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10 Day Plastering Courses from Able Skills
Able Skills is offering you the opportunity to spend 10 days with us, undergoing intensive and fast paced, hands on training covering both internal and external plastering.
The Plastering Training Centre at Able Skills has been designed with the intention of being able to teach every aspect of plastering and rendering under one roof. We have designated areas for beginners, areas for intermediate and advanced students, areas for qualification students and areas to learn external plastering. The layout of our Plastering Centre is intended to move you smoothly through various stages and areas of plastering if progression is your choice.
Intensive and Advanced training Courses combined @ £595.00 (inc vat)
In this designated 10 days, we intend to teach you the basics of plastering and then move you to a more advanced level which will also benefit you in building on your speed and mastering your plastering technique.
This plastering course is suited to those of you looking to enter the plastering industry but equally, is well suited to anyone who is looking to undertake plastering projects at home.
To start, the plastering course will provide you with the skills to plasterboard areas and tape standard and internal joints, to cut and fix angle beads around windows and reveals and to prepare surfaces for decorating using bonding plaster and finishing plaster.
We will explain and demonstrate all plastering tools, give full guidance on mixing plastering materials and fully explain the importance of adhering to health and safety regulations.
As you move through this 10 day plastering course, you will be skimming walls and ceilings to a competent level, repairing damaged plastered areas, learning internal angle trowel techniques and plastering around wall sockets and ceiling roses.
You will also learn how to line walls with plasterboard using the 'dot and dab' method and you will finish the 10 days learning rendering which will include applying a scratch coat and applying a top coat, enabling you to achieve a smooth finish.
Throughout the 10 days of plastering training, we will supply all tools and materials to ensure that you have a very good understanding on how and when to use:
- Hawk
- Steel Floating Trowel
- Gauging Trowel
- Plastic Floating Trowel
- Hammer
- Internal Angle Trowel
- Straight Edge
- Stanley Knife
- Tape Measure
- Saw
- Tin Snips
Able Skills Plastering Training Centre is open 7 days every week which means this course is available using weekend training. If you are unavailable through the working week, the same course can be achieved in just 4 weekends.
At Able Skills we take pride in what we have to offer to everyone and see ourselves as leaders within the training industry and probably the only training centre who can offer you progression in any area.
We are keen to encourage and progress all of our students and for those of you who have an interest in a Plastering career, we can offer all of the right plastering qualifications to move you in the right direction. We can offer a City & Guilds Plastering qualification which is delivered in great detail and covers both the practical and theory side of plastering and then once you are working in the plastering industry, you will be looking to gather working evidence of your competence with a view to being assessed for Plastering NVQ Level 2.
Please visit Plastering NVQs for full details of the procedures and requirements in place to gain NVQ level 2, a National requirement by 2010.
We provide hands-on, practical plastering courses and you will be involved at every stage and will be participating throughout. It is therefore recommended you bring suitable clothing and for your own safety, steel capped footwear is essential. All tools and materials will be provided throughout your training period.
Once you have completed training with Able Skills we can offer you after course support and advice on any plastering projects you are undertaking. You can contact us by telephone or Email: info@ableskills.co.uk or you can join our Forum on www.ableskillsdiy.co.uk where our plastering instructors will aim to answer any questions or queries within 24 hours.
If you require any additional information about this or any of our plastering courses, please feel free to contact us on 01322 280202 where Gary, Angela or John are available 7 days each week to answer any additional questions you may have. Alternatively, please feel free to pay our Plastering training centre a visit at any time, the instructors are here every day, 7 days per week and will be happy to discuss any plastering options that you may be considering.
Plastering Course Fees are £595 all inclusive
To book a course, please phone our booking line on 0808 100 3245.
For more information please Email us.
Courses are held Monday to Friday. Weekend training is Saturday and Sunday.
Able Skills has their own accommodation available at £20 per night for those of you who are travelling longer distances to train with us.
