Start your career in plastering with an apprenticeship working on real domestic projects across Liskeard and the surrounding areas. You’ll learn essential skills such as surface preparation, boarding, skimming, and repair work while working alongside experienced tradespeople. This is a great opportunity to earn while you learn.
Training course: Plasterer (level 2)
Hours
Your working week will be 4 days per week with Marlam, typically from 8.00am- 4.00pm. Your apprenticeship training provider will be Skills to Group and you will be required to attend 1 day per week.
38.0 hours a week
Possible start date: Sunday 01 November 2026
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
- Prepare work areas and protect surfaces
- Mix plaster
- Apply plaster to walls and ceilings
- Help install plasterboard
- Smooth and finish surfaces
- Carry tools and materials
- Clean tools and keep the site tidy
- Work with experienced plasterers
- Follow health and safety policies
Where you'll work
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
SKILLS TO GROUP LIMITED
Your training course
Plasterer (level 2)
Your training plan
- 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 sessions will run weekly at Skills to Group
Requirements
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Patience
- Physical fitness
About this company
MCL was designed with the aim to create a team of professional trades that could instil the same virtues that our directors have wholeheartedly believed in for 46 years. Since then, our team has grown bigger and stronger, with each individual having their own core strengths that bring new ideas to the company, ensuring a clearer path to move forward.
For years we have worked in both the commercial and domestic sectors. This helps to combine industry professionalism with domestic customer care, allowing us to establish trust, provide support, and always go the extra mile.
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After this apprenticeship
- On completion of your Level 2 Apprenticeship with Marlam, an opportunity to apply for a full-time post may be offered to the right learner
- Alternatively, you could go on to complete your Level 3 qualification or go on to be self-employed and start your own company
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
MARLAM CONSTRUCTION LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000058268.
Apply now
Closes on Saturday 31 October 2026