Apprentice Decorator

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College; Bristol; On-site; GBP 9,000 - 13,000; Full time

Job summary

Clover Maintenance is offering a Painting and Decorating Apprenticeship in Bristol. You will train with a well‑established firm and learn all aspects of the trade alongside experienced staff.

The apprenticeship lasts 2 years, with Monday–Friday hours from 8am–4pm (40 hours weekly). Driving or a driving test booked is required; salary discussed at interview.

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship in painting and decorating; driving or driving test booked.

Responsibilities

• Customer service: Relaying company services
• Product knowledge
• Formal and informal communication
• Using ICT in the workplace
• Costing, pricing and budgeting
• Time, scheduling and cost of a project
• Working with water-borne, solvent-borne and epoxy coatings
• Drying, curing and re-coating
• Understanding the effect of colour, design and contrast
• Hazardous to health sheets, method statements and risk assessments
• Working with new and pre-decorated surfaces
• Removal of previous coatings and wall coverings
• Modern and traditional surface finishing methods
• Systems for metals, wood, plastic and factory finishes
• Application of brush, roller and spray
• Removal and application of wall coverings

Education

Painting and Decorating Apprenticeship (Level 2)

Job description

• Painting and Decorating Apprenticeship. A great opportunity to train with a well-established painting and decorating firm in Bristol, who put apprentices at the heart of their recruitment policy
• Working alongside experience personnel, you will learn all aspects of the trade

Salary will be discussed further at Interview

Training course

Painter and decorator (level 2)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm
40 hours a week

Monday 07 September

Duration

2 Years

1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

Customer Service:

• Relaying company services
• Product knowledge
• Formal and informal communication
• Using ICT in the workplace
• Costing, pricing and budgeting
• Time, scheduling and cost of a project

Product and Specification:

• Working with water-borne, solvent borne and epoxy
• Drying, curing and recoating
• The effect of colour, design and contrast
• Preventing common problems
• Correcting common problems
• Hazardous to health sheets, method statements and risk assessments

Preparation, application and removal:

• Working with new surfaces
• Working with pre-decorated surfaces
• Removal of previous coatings and wall coverings with different methods
• Traditional and modern methods of making good surfaces
• Systems for metals, wood, plastic and factory finishes
• Application of brush
• Application of roller
• Application of pressure roller
• Spray application
• Removal and application of wall coverings

Where you’ll work

7 TEMPLE COURT
KEYNSHAM
BRISTOL
BS31 1HA

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

South Gloucestershire and Stroud College

The successful applicant will either be driving or at the very least, have a driving test booked.

About this company

Clover Maintenance are a long established Property Services company based in Keynsham, Bristol. They specialise in insurance claim work like fire or water damage o buildings, for example.

After this apprenticeship

• Permanent contract potential
• Progression to either a level 3 trade qualification of junior management