If you’re interested in painting and decorating but are not yet employed, then this CSkills Diploma in Painting and Decorating could be the right training course for you. This course at City College Plymouth will enable you to learn all aspects of safety (because you will often be working at height), as well as how to deal with hazardous wastes, the value of surface preparation, and which tools and techniques are most appropriate.
Painting and Decorating
- Level: 1
- Qualification: Diploma
- Awarding body: CSkills Awards
- Duration: One year
- Course type: FREE (Eligibility Applies), Full-time
- Time of day: Daytime
What's it all about?
Course information
There are no specific entry requirements for this course.
On successful completion you may progress to:
- a Level 2 Diploma Painting and Decorating at the College
- an Apprenticeship in the sector.
You could also enter into employment in the industry as a basic labourer to start gaining site experience.
Future careers
What you could earn:
Carpenters and Joiners
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Scaffolders, Stagers and Riggers
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Bricklayers
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What you could earn:
Painters and Decorators
Potential salary
Entry level salary
Average salary
Annual openings in Plymouth
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