Apprentice Painter & Decorator
CoTrain
London (NW11 9UA)
Closes in 11 days (Monday 16 February 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 January 2026
Contents
Summary
CoTrain have an apprentice painter and decorator position available, working on new build project that contains domestic and commercial areas. Applicants should come from the Brent Cross Area to meet local authority targets.
- Wage
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£15,311.40 to £24,761.88, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
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Starting salary will be based on the National Minimum Wage for your age group. Salaries are increased each April in line with rises in NMW and we also review your salary alongside your performace during the apprenticeship
- Training course
- Painter and decorator (level 2)
- Hours
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Hours on site will be 7.30am to 5.00pm Monday - Friday.
Working week based on 39-hours per week.
College days will be 9.00am to 4.30pm.
No evenings or weekends expected.
39 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 March 2026
- 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
- Working at height equipment and safe use: Steps, hop- ups and podiums
- Equipment: High-volume low-pressure spraying equipment, pressure washing and relevant safety control equipment
- Safe systems of work: Site specific inductions, risk assessments, method statements and hazard identification in the work area
- Standards and regulations: British Standards, building regulations, quality standards
- Basic principles of digital design and modelling systems
- Interpreting relevant information from drawings, specifications, work instructions, manufacturer’s safety data sheets and manufacturer’s information including colour charts and notations and colour terms
- Impact of the sector on the environment and sustainability: Efficient use of resources. Recycling, reuse and safe disposal of waste
- Preparation of work area: removal and storage of furnishings, fixtures and equipment and reinstatement
- Characteristics and use of materials to protect work area: Cover materials and tapes
- Hand tool use: preparation tools, application tools
- Power tool use: Sanders with dust extraction, power drills, infrared and hot air guns
- Preparation materials and their characteristics: Fillers, resin fillers, sealants, stabilisers, caulks, primers, decontaminants, abrasives
- Coatings, their characteristics and uses: Water borne, solvent borne, two-pack, including drying, curing and recoating
- Wallcoverings and their characteristics: Lining paper, free match or random paper and adhesives
- Preparation processes internal and external locations and materials, considering surface conditions and defects for: untreated trowelled finishes and plasterboard; Untreated timber and timber sheet materials; untreated metals (ferrous and non-ferrous)
- Preparation processes for internal locations and materials, considering surface conditions and defects of previously coated surfaces: trowelled finishes and plasterboard; timber and timber sheet materials; metals (ferrous and non-ferrous); removal of previously applied coatings
- Preparation processes for external locations and materials, considering surface conditions and defects of previously coated surfaces: trowelled finishes and plasterboard; timber and timber sheet materials; metals (ferrous and non-ferrous); removal of previously applied coatings
- Working to the site's health & safety rules and regulations and always wearing the correct PPE for each task
Where you'll work
Brent Cross Station
Station Approach, Highfield Avenue
London
NW11 9UA
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
- Training for your Painter and Decorator level 2 qualification will involve one day a week live classroom online learning from home
- Approx every 8 weeks a tutor will visit you on site and spend the day with you teaching and performing practical tasks on a one-to-one basis for the whole day
- Tasks on site will include preparing internal and external surfaces read for different types of paint to be applied
- Some areas may include specialist skills such as installing wallpaper
- Always following site health & safety rules and wearing the correct PPE at all times
More training information
- Working from heights will be necessary for some tasks
- Training will be 50% theory and 50% practical
- Maths and English Level 2 Functional Skills can be added to the apprenticeship for the right applicant, Grade 4 and above GCSEs in one or both subjects would be preferred.
- We will consider day release to a local college if the successful applicant feels online learning is not for them
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Punctuality and reliability
Other requirements
- Working at heights
- Working inside and outside
- This is a full-time position
- Willingness to learn and meet targets
About this employer
CoTrain is a program under SECBE . As a shared apprenticeship scheme and a Flexible Job Apprenticeship Agency partly funded by CITB to provide a route into industry for anyone wishing to complete an apprenticeship. We employ and mentor the apprentice and place them with our construction partners and colleges to gain the correct experience & skills to complete their qualifications.
http://www.cotrain.org.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- We provide up to £25/week travel bursary which can be claimed weekly
- Salaries are paid monthly on the last working day of each month
- Automatically have access to our Employee Assistance Programme
After this apprenticeship
Successful completion of this apprenticeship should lead to a full-time position as a trained painter and decorator. After further experience it will be possible to move onto supervision or management positions and further opportunities to study at these levels.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MULTI TRADES TRAINING LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000011844.
Apply now
Closes in 11 days (Monday 16 February 2026 at 11:59pm)