Painting and Decorating Apprentice

Summary

A fantastic opportunity to join our team alongside completing your Painting and Decorating Level 2 apprenticeship. We have the tools, skills and resources for jobs of all shapes and sizes, treating each job with the same professional standard whether it be a single door or entire office space.

Wage

£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Painter and decorator (level 2)

Hours

Monday to Friday between 6am- 3pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Thursday 31 July 2025

Duration

2 years

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Duties:

Review job brief, RAMs and COSHH assessments
Loading of van, ensuring you have all the required materials, tools and access equipment for the job
Arrive at site, clock in, report to site manager (if applicable) and receive induction
Set up work area in a safe manner, ensure all surfaces are adequately protected
Undertake required works for duration of the day
Keep track of materials & notify the office if more are needed
Check over works completed, identify any snagging/defects and remedy
Full clean down at the end of the job, ensuring all materials are stored in the correct place
Load van
Complete daily site diary
Clock out

Where you'll work

Unit 4
Landport Road
Wolverhampton
WV2 2QJ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

WALSALL COLLEGE

Your training course

Painter and decorator (level 2)

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What you'll learn

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

Painting and Decorating Level 2
1 day per week training provided by Walsall College

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths and English (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
Team working
Able to work to deadlines
Good interpersonal skills

Other requirements

• Able to pass an Enhanced DBS • Able to travel, with overnight stays • Motivated and continually looking to improve • Understanding and compliance of health & safety • Team player, able to work independently when required

About this company

New Era is an established Painting & Decorating Service provider that has over 10 years’ experience with in the trade; backed by City & Guilds qualifications and full insurance to undertake domestic and commercial work. Our values are embedded within our day to day operations to ensure we achieve our vision and ethos. A commitment to quality, our passion for continually high standards, combined with complete transparency drive our business to ensure we receive repeat business and deliver an outstanding customer experience.

After this apprenticeship

Further progression may well be available in other areas within our sector, upon successful completion of this Painting and Decorating apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WALSALL COLLEGE

Samantha Williams

samanthawilliams@walsallcollege.ac.uk

01922 675000

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319098.

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