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You just finished your formal education.ย Now the world is asking what youโre going to do with it.
Hereโs an idea: stop someoneโs worst day from becoming their last.
At SA Safety, we provide the rescue teams and support to make that a reality.ย From confined spaces under our cities, to power plants and industrial sites across the South West, our work keeps working people alive.
Weโre looking for go-getters with fire in their belly and steadiness in their hands to join us, and learn a trade that actually matters.
What Youโll Actually Do
Forget fetching coffee. From week one youโll be learning alongside instructors who have done the real thing, emergency service and military rescue veterans, working-at-height rope access specialists, medics and confined-space rescue technicians. Youโll get your hands dirty, your boots muddy, and your brain full.
Who Weโre Looking For
We donโt care which courses you have completed. We care how you show up.
- You finish things. Boring admin, a 50-metre rope coil, undertaking a full kit inventory, a tough module.ย You donโt quit halfway.
- You like people, and people tend to like you back. Our job is rescue, youโll need patience, humour and clear communication.
- You are a team player but can also work independently, remaining motivated and on task.
- You are reliable, passionate, willing to work hard, and committed to being the best version of you: for yourself, and for the team.
- Youโre physically capable and willing to get fitter. Heights, confined spaces, inclement weather, early starts, late finishes, it comes with the territory.
- Youโve got a driving licence (or are actively working toward one).
- You care. Genuinely. About the welder going home to his kids. About the rope tech finishing her shift.ย About doing the job right, even when no oneโs watching.
Bonus points (not required, but weโll raise an eyebrow and smile): outdoor pursuits background, cadet or scouting experience, lifeguarding, mountain leadership, military service, climbing, kayaking, diving, or any volunteer role where youโve had to keep calm when someone else couldnโt.
What we offer
- Competitive starting salary with structured pay rises as you clock qualifications and experiences.
- Fully funded training pathway: every certificate you earn, we pay for.
- You’ll end your first year more employable than most people finish a career.
- A mentor. A real one, whose job is to make you brilliant.
- Work that changes shape every week. Sewerage farm one day, training centre the next, gas fired power station the day after.
- A small, tight team where your voice is heard and your ideas get tried.
The Honest Bit
This isnโt a desk job. You will be cold. You will be wet. Occasionally you will carry heavy things up hills in February. Youโll work weekends when a client needs. Youโll meet people on the worst day of their working life and be calm for them when they canโt be.
In return, youโll never sit in a cubicle wondering whether your work mattered.ย It did. Someone went home.
Ready? Hereโs How to Apply
Skip the 400-word cover letter. We donโt read them. Instead, send us:
- Your CV (one page is plenty, we care about what youโve done, not the font).
- A short video or written note, three minutes max, answering one question: tell us about a time you helped someone when you didnโt have to.
- Your availability to start and whether you drive and have the drive.
Send it to: [email protected]
Interviews held on site in South Devon. Expect to get your boots on.ย Part of your interview will be practical. Please bring a waterproof.
