Apprentice Painting & Decorating

Summary

An opportunity to learn painting and decorating at the highest level. To become excellent at managing time and meeting deadlines at working within a small team, efficiency skills and the critical element of correct process. Safe systems of work, risks associated within the building environment, good promotional and career opportunities.

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Painter and decorator (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday 7.30am to 4.30pm
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Sunday 1 December
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

Tasks to include:

The importance of working in a clean work area
Preparation of work surfaces, to include filling and rubbing down
Covering and protecting surfaces
Working safely
How to look after your tools, cleaning and storing, good brush and roller applications and technique

Where you’ll work

1 WESTWOOD COTTAGE

WESTWOOD LANE

NORMANDY

SURREY

GU3 2JD

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

THE WINDSOR FOREST COLLEGES GROUP

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 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

Level 2 Painter and decorator
Level 2 Functional skills in English and maths
One day per week for theory and practical in the college

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English and maths (grade 4 or 5 and above)

Desirable qualifications

Other in:

Art and Design (grade Any grades)
Carpentry (grade Any grades)

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
Team working
Patience
Work well under pressure
Reliable, punctual, flexible
Committed to take lessons
Able to drive - desirable

Other requirements

- Full clean UK driving licence is desirable - Lived local to a 20mile radius of Guildford, (Woking, Basingstoke, Aldershot, Farnborough, etc) is also important - Potential for Outside working throughout the year

About this company

Family run business with 5 family members working. Great promotion and career opportunities. Established as a bricklaying contractor in 2007, expanding into offering a high end painting and decorating division in 2023. This year we hope to increase our apprentices to 7.

After this apprenticeship

Higher level apprenticeship L3 or above, supervision, Health and safety
Possibility of full-time employment, after successful completion of L2

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

THE WINDSOR FOREST COLLEGES GROUP

Tony Perrella

tony@sabw.co.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000277417.

Apply now

Closes in 19 days (Friday 29 November)

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Company’s application instructions

Please email CV to: tony@sabw.co.uk The employer will contact applicants directly for interview.

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