Painting and Decorating - Level 2 Diploma

If you have already have some experience of painting and decorating skills and want to extend your learning, this is the course for you!

A diverse and satisfying trade in high demand, the job varies from applying paint, wallpaper and finishes to internal and external surfaces. Working in the trade, you could find yourself decorating brand new buildings, restoring and refurbishing existing properties, work for a contractor or start your own business!

The course allows you to learn, develop and pracitce the skills required as a painter and decorator. 

Over the course of the year you will cover the following topics:

• Health, safety and welfare in construction
• Principles of building construction, information and communication
• Preparing surfaces for decoration
• Applying paint systems by brush and roller to complex areas
• Applying standard papers to walls and ceilings
• Producing specialist finishes for decorative work
• Ereting and dismantling access equipment and working platforms
• Creating and applying colour

You will need 5 GCSEs at Grade 3 or above, one of them must be English and/or Math.

You will be assessed through multiple choice tests, end of unit practical assessments and external exams through City and Guilds.

Aged 16-18

If you will be aged 16, 17 or 18 on 31st August prior to the start date of your course and you have the legal right to remain in the UK for the duration of your programme then your study with us will be free. Please see here for the documents you will need to show us.

Some courses will have other associated costs, such as for specialist materials and trips. Many of our students are eligible for financial support, see here for details.

Adults - Entry Level, Level 1 and Level 2

If you will be aged 19+ on 31st August prior to the start date of your course, up to Level 2, then your study with us will be free. You must have lived for 3 years within the EU/EEA/UK prior to the start of your course, you must have lived in the UK before 1st January 2021 and you must have permission to live in the UK for at least 12 months from the first day of learning. Please see here for the documents you will need to show us.

Some courses will have other associated costs, such as for specialist materials and trips. Many of our students are eligible for financial support, see here for details.

Once you have completed the course you can progress onto a Level 3 Painting and Decorating. Alternatively, you can go use the skills gained to start your own business.

Paolo joined Westminster Kingsway College in October 2017. He began his teaching career in 2005 and spent the next four years working as a lecturer at various FE colleges in and around London teaching many types of Decorating and Construction courses.

From 2009 to 2017 Paolo worked within the Senior Management sector of FE leading supporting, developing, and growing curriculums. Before all of this, Paolo was a Painter and Decorator for 20 years working across different sectors of the industry which included domestic, commercial, and old heritage. During these years, he worked on many large projects, such as Hatfield House, Savoy Hotel and Leeds Castle.

Along with Paolo’s years of experience in the industry, he holds a Painting and Decorating Level 3 qualification, a PGCE, ALTP and an IQA.

The teachers listed may change, these shown are an example of the teachers who teach on these programmes.