Painter and Decorator Apprenticeship

Summary

Cubitt Theobald work 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.

Annual wage: £13,728 a year
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Training course: Painter and decorator (level 2)
Hours: Monday - Friday, between 7:30am and 4:30pm
41 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 30 September
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

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 client 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

Where you’ll work

Cubitt Theobald Ltd, St. Catherines Road, Long Melford

Sudbury

CO10 9JU

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

WEST SUFFOLK 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

The apprentice will be studying the Painter and Decorator Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard qualification.
Day release to West Suffolk College.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths and English (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
Team working
Initiative
Physical fitness

Other requirements

This role will involve some outside work and a lot of manual work. The candidate will be covering Ipswich/East Anglia areas. The potential apprentice will therefore either need to hold a drivers licence due to limited public transport or need to be able to get to Ipswich by car share.

About this company

Cubitt Theobald is an Employee owned and managed building and joinery company which was established in 1903. We carry out refurbishment, restoration, extension and repair projects in Suffolk and throughout East Anglia. We also design and hand make kitchens and bespoke cabinetry in our own workshops.

After this apprenticeship

When the apprenticeship has been completed with a minimum of a pass level, there will be a permanent job role available, and the earnings will be uplifted to the rate of a qualified painter and decorator within the company.

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