Apprentice Painter and Decorator
BRITCAB LTD
YORK (YO61 1SR)
Closes in 31 days (Saturday 1 August 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 30 June 2026
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Summary
The apprentice painter position is with a family-run portable cabin construction company. We build new cabins, refurbish old ones, and also refurbish modular buildings.
You will work in each of the different areas of the business, working with both young and experienced painters and other trades.
- Wage
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£18,720 a year
- Training course
- Painter and decorator (level 2)
- Hours
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Working week
For example: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, shifts/weekends/evenings.
Monday to Thursday 8am to 4pm and Fridays 7am to 3.15pm.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
You will get involved within all the various disciplines of painting a cabin both internally and externally.
- Sanding and rubbing down metal and wood with both hand and electrical tools
- Prepping for painting both internally and externally
- Using rollers and brushes on various surfaces
- Learning to hang doors and other elements of the cabin, making business if you so desire
Where you'll work
MOOR LANE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
THOLTHORPE
YORK
YO61 1SR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
YORK 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 & Decorator apprentices attend college on block release, which is for 2 weeks at a time (14 weeks over the academic year) and work for their employer for the rest of the time. If required, Functional Skills are delivered as a separate block release.
More training information
If you do not have a grade 4 or above in English and maths and you are aged 18 or under at the start of your apprenticeship, you will be required to work towards Level 2 Functional Skills in these subjects.
Continual assessment will take place throughout the duration of the apprenticeship. If required, the Functional Skills are assessed through online tests.
The End-Point Assessment (EPA) will comprise:
- 90-minute knowledge test of 50 questions
- 18-hour practical test split over 3 days
- 60-minute interview based on your portfolio of evidence
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 3)
- Maths (grade 3)
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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Willingness to listen & learn
About this employer
Britcab are the industry experts in tailor-made portable and modular buildings.
From stand-alone cabins to state-of-the-art buildings and everything in between, we are proud to provide prompt, flexible and value-for-money solutions. This means our expertise is on hand from quotation through to installation and beyond, with a promise to deliver your project on time and within budget.
https://ukcabins.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
28 days annual holidays including bank holidays
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
To stay with the company and gain experience in all the areas of painting cabins and have a long-term future with us.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
YORK COLLEGE
York College Apprenticeship Team
apprenticeships@yorkcollege.ac.uk
01904 770368
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000039182.
Apply now
Closes in 31 days (Saturday 1 August 2026 at 11:59pm)