Painter & Decorator apprentice

Summary

To work alongside head painter in primarily residential properties working on everything from touch ups to full redecoration of properties

Annual wage: £12,979.20 a year
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Training course: Painter and decorator (level 2)
Hours: Days to be confirmed 8:30 – 5:30
39 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

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
Learning all aspects of painting and decorating whilst working on new housing 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

Where you’ll work

66 ROSEWOOD AVENUE

HORNCHURCH

RM12 5LH

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

BARKING AND DAGENHAM 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

Training will be at Barking & Dagenham College - 1 day a week

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Any (grade 3)
Any (grade 3)
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
Analytical skills
Logical
Team working
Patience

Other requirements

Have you got 4 GCSE's grade 3 or above? Are you happy to travel to various sites?

About this company

We are a multi trade maintenance company working with primarily estate agents to maintain issues reported by tenants

After this apprenticeship

Unlimited prospect depending on capability of candidate

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