Painting and Decorating Apprentice

VALE DECORATORS (UK) LIMITED

LIVERPOOL (L24 9HW)

Closes in 6 days (Monday 30 March 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 17 March 2026

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Summary

We are recruiting new Apprentice Painters & Decorators to join our North West Team.

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to become skilled as a Painter and Decorator?

Are you hardworking, reliable and willing to learn? If you are, you might be who we are looking for!

• Wage:

  £16,224 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

  National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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  23 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

  Pay moves to NMW in the second year of training

• Training course: Painter and decorator (level 2)
• Hours: 8:00am- 4:30pm Monday to Friday (Finish at 3:30pm Friday)

  39 hours a week

• Start date:

  Tuesday 1 September 2026

• 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

We are looking for Apprentice Painters who are hardworking, reliable and willing to learn. The ideal candidate would be someone who likes to work somewhere different each day, and who enjoys seeing the improvement a great decorator can make to any property.

The successful applicant(s) will be completing an Apprenticeship whilst working on site four days a week, working on all the skills required to achieve their Apprenticeship. They will also be attending college for one day each week. 

This role does not require any experience as full training will be given.

Principle duties:

• Preparing surfaces for decoration
• Applying paint systems by brush and roller
• Applying foundation and plan papers
• Producing specialist decorative finishes
• Applying and creating colour
• You will be maintaining a record of the various types of work completed to achieve the Apprenticeship

Where you'll work

EDWARDS LANE
SPEKE
LIVERPOOL
L24 9HW

Training

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

Training provider

RIVERSIDE COLLEGE

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.

Training schedule

• Painter and Decorator, Level 2
• Weekly attendance at Riverside College, Widnes

More training information

On the job training, internal courses and web-based training are included as part of this role

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade Grade 9 - 3 / A*- D)
• Maths (grade Grade 9 - 3 / A*- D)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

• Communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Team working
• Hardworking
• Reliable
• Keen to learn
• Flexible approach
• Enjoys improving properties
• Committed
• Working safely

Other requirements

We reserve the right to close this opportunity after 1 week if we have received enough applications, and therefore recommend you make an application as soon as possible, rather than waiting until the planned closing date as we cannot guarantee the vacancy will remain open for the whole time planned. 

If you are applying with qualifications other than those listed in the entry requirements (GCSE's), please make sure you have obtained official evidence of equivalency from UK ENIC before the application closing date. Please note, if you are shortlisted for the post we cannot progress your application any further without you providing evidence of this.   

About this employer

Vale is a well-established and highly respected company with an impressive customer portfolio. We are a company that has a proud family heritage, based on 48 years of continuous service to the
industry and uphold the highest standards of Safety and workmanship throughout our directly employed teams.

After this apprenticeship

• There may be opportunities to continue with the company following the Apprenticeship if these arise

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

RIVERSIDE COLLEGE

Joanna Smith

joanna.smith@riversidecollege.ac.uk

01512572800

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000021019.

Apply now

Closes in 6 days (Monday 30 March 2026 at 11:59pm)