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Advanced Painting & Decorating - from Able Skills
Able Skills has designed this 5 day Advanced course for people who have completed our 5 day Intensive painting & decorating course and want to take things a step further. This course will provide you with training in more complex areas and will also provide you with a very good understanding of accessing for painting and decorating, ensuring that you always work safely and legally.
Our total hands on approach guarantees that throughout your training time at Able Skills you will be continually involved and, with years of experience behind us, we know that this is the best method of teaching available. The knowledge and experience of your instructor will be passed on to you throughout the training and every tip and trade secret will be available. We will ensure that you receive reality training which will prepare you for any jobs you go on to undertake.
Whether you are here for DIY purposes or here for career enhancement, we will guarantee to provide quality, value for money training and we will ensure that you will gain detailed knowledge which will enable you to move forward in this industry.
At Able Skills we encourage progression and support anyone who is looking to move forward in their career so if you feel that a qualification is what is needed then we also offer a 4 week City & Guilds 6217-03 painting and decorating award.
This course will include:
- Accessing for painting & decorating such as erecting a small tower scaffold and detailed explanation of ladder safety.
- Detailed underpinning knowledge of Health and Safety: Working at heights regulations
- Preparation of a full room area for a patterned wallpaper scheme
- Crosslining: Hanging lining paper horizontally as a base layer for wallpaper
- Application of emulsion and oil based paints for a pattern papered room
- Application of emulsion and oil based paints for a painted wallpaper scheme (anaglyptic, blown vinyl and wood engrained papers)
- Paper hanging: Hanging 2 pattern papers to a full room area:- one with set pattern design, one with drop pattern design
In addition, we will also cover:
- Pastes and sizing
- New plaster substrates
- Dry lined substrates
- Surface defects: causes and cures
- Paper hanging defects: causes and cures
Other Skills for Decorators
Able Skills offers a variety of courses in various construction subjects and we will always be happy to help you arrange a package to suit your skills and requirements. We can help you understand your chosen field and also advise on courses which will enhance your portfolio and job prospects. For example, Polished Plastering is a unique form of decoration and an additional service you could provide to customers as a Decorator. At the same time, plastering skills may also prove useful to you for when you are decorating in properties that are in disrepair, a beautifully plastered wall makes for a better decorating base!
As a decorator, there is a great deal of scope for you to ensure that you can provide an all round service. The more you can offer your customers, the greater your prospects of work.
At the end of your decorating course you will receive an Able Skills Certificate of completion and you can also have a portfolio and photographs of the stages of the work you have carried out during the period you have trained with us; this may assist you in gaining employment at a later stage.
If you require any additional information about this decorating course, please feel free to contact us on 01322 280202 where staff are on hand 7 days each week to answer any additional questions you may have.
Once you have completed training with Able Skills we can offer you after course support and advice on any decorating projects you are undertaking. You can contact us by telephone or Email: info@ableskills.co.uk.
Additionally, we can provide you with a Business start up pack containing useful information and guidance on printing (business cards), opening a business bank account, public liability insurance and website design.
Advanced Painting & Decorating Course Fees are £495 All Inc.
To Book please phone our booking line on 0808 100 3245
Courses are held Monday to Friday & Saturday - Sunday.
ALL Course Times are: 08.30am-16.30pm.
For people travelling longer distances able building skills can provide their own reasonable priced accommodation on request or at the time of booking.
