We are recruiting an aspiring apprentice painter and decorator role to work alongside our qualified and experienced team on a range of different sites with a variety of clients.
Hours Monday to Friday - hours to be discussed 37.5 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 01 September 2025
Duration: 2 Years
Positions available: 1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
As a decorating apprentice, you will undertake the decoration and protection of buildings. Working internally or externally you will work individually and/or as part of a team applying water-borne and/or solvent-borne paint coatings and wallcoverings. You will build your knowledge through training of paint coatings and wallcoverings and understand and comply with statutory, safety and environmental requirements.
To be a painter and decorator, you should have good practical and creative skills. You will need to be able to work carefully and pay attention to detail. Sometimes you’ll need a good head for heights.
Your main tasks would include:
Measuring surface areas to work out how much paint or wall covering you need
Stripping off old wallpaper or paint
Filling holes and cracks and making sure surfaces are level
Preparing surfaces with primer and undercoat
Mixing paint to the right shade, either by hand or computerised colour-matching equipment
Tidying up after finishing a job
Where you’ll work
193 AMERSALL ROAD DONCASTER DN5 9PN
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Your training course
Painter and decorator (level 2)
Your training plan
Training will be at Doncaster College where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer
Block release
You will undertake The Painter and Decorator Level 2 standard
You will undertake Functional Skills for English and/or maths if needed
You will undertake both on and off the training by a team of industry qualified professionals to give you the best skills, knowledge, and experience
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
English and Maths (grade 4/C)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience
Physical fitness
Other requirements
You must be able to travel to and from work and college. Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week). The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide is updated every April (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates
About this company
N Hirst Decorators is a well-established local business, working with a variety of clients across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
After this apprenticeship
Successful completion of the apprenticeship could lead to a higher-level apprenticeship or full-time employment for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
N HIRST DECORATORS LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332000.