Decorating Apprentice
Aquarius Master Decorators Ltd
London, W1S 2PZ
Closes today at 11:59pm
Posted on 4 November 2024
Contents
Summary
This painting & decorating apprenticeship is a great opportunity to learn and develop alongside highly skilled and experienced decorators. We work on the finest homes, hotels and palaces in the UK. Our company pride ourselves on the development of our young people, through the combination of on-site experience and education.
- Annual wage
- £16,575 a year
- Training course
- Painter and decorator (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday
8am- 4:30pm
(one hour lunch break)
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 2 December
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
- Painting and decorating walls, ceilings, cornice and woodwork
- Preparing surfaces for painting
- Hanging wallpaper and wallcoverings
- Protecting surfaces and rooms prior to painting
- Learning from experienced decorators the art of hand painting, spray painting, gilding, specialist decorating and polished plaster
- Liaising with site management / clients daily ensuring high levels of customer service and presentation
Where you’ll work
Maddox House
1 Maddox Street
London
W1S 2PZ
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
NEW CITY 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.
- 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 Qualification
- Skills, Knowledge, and Behaviours
- Day release to attend college at NCC Hackney Campus (Postcode: N1 6HQ)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Language (grade 2 and above or equivalent)
- Maths (grade 2 and above or equivalent)
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
- Confident
- Presentable and professional
- Drive to succeed and develop
About this company
Over the last 40 years, we've built a highly skilled team of craftspeople capable of providing a wide range of decorating services to clients with luxury properties. Founded in 1985, in the years since we have restored and decorated some of the finest properties in the country. Our experience ranges from the historic to the contemporary; it includes royal palaces, luxury hotels, and the finest private residences. Our success has been built upon the relationships we have nurtured with renowned designers, discerning clients and skilled contractors over the years, who have trusted our team of experienced craftspeople to achieve the very highest levels of quality. We have extensive experience across a range of decorating services, from paper-hanging, gilding, and paint restoration, to specialist finishes and polished plaster. Additionally, we are committed to the preservation of decorating as a trade, training our own apprentices, whilst we also directly employ as many of our own craftspeople as possible, in order to ensure the highest possible levels of quality and service.
https://www.aquariusmasterdecorators.com/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
- Supervisor roles
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NEW CITY COLLEGE
Mylene Slama
Mylene.Slama@NCCLondon.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000285450.
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Closes today at 11:59pm
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