Painting and Decorating Apprentice

Summary

As a Painting and Decorating Apprentice, you will learn the essential skills and techniques required to become a qualified painter and decorator. Working alongside our experienced team, you will gain hands-on experience carrying out commercial and higher end decorating. We are a young team, and have 5 in the team which we are looking to grow.

Annual wage: £12,480 a year
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Training course: Painter and decorator (level 2)
Hours: Earliest start time: 8.00 Latest finish time: 16:30 (breaks to be confirmed). Days TBC.
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Wednesday 16 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

Painters and Decorators operate in domestic and commercial properties and undertake the decoration and protection of buildings.

Properties include houses, schools, offices, hospitals factories and construction sites. Working internally or externally they work individually and/or as part of a team applying water-borne and/or solvent-borne paint coatings and wallcoverings.

They have good knowledge of paint coatings and wallcoverings and understand and comply with statutory, safety and environmental requirements.

They are responsible for their own work achieving a high quality finish at the appropriate pace. They are good problem solvers and communicators and are able to interact effectively with colleagues, clients and associated trades.

What You'll Learn:

Surface Preparation: How to clean, sand, and fill surfaces for painting or decorating
Application Techniques: Mastering painting, rolling, spraying, and wallpapering
Material Knowledge: Understanding different paints, wallpapers, and how to mix colors
Tools and Equipment: Proper use and care of brushes, rollers, sprayers, and ladders
Health and Safety: Following safety regulations and using PPE correctly
Customer Service: Communicating effectively with clients and meeting their needs
Project Management: Planning work to meet deadlines and budgets
Problem-solving: Tackling common challenges and adapting to different environments
Preparing surfaces for painting or decorating (sanding, billing, etc.)
Applying paint, wallpaper, and other finishes to various surfaces
Mixing and matching paints and other materials
Understanding and following health and safety regulations
Assisting with the selection of tools and materials
Ensuring a clean and safe work environment

Where you’ll work

3 Old Mill Close

Duffield

Belper

Derbyshire

DE56 4GQ

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

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

Level 2 Painter and Decorator Apprenticeship Standard.

https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/painter-and-decorator-v1-2

Functional Skills Level 2 in English and/or maths if not exempt.

Please note that the apprenticeship standards require the apprentice to sit an End Point Assessment. Please refer to above link for more information.

Training schedule has yet to be agreed upon, further details will be made available at a later date.

More training information

College day release at Nottingham College, one day per week for 2 years at Basford campus.

The next-day release is due to start 5th November 2024. However the employer is looking to employ someone before then. That is just the date you will start college.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English & maths (grade 3 or D or Level 1 pass)

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
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Patience

Other requirements

As you will not be working in one fixed location, to be considered for this apprenticeship vacancy, employer has asked that the candidate needs to be no more than 30-45 minutes commute to meet Belper centre, Derbyshire, DE56 for ongoing transport/lift to the place of work.

About this company

We're trained friendly, trustworthy decorating professionals that provide a high standard of work. More information about our work can be found on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/hugopaintingcontractors/

https://www.facebook.com/hugopaintingcontractors/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Potential opportunity for ongoing employment within the company following successful completion of the apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NOTTINGHAM COLLEGE

Nottingham College Apprenticeship Team

business@nottinghamcollege.ac.uk

0115 9457260

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000280001.

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Closes tomorrow (Tuesday 15 October at 11:59pm)

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