Trade Instructor Grounds

4 days ago


Lavadia New South Wales, Australia Serco Full time $60,000 - $120,000 per year
  • Clarece Correctional Centre - Australia's Largest Correctional Centre
  • Located on the beautiful NSW North Coast
  • Up to $8000 relocation assistance

Serco is a place where you can grow
Join a team of 12,000+ professionals across APAC and experience a place of challenge, opportunity, and reward.

We offer plenty of headroom for growth and flexible benefits tailored to every stage of life and career, including:

  • Full training to obtain Cert IV in Training & Assessment
  • Full training to obtain Cert III Correctional Practice
  • Career development and progression pathways
  • Flexible salary packaging options, including novated leasing for new and used vehicles
  • , which includes a great range of career support programs, wellbeing packages and financial benefits, available through us and our selected partners, including access to Fitness Passport
  • Generous employee referral program
  • Long-term, stable employment with government-backed contracts
  • Uniform provided, daily meals & onsite parking

Make an impact at Serco
You'll be an essential part of the Clarence Correctional Centre – Australia's largest and most advanced correctional facility – by equipping inmates with trade skills that foster rehabilitation and future employment.

As a
Trade Instructor – Grounds & Horticulture
in the
Industries & Trades
team, you'll make a positive impact by:

  • Supervising, coaching, training, instructing, and working with staff (inmates experience is highly desirable) to develop their work skills. Ideally, in a trade environment.
  • Creating and maintaining a safe working environment for staff (inmates' experience highly desirable) and visitors to comply with Work Health & Safety legislation.
  • Managing budget and resources efficiently and effectively to achieve planned outcomes.
  • Ensuring quality standards of production, including completing Instruction Test Plans (ITPs).
  • Delivering and understanding regulations or specific work requirements relevant to the trade area.
  • Delivering and understanding of Occupational Health & Safety requirements and their application within the context of a workshop and/or industry environment.
  • Contributing to teamwork by working collaboratively with others to achieve the goals and objectives of the Centre
  • Delivering the highest level of personal integrity and ethical behaviour

Serco is a place for you
You're someone who believes in second chances, thrives in structured environments, and enjoys hands-on, outdoor work. You're passionate about teaching your trade and making a positive difference in people's lives.

To Be Successful In This Role, You'll Have

  • Certificate IV in Horticulture or Cert III in Parks and Gardens
  • Solid experience in grounds and horticulture
  • Ability to obtain (or willingness to complete) Certificate IV in Training & Assessment and Cert III in Correctional Practice
  • Knowledge and understanding

Please Note
This position carries trust and responsibility. A comprehensive probity assessment, including a National Police Check, is part of the selection process for this role.

About Clarence Correctional Centre
Opened in mid-2020, this 1,700-bed state-of-the-art facility is the largest correctional Centre in Australia.

Located on the beautiful NSW North Coast approx. 6 hours' drive from Sydney and 3.5 hours from Brisbane our region offers rainforests, epic headlands, sand dunes and some of the best Australian beaches with a variety of multi-cultural cafes, restaurants, and friendly community towns.

Are you ready to do important work that really matters?
At Serco, we bring together the right people, technology, and partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world's most urgent and complex challenges.

We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQI+, veterans and people with disability.

By joining Serco you'll have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.

Impact a better future at Serco.



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