Apprentice Plasterer

DENNIS RYE LTD

DERBYSHIRE, DE55 5NF

Closes on Sunday 8 December

Posted on 5 November 2024

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Summary

An opportunity to join a well-established construction company, trading for over 50 years You will learn all aspect of Plastering trade.

Annual wage
£13,182 a year

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Training course
Plasterer (level 2)
Hours
Monday to Thursday, 7.00am - 4.30pm. Friday, 7.00am - 1.30pm.

39 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 6 January

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

  • Preparing walls and ceilings for decoration (plastering)
  • Fixing plasterboard
  • Scrim tapping
  • Skimming
  • Installation of angle beads and stop beads
  • Maintain a clear and safe workspace at all times, disposing of waste appropriately and sustainably
  • Prepare the workspace including preparing and setting out the work and the selection of materials and tools appropriate to the project

Where you’ll work

MANSFIELD RD

TIBSHELF

CHESTERFIELD

DERBYSHIRE

DE55 5NF

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

WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE

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

    • Level 2 Plasterer apprenticeship standard, including Functional Skills if required. Please note that minimum requirements for entry to the programme must be met to be successful at interview.
    • This programme is delivered via a day release delivery model which means that one day per week, your attendance is required at our Construction campus, NG17. This attendance is required during term time only.
    • You will work with expert assessors to develop new knowledge, skills and behaviours within the profession.
    • You will experience a blended learning model.
    • You will gather learning evidence, journals and off-the-job records using your e-portfolio.
    • At the end of the planned learning period, it will be agreed that you are ready to enter 'Gateway' and for your End Point Assessment to be arranged.

    Requirements

    Desirable qualifications

    GCSE or equivalent in:

    • English (grade 9-4 / A*-C)
    • Maths (grade 9-4 / A*-C)

    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
    • Problem solving skills
    • Number skills
    • Analytical skills
    • Logical
    • Team working
    • Initiative
    • Physical fitness

    About this company

    Dennis Rye Ltd has been trading for 54 years specialise in providing focused value added services, very specifically tailored to the individual needs of clients to maximise development potential and ensure the successful delivery of various Construction based projects.

    After this apprenticeship

    • Potential for a full time role upon completion of apprenticeship.

    Ask a question

    The contact for this apprenticeship is:

    WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE

    Leoni

    apprenticeships@wnc.ac.uk

    01623 900469

    The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000285703.

    Apply now

    Closes on Sunday 8 December

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