Painting and Decorating Apprenticeship

Summary

Brilliant opportunity for someone who is looking to get into the painting and decorating trade. Top Quality Painting Contractors are looking to recruit a hard working individual who is enthusiastic and willing to learn everything the painting and decorating trade involves in both domestic and commercial settings.

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Painter and decorator (level 2)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 4.00pm.
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Thursday 12 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

As a painting and decorating apprentice your daily duties will involve:

Assisting with quoting for jobs
Preparing surfaces for paint
Carrying out paint repairs
Mixing paint
Carrying out decorating services to internal and external surfaces
Glossing
Colour matching

Where you’ll work

1 DEANS PLACE

WALSALL

WS3 1RB

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 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

Painting and Decorator Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
Off the job training one day per week at Walsall College, Green Lane Construction Campus.
Functional Skills maths & English (if required)

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English (grade Grade 4 or above)
maths (grade Grade 4 or above)

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
Team working
Initiative
Patience
Positive Attitude
Reliable

Other requirements

This is a manual role you will be on your feet for long periods of time and you may also be required to work at height occasionally.

About this company

At Top Quality Painting Contractors, we are able to undertake all types of exterior and interior decorating in Walsall. We offer both commercial and domestic with bespoke painting solutions, ranging from a couple of rooms to entire houses, apartments, offices, shops, schools, and more. Our in-house team also specialise in end of tenancy redecorating. So whether it is a basic refresh or a complete refurbishment, our highly skilled painters will help you create that vision you have in mind.

https://topqualitypainting.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

There may be a potential to progress into a full time role or to go self employed with the company

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WALSALL COLLEGE

Samantha Williams

samanthawilliams@walsallcollege.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000285209.

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Closes in 27 days (Monday 2 December at 11:59pm)

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