Painting and Decorating - Introduction

This free short course will give you basic insights into working in the painting and decorating field.

You will learn the basic hand skills necessary to carry out small painting and decorating tasks.

Areas covered on the course include:

• Awareness of Health and Safety used within painting and decorating
• Awareness and correct usage of tools, equipment and materials
• Preparation of surfaces to receive paint
• Application of oil and water based paint systems
• Basic knowledge of paper hanging

Please be prepared to provide your residency documents such as a passport, EU citizen ID card, UK Birth Certificate or Biometric Card. If you have been in the UK for less than 3 years or have entered the UK with a visa you will need to provide evidence that you are eligible to study in the UK - your visa, your biometric card that covers the duration of your course or any relevant home office documents to support your residency should all be uploaded. If you’re an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen we will need to see evidence of 'Pre-Settled' or 'Settled-status' documents. Also for funding purposes we would need to see evidence of payslips if working (within the last 3 months). If you are receiving benefits (e.g JSA, ESA, Universal Credit (UC), Housing benefits etc. please bring evidence of this).

As this course is a taster programme it does allow you to progress to further programmes of study within this vocational area. You are also able to progress to other taster programmes to widen your skills base. Approaching employment opportunities at entry level is also an option moving forward.