Painting and decorating apprentice
ECLIPSE PAINTING LIMITED
WILLENHALL, WV13 3SW
Closes in 5 days (Friday 7 February at 11:59pm)
Posted on 21 January 2025
Contents
Summary
Brilliant opportunity for someone who is looking to get into the painting and decorating trade. Eclipse Painting Ltd, are looking to recruit a hard working individual who is enthusiastic and willing to learn everything the painting and decorating trade involves in both domestic and commercial settings.
- Wage
- £13,312 a year
- Training course
- Painter and decorator (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm
working hours may be adjusted depending on work site locations.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 17 February
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
- Assisting with quoting for jobs
- Preparing surfaces for paint
- Carrying out paint repairs
- Mixing paint
- Carrying out decorating services to internal and external surfaces
- Glossing
- Colour matching
- Any other duties in line with the job role
Where you’ll work
UNIT 23
IMEX BUSINESS CENTRE
PLANETARY ROAD
WILLENHALL
WV13 3SW
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
WALSALL COLLEGE
Your training course
Painter and decorator (level 2)
Equal to GCSE
Course contents
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE), respiratory protective equipment (RPE) and dust suppression.
- Check and safely use working at height equipment for example steps, hop-ups, and podiums.
- Identify hazards and comply with risk assessments, method statements, control measures and safe systems of work and report to manager when required.
- Read and interpret information for example from drawings, specifications, work instructions, manufacturer’s safety data sheets and manufacturer’s information such as colour charts and notations.
- Ensure materials are used efficiently and sustainably including suitable disposal of waste.
- Prepare work area: remove and store furnishings, fixtures and equipment and reinstate.
- Protect and prepare a safe working area, surrounding surfaces and environment.
- Select and use hand tools and equipment.
- Maintain and store hand tools.
- Select, use, maintain and store power tools.
- Prepare internal and external untreated surfaces ready to receive finishing systems for example: trowelled finishes plaster or render, plasterboard, timber and timber sheet materials; metals (ferrous and non-ferrous).
- Prepare internal previously coated surfaces ready to receive finishing systems for example trowelled finishes plaster or render, plasterboard, timber and timber sheet materials.
- Prepare external previously coated surfaces ready to receive finishing systems for example trowelled finishes plaster or render, timber and timber sheet materials; metals (ferrous and non-ferrous).
- Prepare and apply surface coatings to untreated external surfaces for example brick, stone, render, wood, metal using a brush and roller.
- Apply solvent borne and water borne coating systems using brush and roller to ceilings, walls, linear work (skirting board and architrave) doors: flush and panelled and opening windows.
- Prepare and apply foundation paper: Cross lining around socket and switches, internal and external angles.
- Prepare and apply Wallcoverings: Free match or random match finishing papers, vertical hanging, around socket and switches, internal and external angle.
- Carry out minor repair for example third party damage or post application defect.
- Apply team working principles.
- Verbally communicate with others, applying construction terminology.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, internal and external customers, colleagues.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion guidance.
- Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.
- Select and use personal protective equipment (PPE), respiratory protective equipment (RPE) and dust suppression.
- Check and safely use working at height equipment for example steps, hop-ups, and podiums.
- Identify hazards and comply with risk assessments, method statements, control measures and safe systems of work and report to manager when required.
- Read and interpret information for example from drawings, specifications, work instructions, manufacturer’s safety data sheets and manufacturer’s information such as colour charts and notations.
- Ensure materials are used efficiently and sustainably including suitable disposal of waste.
- Prepare work area: remove and store furnishings, fixtures and equipment and reinstate.
- Protect and prepare a safe working area, surrounding surfaces and environment.
- Select and use hand tools and equipment.
- Maintain and store hand tools.
- Select, use, maintain and store power tools.
- Prepare internal and external untreated surfaces ready to receive finishing systems for example: trowelled finishes plaster or render, plasterboard, timber and timber sheet materials; metals (ferrous and non-ferrous).
- Prepare internal previously coated surfaces ready to receive finishing systems for example trowelled finishes plaster or render, plasterboard, timber and timber sheet materials.
- Prepare external previously coated surfaces ready to receive finishing systems for example trowelled finishes plaster or render, timber and timber sheet materials; metals (ferrous and non-ferrous).
- Prepare and apply surface coatings to untreated external surfaces for example brick, stone, render, wood, metal using a brush and roller.
- Apply solvent borne and water borne coating systems using brush and roller to ceilings, walls, linear work (skirting board and architrave) doors: flush and panelled and opening windows.
- Prepare and apply foundation paper: Cross lining around socket and switches, internal and external angles.
- Prepare and apply Wallcoverings: Free match or random match finishing papers, vertical hanging, around socket and switches, internal and external angle.
- Carry out minor repair for example third party damage or post application defect.
- Apply team working principles.
- Verbally communicate with others, applying construction terminology.
- Communicate in writing with others for example, internal and external customers, colleagues.
- Follow equity, diversity and inclusion guidance.
Your training plan
- 1 day per week at Walsall College, Green Lane Construction Campus
- Additional College sessions should functional skills in maths & English be required.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- maths (grade 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Reliable
- Enthusiastic
- Positive Attitude
Other requirements
This is a physically demanding job role, which may involve you working in various weather conditions and sometimes at height.
About this company
Eclipse Painting Ltd is an experienced provider of all commercial painting and decorating services. Working across the Midlands and surrounding areas, we provide a high quality, professional service for every size and type of project carried out from smaller restoration projects to large scale housing developments and commercial premises. Our experienced, fully qualified operatives are used to working to tight timescales and in conjunction with other trades to ensure your project is completed on time to the highest standard.
After this apprenticeship
There may be a full time role offered to the right candidate upon sucessful completion of the apprentceship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WALSALL COLLEGE
Samantha Loverock
sloverock@walsallcollege.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000268326.
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Closes in 5 days (Friday 7 February at 11:59pm)
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