Apprentice Painter & Decorator

Summary

We are looking for a Painting & Decorating apprentice who lives in Nottingham to support our company. We are Specialist Painting Contractors for New Housing developments working on various sites in the East Midlands.

Annual wage: £12,480 a year
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Training course: Painter and decorator (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 3.30pm. Pick up by the employer for onward transport to the place of work is between 6.30am to 7.00am.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Tuesday 14 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

We have a new contract covering the Mansfield area, so are looking for candidates to live Mansfield, Kirkby or Sutton areas of Nottingham to be able to be collected by our staff or easily commute to the site where you will be working from.

You will also need to be able to easily travel to Nottingham College Basford campus NG8 6AQ for the one day per week at college for 2 years.

This apprenticeship would be ideally suited to an individual who wants to follow a career as a qualified Painter & Decorator by gaining valuable hands-on experience working for a respected company who Specialist Painting Contractors for New Housing developments.

Tasks that you will be trained to do during the apprenticeship include:

Learning all aspects of painting and decorating whilst working on new housing projects
Be totally committed to achieving a high level of customer satisfaction through the quality of the end result
Increasing your Skills and knowledge of different materials, tools and techniques throughout duration of the apprenticeship and ensuring their use in a safe and professional manner as part of a safe working environment to ensure you are not a risk to yourself, colleagues or members of the public
Assisting colleagues to ensure timely and quality project outcomes
Ensuring at all times that the project is carried out and maintained with the utmost care, tidiness and housekeeping and ultimate respect for the client’s property and projects vision
Tools equipment and resources are vital to successful outcomes and as such should be respected, maintained, cleaned and stored as requested.

Where you’ll work

222 Nottingham Road

Mansfield

Nottingham

NG18 4AB

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 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

One day per week day release for 2 years at Basford campus.

The next college day release group is planned to start in Spring 2025 however the employer is looking to employ a suitable candidate ahead of the day release starting, so please dont delay in applying.

The apprenticeship is passed by an End Point Assessment with an external organisation. This is scheduled in 3 months after the 2 years day release at college has been completed.

Please be aware that if you dont already hold GCSE grade C/4/Level 2 pass in English &/or maths then alongside the apprenticeship you will be required to study these subjects.

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
Non judgemental
Patience
Physical fitness

Other requirements

The work is of a physical nature however you will not be working at heights.

About this company

We have been painting housing developments for over 25 years TJ McGovern is a specialist painting contractor for new housing developments. Established in 1994 by myself, Tom McGovern. We have more than 25 years of expertise, ensuring exceptionally high standards in craftsmanship and a professional, reliable service to commercial and private clients. We also have a dedicated maintenance division. These services include property maintenance, project management, after sales and customer care works. We have won many NHBC awards over the years. We have also won contractors of the year for Taylor Wimpey, and come runners up twice.

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

After this apprenticeship

Potential for ongoing employment as a qualified painter & decorator upon 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 VAC1000290594.

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