Plastering Apprentice

Summary

Truform Plastering are offering an opportunity for a committed and hard working individual to join their team as an Apprentice Plasterer. The successful candidate will start their career with the opportunity to learn all aspects of plastering directly from highly experienced tradesmen.

Annual wage: £13,312 a year
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Training course: Plasterer (level 2)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 07:45 - 16:15.(Travel time and work site is variable).
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 10 March
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

Duties will inculde but are not restricted to:

Assisting tradesmen with the application of plaster finishes to walls, floors and ceilings
Assisting with the preparation of mortars
Preparing surfaces for the application of mortars
Ensuring that work areas are kept clean and safe
Managing receipt and distribution of materials onsite
Ensuring that company tools and machinery are kept in good working order

Where you’ll work

Depot

Station Road

Blackwater

TR4 8NS

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

CORNWALL 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

You will be working towards a Level 2 Plastering Apprenticeship Standard
You will receive on and off the job training and support from an assessor and an apprenticeship advisor
Individuals without level 1 English and maths will need to achieve this level and take the test for level 2 English and maths prior to taking the end-point assessment
You will be required to attend Cornwall College Camborne on a weekly basis as part of the apprenticeship training

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade C/4)
Maths (grade C/4)

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
Presentation skills
Number skills
Logical
Team working
Initiative
Patience

Other requirements

Depot is in Blackwater is not well serviced by public transport. Potential for lift to be arranged, dependant on location.

About this company

Truform Plastering provide all internal and external plastering, both domestic and commercial, covering the whole of Cornwall. Primarily, we provide modern finishes to new builds and alteration works for small to medium sized builders and developers. We pride ourselves on our consistently high quality of work, attention to detail and professional service. These are the values we trade on.

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

After this apprenticeship

Our intention is to provide the successful candidate with the skills and confidence to work individually as a competent tradesman on an employed or self-employed basis. Career progression and salary will be defined by the candidates own level of motivation and ambition.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CORNWALL COLLEGE

Ceri

01209 616103

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000296026.

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Closes on Monday 3 March

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