Decorating Apprentice

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
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Training course: Painter and decorator (level 2)
Hours: Monday to Friday 8am- 4:30pm (one hour lunch break)
37 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 2 December
Duration: 2 years
Positions available: 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

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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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