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City & Guilds Plastering Course 6217 from Able Skills
Have you considered obtaining a qualification in Plastering providing you with the opportunity to change your career and provide you with a trade for life?
Able Skills can offer you the opportunity to obtain a City & Guilds Plastering qualification which will provide you with training and assessment in several areas of plastering from internal work, to external work, floor screeding and even some tiling if you choose.
This 6 weeks of hands on plastering training will see you progress from a novice to a competent Plasterer, building a portfolio of your work as you go. The course is designed to build your skills gradually until plastering becomes second nature and at this Centre where ‘reality’ is important, this is easily achieved.
Able Skills Plastering Centre has been designed to challenge you! We can provide you with easy areas to build your confidence to more complicated areas which will test your patience!
We will provide you with the plastering training to meet the standards as required by City & Guilds but we will also build on this to give you much more so that you will fully understand what plastering is all about. The emphasis for us is on meeting and exceeding our customers’ expectations. We have designed the Plastering Centre to cover every possible plastering scenario, providing separate areas for each training module with separate areas for all assessments!
We do feel that after 7 years of providing this plastering training, we are the best at what we do. We invest in our facilities, our staff and our students. We have fantastic plastering instructors who make you feel welcome at all times and are dedicated to providing a service which upholds our reputation. Their patience is to a level which will make sure everyone believes that they can achieve this plastering award…. And they can, with dedication to the course.
Plastering Course Structure, times and fees
This course can be covered over a period to suit you as long as you complete the entire course within 18 months. You can train for 6 consecutive weeks, divide your weeks up or even incorporate some weekend training if you have ongoing weekly commitments. At Able Skills we aim to make our qualifications as accessible as is possible and additionally we offer a payment plan which, following a deposit, is on a pay as you train basis.
This is a hands-on, practical course, it is therefore recommended you bring suitable clothing and for your own safety, steel capped footwear is essential. All other PPE, tools and materials will be provided throughout your training period. For more details on Able Skills pay as you train offer please contact us.
Guidance on choosing the right training centre
We are aware that there are many Training Centres in the UK offering City and Guilds qualifications and we would advise caution when you are ready to book courses of this nature.
We recommend that you confirm the Training Centre’s City & Guilds Registration number and also that you enquire as to the qualifications of their staff.
In order for your Plastering Qualification course to run swiftly and smoothly, you should ensure that your chosen training centre has qualified Instructors, Assessors and Internal Verifiers.
Better still, visit the centre and view the staff’s qualifications as well as the facilities available.
You should be allowed access to see the training areas, chat to instructors, have access to past student feedback forms and additionally, chat to existing students.
Check if the course will be completed solely at the training centre or whether you are actually also being sold ‘home study’ units.
Lastly, confirm the timings of your course. If your intended course is to be achieved in blocks then be sure that you can return to train at a time of your choice and that you will not be left waiting for months on end to get back in.
Course Content
The plastering course will provide you with in depth training to cover all 15 plastering units, both the mandatory and optional units. During your training time at Able Skills you will be assessed by our qualified plastering Assessors and Internal Verifiers and the entire City & Guilds process is completed here on site at Able Skills, which ensures this plastering course is delivered using the correct procedures and without delay.
There are 7 mandatory Units and you must complete 2 Units from the 8 optional units to achieve the FULL award. We encourage completion of all 15 units!
The 7 Mandatory Units are:
- 016 - Repairing a patch in a plastered wall
- 065 - Boarding and setting a ceiling in one coat
- 066 - Applying a floating coat to wall and attached pier
- 067 - Applying and finishing the setting coat to a floored wall and attached pier
- 068 - Applying a floating coat to a square or rectangular column
- 069 - Applying a floating finishing coat to a square or rectangular column
- 070 - Scrim and skim finish with plaster
The 8 Optional Units are
- 017 - Screeding a sand and cement floor from a given level of datum point
- 018 - Introduction to fixing floor tiles and skirting tiles
- 071 - Applying a textured finish with border
- 072 - Replaster over textured ceiling using bonding agent
- 073 - Applying a plain rendering and finish with a wood float
- 074 - Applying a Tyrolean hand machine finish to a prepared wall
- 075 - Fixing bell cast bead and applying scratch coats to wall areas
- 076 - Applying pebble dash finish to a prepared wall
6 Week City & Guilds Plastering Course Fees and Payment Plan
At Able Skills we try to make our courses as affordable as possible. The cost for this 6 weeks City & Guilds Plastering Qualification is £1995.00 (inc vat). We require a £500 deposit to secure a start date and the remaining balance can be spread over the 6 week training period.
This is a hands-on, practical course, it is therefore recommended you bring suitable clothing and for your own safety, steel capped footwear is essential. All other PPE, tools and materials will be provided throughout your training period.
For more details on Able Skills pay as you train offer please contact us on 01322 280202
Plastering Progression and CSCS: Upgrade to an 8 Week Plastering Course
Following on from your City & Guilds Plastering qualification it is important that you look to the future and consider achieving an NVQ at level 2. This will require you to be working within the Plastering industry in order to build a portfolio of evidence which can be assessed to determine your progress and support you in achieving an NVQ. If you are looking to undertake ‘site’ based plastering work in the future, it is important that you have a CSCS card, without it, you will not be able to access sites. Able Skills will provide you with the training material to aid you in your understanding of site health & safety and we will also pay for you to undertake your CSCS test. The aim of the test is to examine knowledge across a wide range of health and safety topics in order to improve safety and productivity on site. If you are looking to hold an Experienced Worker or Skilled Worker card, you will need to be registered for an NVQ – You can do this with Able Skills by undertaking an additional 2 weeks of plastering training. Able Skills will register you for an NVQ free of charge when you feel ready to take this next step.
Please visit our Plastering 8 Week NVQ page for further details.
Other Plastering Options
If you are still unsure if plastering is the career of your choice, why not try our 5 day Intensive course first. This will help you decide if you want to progress to a qualification and a career in Plastering. Alternatively, train with us over 2 weekends to test your skills and help you to decide. If you enjoy a short course and decide you would like to pursue a plastering career, Able Skills will upgrade you to a City & Guilds course, taking into account the time and money you have already spent with us.
Plastering Course Structure, times and fees
6 Week City & Guilds Plastering Course Fees are £1995 (inc VAT)
*A deposit of £500 is required in order to secure your chosen weeks and the balance can be divided over your 6 weeks of training (£249.16 per week)
Able Skills has their own accommodation available at £20 per night for those of you who are travelling longer distances to train with us.
To Book please phone our booking line on 0808 100 3245
Courses are held Monday to Friday. Weekend training is Saturday and Sunday
All Course Times are: 08.30am-16.30pm.
For people traveling longer distances, Able Building Skills can provide their own reasonably priced accommodation on request or at the time of booking.
