Plasterer Apprentice

Summary

Join the JWA Building Services Ltd team as a Plastering Apprentice and learn the skills needed to become a professional plasterer. Gain hands-on experience, earn while you learn, and build a rewarding career in the construction industry.

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Plasterer (level 2)
Hours: 08:00 - 16:30. Days tbc.
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

The art of plastering walls and ceilings
Techniques for mixing and applying plaster
Understanding and interpreting construction plans
Safe handling of tools and materials
Finishing techniques to create smooth, durable surfaces

Where you’ll work

4 GERRARD CLOSE

ARNOLD

NOTTINGHAM

NG5 9QL

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

Plasterer (level 2)

Equal to GCSE

Course contents

Core: Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.

Core: Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE).

Core: Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.

Core: Use access equipment for example, hop ups, podiums or low-level scaffolding.

Core: Interpret information from drawings and specifications.

Core: Store materials considering date order for rotation of stock.

Core: Prepare and maintain a safe working area.

Core: Check, use and store power tools and equipment, escalate faults or defects.

Core: Move and handle materials and equipment manually and with lifting equipment.

Core: Protect finished work and the surrounding area.

Core: Verbally communicate with others, for example colleagues, other tradespeople, managers and customers.

Core: Applies team working principles to their own and the wider build team.

SP: Estimate quantities and select solid plastering and render materials.

SP: Select, use and store hand tools for solid plastering and rendering.

SP: Mix materials for solid plastering and render to ratio.

SP: Apply floating coat plaster to solid back grounds, including the formation of 90 degree angles with bead, consolidation and mechanical key application.

SP: Apply setting coat plaster to floating coat plasters, including forming 90 degree angles with bead.

SP: Apply setting coat plaster to plasterboard surfaces.

SP: Apply plain face render to scratch coat renders, including forming a hard angle.

SP: Apply scratch coat renders, including mechanical key, dobbing out coats and application of render beads.

SP: Prepare background surfaces to receive solid plasters, and renders, including the application of solid plastering and render primers and sealers.

SP: Measure, mark out and cut plasterboard to fit area and obstacles, using hand tools.

SP: Install plasterboard to timber surfaces and reinforce joints.

SP: Direct bond plasterboard to solid backgrounds, including sealing around obstacles.

SP: Carry out solid plaster repair: For example, replace plasterboard, patch plaster to solid background.

FP: Select, use and store hand tools for fibrous plastering applications.

FP: Estimate quantities and select fibrous plastering materials.

FP: Prepare and mix fibrous plaster materials, including reinforcement.

FP: Prepare and mark out background surfaces to receive fibrous plaster components.

FP: Construct moulds.

FP: Prepare bench and moulds for casting.

FP: Run mould and release casts.

FP: Measure and cut fibrous components to form straight and mitred cuts.

FP: Set and mark out for cornice installation.

FP: Fix cornice including straight runs, stops and 90 degree internal and external angles.

FP: Carry out fibrous plaster repair, for example, replacement or patching.

FP: Set out for fibrous plaster dados and ceiling centres.

FP: fix fibrous plaster dados and ceiling centres.

Core: Comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and guidance.

Core: Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE).

Core: Comply with environmental and sustainability regulations, standards, and guidance. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.

Core: Use access equipment for example, hop ups, podiums or low-level scaffolding.

Core: Interpret information from drawings and specifications.

Core: Store materials considering date order for rotation of stock.

Core: Prepare and maintain a safe working area.

Core: Check, use and store power tools and equipment, escalate faults or defects.

Core: Move and handle materials and equipment manually and with lifting equipment.

Core: Protect finished work and the surrounding area.

Core: Verbally communicate with others, for example colleagues, other tradespeople, managers and customers.

Core: Applies team working principles to their own and the wider build team.

Your training plan

Plasterer Level 2
College day release at Nottingham College, one day per week
Please note that the apprenticeship standards require the apprentice to sit an End-Point Assessment

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
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Team working
Initiative
Patience
Physical fitness
Great time management skills

Other requirements

Candidate must be able to travel to the workplace and college according to working hours. The current National Minimum Wage (NMW) rate for apprentices is currently £6.40 per hour. This applies to 16-18 year old apprentices and those aged 19 or over in the first year of their Apprenticeship. For all other apprentices the National Minimum wage appropriate to their age applies. The Minimum Wage for Apprentices applies to time spent on the job plus time spent training. * Please note that anyone under the age of 18 will only work a maximum of 40 hours per week. Any role which exceeds these hours on advert will be amended accordingly to fall in line with the legislation. Please note that if the successful applicant is found prior to the closing date the vacancy maybe withdrawn early

About this company

JWA Building Services LTD are a family run business with over 15 years experience in the building trade. We pride ourselves on giving our customers the very best results on their projects by being attentive towards all works carried out. Our desire is to achieve our goals for ourselves and our clients, as our customer base continues to grow. We can offer a variety of services to suit all budgets; we encourage that you bring your ideas to us so we can work with you to come up with the best suited and most economical design for your home. As well as project managing, we complete anything from big scale tendering works to your typical residential or commercial works. We really know our stuff and really enjoy what we do!

After this apprenticeship

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

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