Trainee Painter & Decorator

BPI Painting & Decorating; Ambrosden; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Full-time employment

Hands-on training with experienced dec

Learn a skilled trade

Experience across residential and com­

Progress within growing business

Friendly and professional environment

Job summary

BPI Painting & Decorating is hiring a Trainee Painter & Decorator to join our Oxfordshire-based team. This full-time role focuses on hands-on training, learning to prepare and decorate residential and commercial properties to a professional standard.

We welcome applicants with the right attitude who are reliable, hardworking and eager to learn. No prior professional decorating experience is essential, and a full UK driving licence is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Interest in learning painting and decorating as a trade
• Hardworking and willing to learn
• Reliable and punctual
• Polite and professional when working in customers’ homes and businesses
• Able to follow instructions and take feedback
• Practical and comfortable with hands-on work
• Able to work well as part of a team
• Careful and attentive to detail

Responsibilities

• Preparing rooms and work areas ready for decorating
• Protecting floors, furniture, fixtures and fittings
• Learning how to correctly prepare different surfaces
• Filling, sanding, caulking and making good
• Learning professional brush and roller techniques
• Assisting with painting walls, ceilings, woodwork and other surfaces
• Mixing and preparing paints and materials
• Keeping tools, equipment and work areas clean and organised
• Assisting experienced decorators on site
• Learning how to achieve a professional, high-quality finish
• Following health & safety procedures
• Developing your skills and taking on greater responsibility as your experience grows

Job description

Trainee Painter & Decorator

BPI Painting & Decorating
Location: Oxfordshire and surrounding areas
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: Competitive

About the Role

BPI Painting & Decorating are looking for a motivated Trainee Painter & Decorator to join our team.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to learn a skilled trade and build a long-term career in painting and decorating.

Previous professional decorating experience is not essential. We're more interested in finding someone with the right attitude: reliable, hardworking, willing to learn and proud of doing a job properly.

You’ll work alongside experienced decorators, learning the skills required to prepare and decorate residential and commercial properties to a professional standard.

What You’ll Be Doing

As you learn and develop, your responsibilities will include:

• Preparing rooms and work areas ready for decorating
• Protecting floors, furniture, fixtures and fittings
• Learning how to correctly prepare different surfaces
• Filling, sanding, caulking and making good
• Learning professional brush and roller techniques
• Assisting with painting walls, ceilings, woodwork and other surfaces
• Mixing and preparing paints and materials
• Keeping tools, equipment and work areas clean and organised
• Assisting experienced decorators on site
• Learning how to achieve a professional, high-quality finish
• Following health & safety procedures
• Developing your skills and taking on greater responsibility as your experience grows

What We’re Looking For

You don’t need to be an experienced decorator, but you do need to have the right approach.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Genuinely interested in learning painting and decorating as a trade
• Hardworking and willing to learn
• Reliable and punctual
• Polite and professional when working in customers’ homes and businesses
• Able to follow instructions and take feedback
• Practical and comfortable with hands-on work
• Able to work well as part of a team
• Careful and attentive to detail
• Willing to travel to jobs across Oxfordshire and surrounding areas
• Keen to develop their skills and build a career with the business

A full UK driving licence would be advantageous.

What We Offer

• Competitive pay
• Full-time employment
• Hands-on training alongside experienced decorators
• The opportunity to learn a skilled trade
• Experience across a range of residential and commercial projects
• Ongoing development as your skills and confidence grow
• A friendly and professional working environment
• Opportunity to progress within a growing business

BPI Painting & Decorating