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Weekend Plastering Courses from Able Skills
Able Skills aims to make training accessible to every one. If you have work or other weekly commitments you can still learn to plaster by attending our Intensive plastering course over two consecutive weekends. The course content differs slightly and you will cover:
Intensive Plastering Weekend Training:
To cut and fix angle beads around windows and reveals. To prepare surfaces before plastering using bonding plaster and finishing plaster, ensuring a flat finished surface ready for decorating.
- To mix plastering materials.
- To plaster walls.
- To plaster ceilings
- To apply PVA adhesive Unibond to existing surfaces
Once you have completed the Intensive course, either at the weekend or over 5 days, you can also cover our Advanced plastering course at weekends:
Advanced Plastering Weekend Training:
- Cutting and setting beads
- Applying PVA adhesive Unibond to existing surfaces
- Skimming walls
- Skimming ceilings
- Plastering reveals – internal and external
- Repairing damaged plaster
- Bonding out
- Internal Angle Trowel techniques
- Plastering around wall sockets and
- Plastering around ceiling roses
Should you wish to further your education in plastering; Able Skills can offer you a City & Guilds. Please visit our City & Guilds page for full details of these courses, content and payment plans.
Weekend training for these qualifications is also available for the majority of the qualification course, you can use 8 weekends for training and assessment before attending for 2 block periods of 7 days to cover the larger assessments.
This is a hands-on, practical course and you will be involved at every stage and will be participating throughout the course. 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.
At the end of your plastering 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 plastering 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 plastering 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.
Weekend Intensive Course Cost: £325 (inc vat)
Weekend Advanced Course Cost: £325 (inc vat)
To Book please phone our booking line on 0808 100 3245
Or for more information please Email us.
Courses are held Saturday and Sunday.
All Course Times are: 08.30am-16.30pm.
For people traveling longer distances, Able Skills can provide their own reasonably priced accommodation on request or at the time of booking.
