Weekend Painting & Decorating Courses
Welcome to Able Skills Intensive and Advanced Weekend Painting & Decorating Courses
At Able Skills we enjoy the luxury of being able to be open for 7 days every week which in turn allows us to be able to provide everybody with the opportunity to learn a new skill. Those of you who are unavailable to train through the week are given the opportunity to train at weekends to learn any aspect of Painting & Decorating.
Both our Intensive and Advanced Painting and Decorating courses are available over 2 consecutive weekend periods (per course) and will cover every aspect of the week long courses as possible.
These courses are suitable to anyone looking to try their hand at Painting and Decorating and who want to learn new skills in the correct manner.
We have simulated areas where you will be taught these new skills and where you will pick up very useful tips of the trade. Whether you are looking to learn for your own personal projects or you are considering a change of career, Able Skills weekend training options give you the opportunity to decide if Painting and Decorating is for you.
If you book the 2 weekend training options together, the package has a discount price which will save you £140.00
Weekend Intensive Painting and Decorating Course Fees are: £395.00
Weekend Advanced Painting and Decorating Course Fees are: £495.00
Book the 2 together - Intensive & Advanced @ Weekends: £750.00
To book a course, please call us on 01322 280202 | For more information please Email us.
Courses are held:
Monday to Friday OR Saturday and Sunday
All Course Times are: 08.30am-16.30pm.
Able Skills has their own accommodation available at £20 per night for those of you who are travelling longer distances to train with us.
The content for the weekend courses could differ slightly from the 5 day course due to having less time available however, we will aim to cover:
Weekend training for the Intensive Painting & Decorating course will cover:
• Health and Safety, PPE and safe working practices
• Correct use of tools and equipment used in this trade
• Preparation of new and old surfaces ready for painting
• Repairing imperfections in walls and wood ready for painting
• Application of water based products such as primers, undercoats, emulsion and eggshell using brushes and rollers
• Application of oil based products
• Cutting around obstructions, openings, fittings such as radiators, windows, sockets and switches
• How to use a roller effectively
• Cutting, pasting and hanging wallpaper
Weekend training for the Advanced Painting & Decorating course will cover:
• 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
• Cross lining: 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
• Pastes and sizing
• New plaster substrates
• Dry lined substrates
• Surface defects: causes and cures
• Paper hanging defects: causes and cures
Should you wish to further your education in Painting & Decorating; Able Skills can offer you City & Guilds qualifications. Please visit our 5 Week City & Guilds Painting & Decorating or 7 week NVQ Painting & Decorating page for full details of these courses, content and payment plans.
Qualifications at Weekends
The City & Guilds 6218 Painting & Decorating is also available to those of you who can only train at weekends. You would need to attend for 8 weekends initially, this can sometimes be done on consecutive weekends but we always recommend a break, especially when you are working through the week.
After you have completed 8 weekends, you will need to commit to a 9 day period to complete the assessments which complete the award – This can be completed by starting on a Saturday and running 9 days straight to the following Sunday.
Payment options are attached to this training plan. If you have opted for the NVQ version of this award, an additional 5 weekends will be required after the 5 day block to cover the NVQ units
To book a course, please call us on 01322 280202 | For more information please Email us.
Courses are held:
Monday to Friday OR Saturday and Sunday
All Course Times are: 08.30am-16.30pm.
Able Skills has their own accommodation available at £20 per night for those of you who are travelling longer distances to train with us.
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