Painter & Decorator Apprenticeship Level 2

OAKHAM SCHOOL

OAKHAM (LE15 6DT)

Closes in 9 days (Friday 19 December 2025)

Posted on 1 December 2025

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Summary

An exciting opportunity, starting February 2026, has become available to join the Estates Department as an Apprentice Painter & Decorator helping to provide first-class facilities and estate services to Oakham School.

 

• Wage:

  £14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

  National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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  Year 2 increases to National Living Wage, age dependent

• Training course: Painter and decorator (level 2)
• Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am - 5pm.

  38 hours a week

• Start date:

  Sunday 15 February 2026

• Duration:

  2 years

• Positions available:

  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

In all activities, painters & decorators must understand and apply health and safety and environmental regulations, guidance notes, relevant codes of practice, school guidance, site-specific requirements and take into account changing circumstances.
• Understand and apply the principles in preparing Risk Assessments & method statements, including Control of Hazardous Substances.
• Work at height, including the safe use of platforms, steps, ladders, and scaffolds.
• Identify and apply safe use, storage and maintenance of hand tools, power tools, paints, wallcoverings, spray equipment, steps, ladders, and towers safely.
• Identify different building methods, e.g., steel frame, reinforced concrete frame, traditional solid wall and cavity wall, block and dry lined, which determine the appropriate paint products and specifications.
• Understand key differences between modern and traditional construction methods.
• Prepare surfaces using abrasives, chemical etchants, power sanders, heat, and liquid methods.
• Identify and use the most appropriate products and use of colour in different settings.
• Interpret specification documents and ensure correct preparation and systems are followed, including manufacturers’ product information and data sheets, to avoid errors.
• Use different application methods brush, roller, spray, power-assisted rollers, and special effect tools.
• Wallpaper using techniques for the hanging of lining paper, standard papers, digital print, and wide-width, including matching patterns, internal and external corners.
• Completing relevant paperwork correctly.
• General: All estate personnel are required to assist other trades where applicable.
• Procurement: Understand the principles of costing, pricing, and budgeting.
• Communication: Work alongside and communicate effectively with other trades

Where you'll work

OAKHAM SCHOOL
CHAPEL CLOSE
MARKET PLACE
OAKHAM
LE15 6DT

Training

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

Training provider

MULTI TRADES TRAINING LTD

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

Please refere to the job description and person specification.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade 4)
• Maths (grade 4)

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

Skills

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisation skills
• Customer care skills
• Problem solving skills
• Presentation skills
• Administrative skills
• Number skills
• Analytical skills
• Logical
• Team working
• Creative
• Initiative
• Non judgemental
• Patience
• Physical fitness

Other requirements

Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

2 satisfactory references.

Right to work in the UK.

About this employer

As a busy co-educational boarding and day school, there is a wealth of opportunities for teaching and support staff alike. We are well known for being a friendly and down-to-earth school and there is a great sense of camaraderie and mutual support amongst our enthusiastic and dedicated staff.

http://www.oakham.rutland.sch.uk (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Pension scheme, healthcare cash plan, free meals during term time and use of pool and gym, on-site parking, cycle to work scheme, Support staff fee remission.

After this apprenticeship

Permanent positon may be availble to the right applicant, upon completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

MULTI TRADES TRAINING LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000003228.

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Closes in 9 days (Friday 19 December 2025)

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