193 AMERSALL ROAD
DONCASTER, DN5 9PN

Painter & Decorator Apprentice

Salary: £14,722.50 a year
Working Pattern: Full Time
Contract Type: Apprenticeship
Closing Date: Mon 18 Aug 2025 - 11:59 pm UTC
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Painter & Decorator Apprentice

Summary

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.

Annual wage: £14,722.50 a year
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Training course: Painter and decorator (level 2)

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.

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Closes on Monday 18 August 2025

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