Plastering Apprentice

Summary

As a Plastering Apprentice you will not only develop expertise in plastering techniques but also gain multi-trade experience, contributing to a wide variety of maintenance and repair projects.

Wage: £15,704 to £25,396.80 a year
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Training course: Plasterer (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday 8.00am- 5.00pm Includes 1 hour lunch
40 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 4 August
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

To undertake plastering and decoration works to social housing properties
To undertake associated or minor works using other trade skills
To maximise first time fix and productivity, delivering a high standard of workmanship, affording excellent customer service to the client at all times
Liaising with residents and clients on site, providing detailed feedback to supervisors and schedulers
Having an understanding of, and the ability to work to, industry-accepted Health and Safety standards.
Undertaking patch and larger plastering works, decorating and associated or other minor maintenance tasks utilising your multi-trade experience
Working alongside colleagues or contractors to complete complex orders
Using PDA to receive instructions, and to feedback electronically details of works undertaken, or works to be undertaken
Liaising with Supervisors/schedulers in a timely manner when works are unable to be completed on a first visit, providing detailed information to allow works to be programmed in
Completing daily timesheets detailing attendances, including travel time
Maintaining and managing van stock, plant and equipment

Where you’ll work

Civic Centre

6 Brixton Hill

London

SW2 1EG

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

MULTI TRADES TRAINING LTD

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

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

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

English & Maths (grade 4/C and 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
Problem solving skills
Team working
Health and safety
Good time management

About this company

The Wates Group, established in 1897, is one of the leading privately-owned construction, residential development, and property services businesses in the UK. We employ approximately 3,600 people and work with a wide range of public and private sector customers and partners.

https://careers.wates.co.uk/early-careers/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

There are many different routes within Wates after successful completion
Wates offer a wide range of career progression opportunities including further qualifications on completion of the apprenticeship
The right candidate could move into a permanent role, and we have a Trainee Management programme

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MULTI TRADES TRAINING LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000297034.

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Closes in 9 days (Tuesday 4 March)

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