Apprentice Painter & Decorator

Summary

This apprenticeship would be ideally suited to an individual who wants to follow a career as a qualified Painter & Decorator by gaining valuable hands-on experience working for a respected company offering a wide range of services to a loyal and demanding list of clients.

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Painter and decorator (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Thursday 7.30am to 4.30pm Friday 7.30am to 3.15pm
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 1 October
Duration: 2 Years
Positions available: 1

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

Working on domestic and commercial properties where the successful applicant will work internally or externally as part of an experienced team to provide Painting and Decorating services in keeping with each client’s individual specification and requirements.

In the main our work is for major contractors working on the local councils housing stock, so typically you would be working in peoples homes painting kitchens, bathrooms & other rooms.

Responsibilities and Duties

Learning all aspects of painting and decorating whilst working on domestic and commercial projects
Be totally committed to achieving a high level of customer satisfaction through the quality of the end result
Increasing your Skills and knowledge of different materials, tools and techniques throughout duration of the apprenticeship and ensuring their use in a safe and professional manner as part of a safe working environment to ensure you are not a risk to yourself, colleagues or members of the public
Assisting colleagues to ensure timely and quality project outcomes
Ensuring at all times that the project is carried out and maintained with the utmost care, tidiness and housekeeping and ultimate respect for the client’s property and projects vision
Tools equipment and resources are vital to successful outcomes and as such should be respected, maintained, cleaned and stored as requested

We are looking for someone with the following personal attributes/skills:

Good attention to detail
Able to follow clearly given instructions
Will need to liaise and interact with a wide range of people including with other team colleagues, other trades people and occasionally with clients, so good communication skills are an essential as are being professional in outlook and behaviour
Ability to reflect on own personal performance and learn from all experiences and as a result learn when you can use your own initiative

Where you’ll work

UNIT 18

THE GLADE BUSINESS CENTRE

FORUM ROAD

NOTTINGHAM

NG5 9RW

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

NOTTINGHAM 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 or vertical hanging 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

College day release is at Nottingham College Basford Campus one day per week for 2 years. The next cohort starts 5th November, however you can start employment before that date.

More training information

If you do not hold GCSE Level 4/2/C then alongside the apprenticeship on the day relase, you will study towards achieving Functional Skills Level 2 in either or both subjects as required.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English & maths (grade 3 or D or Level 1 pass)

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
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Number skills
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Physical fitness

Other requirements

Please note that the apprentice needs to be able to get to the office at NG5 9RW for 7.30am to be given a lift to take them to the place of work

About this company

Waller Decorators have over 33 years experience as commercial and domestic painters and decorators, with the Managing Director, starting at its inception as the original tradesman. An active Apprenticeship programme is maintained, which currently has an apprentice achieving NVQ level 4. He also won the award for the last three years for being the most promising student. We seek to encourage all employees to reach their maximum potential and this means we have an enthusiastic core of young talent who are progressing into leadership positions with the conclusion that they strive to do their best, leading to a professional job, with most having zero defects. We are a successful Company employing local labour, training apprentices, achieving good quality workmanship and providing stress free projects for our customers.

https://www.wallerdecorators.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Potential opportunity for a role within the company following successful completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE

Nottingham College Apprenticeship Team

business@nottinghamcollege.ac.uk

0115 9457260

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000271445.

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