Summary
Choices decorators are seeking a new apprentice who is local to the Bury area. You will attend college one day per week at City Skills College, Salford. You will work with the team and be tasked with things like prep, mixing and thinning paint, measuring, cutting and applying wallpaper, providing cost estimates and customer service.
Wage
£15,704 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Training course
Painter and decorator (level 2)
Hours
Monday - Friday, shifts to be confirmed
40 hours a week
Start date
Monday 20 October 2025
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
* Applying paint or other materials such as stains, lacquer or varnish using brushes, rollers or spray equipment
* Preparing and cleaning surfaces
* Removing old wallpaper and paint
* Repairing cracks and holes in walls
* Mixing and thinning paint
* Measuring, cutting and applying wallpaper or fabric to walls
* Building and installing scaffolding
* Advising customers on colour selection and choice of wall coverings
* Providing cost estimates
* Reading specifications to determine required materials
Where you'll work
1 Woburn Drive
Bury
BL9 8DA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SALFORD CITY COLLEGE
Training course
Painter and decorator (level 2)
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 and Decorator Level 2 Apprenticeship Standard
* Day Release at City Skills M6 6AP
Requirements
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
* Customer care skills
* Logical
* Patience
* Keen interest for sector
Other requirements
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