Compensation: GBP 42,540 - GBP 45,119 / year

Description

37 Hours per Week | Permanent | All Year Round | Point 33 - 35

Assess the evidence. Protect the standard. Help maintain confidence in safe gas competence.

Gas competence is safety-critical.

Candidates undertaking ACS assessment need to demonstrate that they can work safely, independently and to the standards expected by the gas industry.

As our ACS Gas Centre Assessor, you'll help protect that standard.

Working within our approved Gas Assessment Centre at Pagefield, you'll independently assess candidates undertaking ACS initial assessments and reassessments within the areas for which you're qualified and approved.

You'll observe practical performance, assess underpinning knowledge and make clear, evidence-based decisions about whether the required standard has been demonstrated.

This isn't a normal teaching role. Candidates should find you professional and approachable, but you won't coach or prompt them through their assessment. The competence they demonstrate must be their own.

This is a strong opportunity for an experienced gas professional to use their technical expertise in a different way while continuing to play an important role in maintaining standards across the industry.

What you'll do

• Deliver ACS initial assessments and reassessments within your approved scope.
• Observe and assess practical gas activities against current assessment requirements.
• Assess underpinning knowledge through practical, written or oral assessment as required.
• Make fair, consistent and evidence-based competence decisions.
• Maintain clear, accurate and auditable assessment records.
• Monitor safe working throughout practical assessments and intervene where necessary.
• Prepare assessment areas, appliances, equipment and resources for safe use.
• Maintain the boundary between independent assessment and training.
• Take part in standardisation, internal quality assurance, external monitoring and audit activity.
• Keep your gas competence, qualifications, approvals and CPD current.
• Support the smooth day-to-day operation and continued development of the Gas Centre.

What you'll bring

• Strong and current occupational experience within the gas industry.
• Current gas safety competence in the areas you'll assess.
• Relevant technical qualifications supporting your occupational competence.
• Substantial practical experience of gas installation, commissioning, servicing, maintenance and fault diagnosis relevant to your assessment scope.
• A recognised assessor qualification acceptable to the relevant certification body, or the ability to achieve this within the required timescale.
• Strong understanding of gas safety and safe working practice.
• The technical credibility to recognise competent and non-competent practice.
• Confidence making objective decisions against defined assessment criteria.
• Strong attention to detail and accurate record keeping.
• Good digital skills and confidence using assessment systems.
• Existing ACS assessor approval would be an advantage, but isn't essential if you meet the relevant eligibility requirements.
• Evidence that your gas knowledge and practical competence cover the assessments you will conduct, and that you keep these current.
• Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement or Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA). Older D32, A1 or A2 awards are also recognised.
• ACS certificates covering the areas you will assess-for example CCN1 and CENWAT for domestic gas safety and boilers/water heaters.
• A relevant Level 3 gas qualification containing equivalent assessments can also be accepted.

What you're like

• Fair and consistent. You apply the same standard to every candidate.
• Technically credible. Your judgement comes from current gas-industry knowledge and practical experience.
• Precise. You understand that small details matter when assessing safety-critical competence.
• Calm and professional. You create the right environment for candidates without influencing their performance.
• Confident. You can make and stand behind professional assessment decisions.
• Safety-focused. You recognise unsafe practice quickly and act when needed.
• Independent. You understand the importance of impartiality and professional boundaries.
• Professionally current. You take responsibility for keeping your competence and industry knowledge up to date.

Essentials

• You'll need to meet the current technical, occupational and assessor requirements of the certification body through which we deliver ACS.
• You'll need current gas safety competence in the categories you'll assess.
• You'll need to complete any required assessor approval, observation and registration process before independently carrying out assessments.
• You'll need to maintain the qualifications, certification and CPD required to remain approved.
• You'll need an enhanced DBS check. If you get the job, we'll do this for you.
• You're committed to safeguarding and inclusion.

Why work with us?

At Wigan & Leigh College, technical education sits at the heart of what we do.

Our Gas Assessment Centre supports experienced operatives and developing professionals to demonstrate the competence needed to work safely and effectively in the gas industry.

In this role, your judgement matters.

You'll help make sure assessment decisions are consistent, evidence-based and professionally robust. You'll work in a specialist technical environment, keep your industry knowledge current and use your experience to help protect standards that matter to employers, operatives and the public.

At Wigan & Leigh College, apprenticeships are an important part of how we connect technical education with employers and opportunity across our region.

Great people. Change lives.

Time to recharge

• Generous annual leave entitlement, including bank holidays, depending on your role
• Family-friendly leave policies

Wellbeing as well as work

• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Medicash healthcare plan
• Occupational health support
• Confidential counselling
• Specsavers eye test vouchers
• A culture where people look out for each other

Financial peace of mind

• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including Cycle to Work and buy tech
• Railcard and Tusker Green Car Scheme
• Local and national discount schemes

Clear progression routes

• Ongoing professional development
• Opportunities to build experience across apprenticeships, employer engagement and learner support
• Opportunities to step up, specialise or move across college teams

Leadership pathways

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