Painting and Decorating Apprentice

Summary

M C Decor and Son, are looking for somebody with a real interest for painting and decorating. The candidates will have the opportunity to be working with highly skilled decorators who will teach all the required skills and knowledge to become qualified, whilst being supported by the business in your college work for maximum progression.

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Painter and decorator (level 2)
Hours: Working day ranges from 8.30am - 3.30pm to 8.30am - 4.30pm depending on working location.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 7 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

Filling
Sanding
Priming and undercoating
Preparing surfaces for painting/decorating in the workplace
Applying paint systems by brush and roller in the workplace
Stack and store resources
Conform to workplace safety
Conform to efficient working practices

Where you’ll work

22 KEYSE ROAD

SUTTON COLDFIELD

B75 6HZ

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 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

Painter and Decorator Apprenticeship Standard level 2
1 day training per week at Walsall College, Green Lane Construction Campus
Functional skills if required

More training information

There is a potential full-time position offered to the right candidate.

Requirements

Essential 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
Customer care skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Physical fitness
Reliable
Enthusiastic
Good Time Keeping

Other requirements

This is a manual role, it will be hard work working on your feet all day and may also involve working at heights and heavy lifting.

About this company

We are a family run company based in Sutton Coldfeild and have built a reputation on quality trustworthy workmanship and customer recommendations. Dulux Select approved and a member of Trustmark since 1998 with Advanced City&Guilds level 3. If you require any help with colour and Advise on certain aspects of decorating please go to contact for email and number.

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

After this apprenticeship

There may be a full-time position offered to the right candidate upon sucsessful completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WALSALL COLLEGE

Samantha Williams

samanthawilliams@walsallcollege.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000274966.

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Closes in 9 days (Tuesday 1 October at 11:59pm)

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