Apprentice Painter/Decorator

Baxter's Decorating Service

MALTON, YO17 6PQ

Closes in 10 days (Sunday 29 September at 11:59pm)

Posted on 23 August 2024

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Summary

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to learn and work under a skilled and professional decorator within a small family business. We are looking for a hardworking individual with an attention to detail and willingness to learn.

Annual wage
£12,740 a year

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Rate of pay depends on age: • £7 per hour age under 18 • £9 per hour age 18-20 • £12 per hour age 21+

Training course
Painter and decorator (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Friday 9am to 4.30pm.

35 hours a week

Possible start date

Friday 1 November

Duration

2 Years 3 Months

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

Practical experience working under a conscientious and adept decorator on domestic and commercial projects across the North Yorkshire area. 

 

Preparation tasks such as:

●       Sanding

●       Filling

●       Priming

●       Undercoating

 

Painting and decorating tasks:

●       Painting interior walls and woodwork

●       Painting exterior woodwork and masonry

●       Wallpaper and lining paper hanging.

 

Where you’ll work

1 QUARRY HILL

APPLETON LE STREET

MALTON

YO17 6PQ

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

YORK 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

    Block release sessions at York College (2 weeks in college at a time, 11 weeks per year between November and July).  Remainder of training takes place in the workplace.

    Requirements

    Essential qualifications

    GCSE in:

    • English (grade 3)
    • maths (grade 3)

    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
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Patience
    • Physical fitness

    Other requirements

    This role includes working both indoors and outdoors. The location of each job will vary but you must be able to travel to Malton, North Yorkshire. After you apply, look out for an email from York College Apprenticeship team, to which you must respond.

    About this company

    We are a small painting and decorating company, established in 2020.

    http://www.baxtersdec.co.uk (opens in new tab)

    After this apprenticeship

    After completing the apprenticeship, there will be an ongoing role for the right candidate.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    YORK COLLEGE

    apprenticeships@yorkcollege.ac.uk

    01904 770368

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000272374.

    Apply now

    Closes in 10 days (Sunday 29 September at 11:59pm)

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