Vocational Trainer - Metal Fabrication

Vocational Trainer – Metal Fabrication

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 lots of headroom for you to grow and flexible benefits to suit you in every stage of your life and career, including:

• Ongoing professional development and training
• Full support in obtaining your Training & Assessment and Correctional Practice qualifications
• Career progression opportunities across justice, defence, health, and more
• Inclusive and supportive team culture
• Purpose-driven work focused on rehabilitation and community reintegration
• Access to employee benefits, wellbeing support, and recognition programs

Make an impact at Serco

You’ll support inmates at Acacia Prison by delivering hands-on metal fabrication training that prepares them for real-world employment after release.
You’ll work in the Prison Industries team and play a key role in rehabilitation through skill development, work readiness, and purposeful activity.
You’ll lead inmates in safe, productive workshop environments and help maintain strong safety, security, and learning outcomes.
This is a permanent, full-time role based at Acacia Prison.

As a Vocational Trainer in the Industries team, you’ll make a positive impact by:

• Delivering accredited training programs in metal fabrication and supporting inmate learning
• Supervising day-to-day workshop operations to ensure safety, productivity, and compliance
• Encouraging inmate participation in rehabilitation programs and promoting skill development
• Monitoring and maintaining equipment, tools, and WHS standards in line with procedures
• Supporting sentence management through observation, reporting, and inmate feedback
• Managing inventory, audits, and reporting for industry-related activity

Serco is a place for you

• You’ll thrive in this role if you’re passionate about sharing trade skills and want to help others succeed.
• You’ll enjoy variety, responsibility, and the chance to create meaningful change for individuals and the community.
• You’ll be a confident communicator with a hands-on attitude and strong awareness of workplace safety.
• You’ll be a team player who values structure, purpose, and inclusivity.

To be successful in this role you’ll have:

• Minimum 5 years' experience in metal fabrication
• Certificate IV in Engineering – Fabrication
• Certificate IV in Training & Assessment (or willingness to obtain in the first 12 months)
• Certificate III in Correctional Practice (or willingness to obtain in the first 12 months)
• Valid driver’s licence and forklift licence
• Strong understanding of safety procedures and training delivery in trade environments

You do not need to match every listed expectation to apply for this position. If you like the look of the role, we’d love to hear from you.

As a fast-growing and successful global company, Serco’s services span across the areas of justice, migration, defence, space, customer services, health, and urban mobility.

In joining us, you’ll be part of a highly supportive culture with trusted leaders that will help you achieve your goals.

Please note:

• This position carries trust and responsibility. To support this, a comprehensive probity assessment, including a National Police Check, is a key part of the selection process for this role.
• Our team members in this role must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our team. Please take this requirement into account when applying.

Are you ready to do important work that really matters?

At Serco, we bring together the right people, the right technology, and the right partners to create impactful solutions that address some of the world’s most urgent and complex challenges.
We focus on serving governments all over the globe. The work we do has touched the lives of millions in Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong, and offers unique opportunities to leverage your skills across our core capabilities in health, defence, maritime, justice, immigration, and community services.

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