Painting and Decorating Apprentice

This apprenticeship will give you the knowledge skills and behaviours required to work as a Painter and Decorator and will include the following:

• Health and safety to include Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, Manual Handling and Working at Height Regulations, use of PPE etc.


• How to prepare the work area safely by providing dust sheets and protection to furniture and adjacent surfaces


• How to select, use, maintain and store, paint, tools, wallcoverings, spray equipment, steps, ladders and towers safely


• How to identify different industry sectors, such as new construction, social housing, residential, refurbishment, commercial and Heritage


• How to advise clients about basic colour choices, recommend appropriate products for differing scenarios and sectors, and identify and rectify common surface coating and wall covering problems


• How to use different application methods: brush, roller, spray, power-assisted rollers and special effect tools


• How to use wallpaper, using techniques for the hanging of lining paper, standard papers, digital print and wide width, including matching patterns, internal and external corners


• You will also produce a portfolio of evidence demonstrating examples of your work throughout the apprenticeship.

Painter & Decorator apprentices attend York 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.