Plastering Apprenticeship

Summary

This Level 2 Drylining role is based in Plymouth provides an 'earning while learning' opportunity with travel across counties. Gain an in demand qualification with a huge potential of high earning, with a reputable and proactive team of skilled tradespeople.

Annual wage: £13,312 to £23,795.20 a year
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Training course: Plasterer (level 2)
Hours: Your working week will be 5 days per week, from 8.00am - 4.00pm.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Saturday 21 December
Duration: 2 years
Positions available: 2

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

You will be travelling to different locations with the team to work on projects in residential and commercial settings.

Your role will include:

Plastering onto walls, floors, ceilings and detailing
Monitoring and organising materials
Shadowing your mentor to develop skills

Where you’ll work

UNIT 13 REYNOLDS PARK

BELL CLOSE

PLYMPTON

PLYMOUTH

PL7 4FE

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

SKILLS TO GROUP LIMITED

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

Your working week will be 4 days per week with the employer, from 8.00am - 4.00pm.
Your apprenticeship training provider will be Skills Group and you will be required to attend 1 day per week.
Alongside your apprenticeship you will need a CSCS card, which can be applied for through Skills Group.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 1-9)

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
Organisation skills
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative

About this company

Beaumont Drylining Ltd are a company based in Plymouth, covering the whole of the South West, specialising in internal fit outs. With over 20 years experience in the fitting of all types of metal stud partitions, suspended ceilings, installation of SFS linings, direct fixing of plasterboard to timber frame units, bonding plasterboard to block work walls, tape & jointing and plaster finishing. As a company we always aim for the highest quality of work, therefore all of our operatives hold CSCS cards and NVQ'S in their relevant areas

http://www.beaumontdrylining.co.uk/index.htm#home (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

On completion of your Level 2 Apprenticeship, an opportunity to apply for a full time post may be offered to the right learner.

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