Painting and Decorating Apprentice
DECORER LTD
HEDNESFORD (WS12 2FN)
Closes in 30 days (Sunday 8 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 8 May 2025
Contents
Summary
Décorer Ltd are looking for somebody with a real interest for painting and decorating. The candidates will have the opportunity to be working with highly skilled decorators who will teach all the required skills and knowledge to become qualified, whilst being supported by the business in your college work for maximum progression.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Painter and decorator (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, weekends optional, 8.00am - 4:45pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 9 June 2025
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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4
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
- Filling
- Sanding
- Priming and undercoating
- Preparing surfaces for painting/decorating in the workplace
- Applying paint systems by brush and roller in the workplace
- Stack and store resources
- Conform to workplace safety
- Conform to efficient working practices
Where you'll work
UNIT 4
KEY POINT
LOWER KEYS BUSINESS PARK
HEDNESFORD
WS12 2FN
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
- Painter and Decorator level 2
- 1 day training per week at Walsall College
- Functional skills if required
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
- Attention to detail
- Team working
- Ability to follow instruction
- Awareness of health & safety
Other requirements
All Works will be site based and a CSCS card will be required to gain access to these sites.
About this company
DéCorer have over 30 years’ experience within the trade and specialize in project management. Our Managing Director has coordinated large scale jobs for several major construction companies. The company has completed numerous jobs and have now established a strong quality workforce of over 60 people. Each project is managed in house from the initial quotation through to the final handover. We have a super opportunity becoming available to start your career as a Professional Painter and Decorator, working for the largest independent Painting and Decorating Contractor in the Midlands
After this apprenticeship
There is a potential full-time position offered to the right candidate as well as room to develop to other positions within the business such as Site Supervisors and Contracts Managers within time.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WALSALL COLLEGE
Samantha Loverock
sloverock@walsallcollege.ac.uk
01922 688898
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319436.
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Closes in 30 days (Sunday 8 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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