Apprentice Painter & Decorator
COLCHESTER BOROUGH HOMES LIMITED
Colchester (CO3 3WG)
Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 19 August 2025)
Posted on 5 August 2025
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Summary
This is an apprenticeship which will develop the individuals’ skills and ability to work toward them being able to carry out a wide range of painting and decorating repairs as part of our customer-focused operational team. Providing excellent customer service, with a positive attitude being at the heart of every job completed.
- Wage
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£15,704 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 8am - 4:30pm, with a half hour lunch break.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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1
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
- Attend college and successfully complete the Level 2 Painting and Decorating qualification.
- Perform routine and emergency redecoration works in tenanted properties, following safe working practices.
- Work under supervision to carry out painting and decorating tasks effectively.
- Liaise with the repairs supervisor regarding issues affecting service delivery.
- Maintain accurate records through job control systems and paperwork.
- Learn to manage materials used and maintain adequate van stock.
- Clean and maintain issued tools and equipment regularly.
- Promote and follow health and safety procedures.
- Communicate effectively with various stakeholders, including external agencies.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with Community Housing Officers.
- Stay informed of relevant legislation related to the role.
- Undertake other duties appropriate to the grade as directed by managers.
Where you'll work
1st Floor Rowan House
Sheepen Road
Colchester
CO3 3WG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
COLCHESTER INSTITUTE
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
- The apprentice will be working towards the Painter and Decorator Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
- College attendance at Colchester Institute (Colchester campus) one day per week during term time
- Functional Skills in maths and English, if required
Requirements
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
Other requirements
Travel around Colchester and surrounding area, will be collected and returned to central meeting location at start and end of the day.
About this employer
Colchester Borough Homes is an Arm’s Length Management Organisation (ALMO) set up by Colchester City Council in 2003. We are an award-winning organisation and provide management and maintenance services to around 7,000 residential, commercial and public buildings in the local area on behalf of the Council. This includes the Council’s housing stock, Colchester Castle, and the Town Hall. CBH’s overall aspiration is to be the trusted choice for local housing, property, and community services. We plan to do this by delivering services that are valued by our customers and serving our communities. Getting the best from our people is essential in enabling us to achieve this goal. Our people are our greatest asset, and you will play a vital role in that mission. We have a workforce of just over 200 people working in a wide variety of roles to enable the delivery of our services. We are a people focussed organisation and seek to ensure that we enable our staff to perform and do the best job possible, and to make CBH a great place to work. As a result of this focus, we have been awarded the prestigious Gold Investors in People award again in 2021. We need driven, capable, and motivated people to work as part of our team to ensure that we deliver excellent services to our customers. Further details about employee benefits can be found at https://cbhomes.org.uk/about-us/who-we-are-what-we-do/cbh-careers/employee-benefits/
https://cbhomes.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Generous Pension Scheme, Life Cover, Enhanced Holidays, Employee Assistance Programme, Employee Discount Scheme
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Potential to progress to role of Multiskilled Operative – Painter & Decorator within Colchester Borough Homes when apprenticeship is complete.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
COLCHESTER INSTITUTE
Colchester Institute - Apprenticeship Team
ci.apprenticeships@colchester.ac.uk
01206 712043
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000335578.
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Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 19 August 2025)
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