6 Week City & Guilds Plastering Course

Vocational qualification

In Arundel

£ 2,200 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Vocational qualification

  • Location

    Arundel

  • Duration

    6 Weeks

this course is designed to give candidates the skills and qualifications required to work within the plastering trade. Suitable for: This course is suitable for individuals who are looking to gain the skills, knowledge and qualifications required to work within the plastering trade.

Important information

Government funding available

Facilities

Location

Start date

Arundel (West Sussex)
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Unit D8, Rudford Industrial Estate, Ford Road, Ford, BN18 0BD

Start date

On request

About this course

No previous experience is required to enroll for this course.

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Teachers and trainers (2)

David Mills

David Mills

Head Plastering Tutor

Mike  Bell

Mike Bell

Plastering Tutor

Course programme

Plastering City & Guilds 6217

This course has been developed by our industry qualified plastering tutors to deliver a professional level understanding of the plastering trade and is ideal if you have little or no experience and are looking for a new career as a plasterer. The 6 week City & Guilds 6217 professional course will enable you to achieve all of the units required to gain your qualification. Throughout the course your tutor will be compiling your City & Guilds Portfolio of Evidence and delivering both practical and theory training, ensuring that by the time the course has finished, candidates are fully ready to undertake the assessments required to pass the City & Guilds Qualification.

Full business start up training is also included in this course, covering how to become self employed, tax and national insurance liabilities, managing accounts, business banking sessions with Barclays Banking Advisors, marketing, how to price jobs, insurance, etc.

The 7 Mandatory Units are:

  • 016 - Repairing a patch in a plastered wall
  • 065 - Boarding and setting a ceiling in one coat
  • 066 - Applying a floating coat to wall and attached pier
  • 067 - Applying and finishing the setting coat to a floored wall and attached pier
  • 068 - Applying a floating coat to a square or rectangular column
  • 069 - Applying a floating finishing coat to a square or rectangular column
  • 070 - Scrim and skim finish with plaster

The 8 Optional Units are

  • 017 - Screeding a sand and cement floor from a given level of datum point
  • 018 - Introduction to fixing floor tiles and skirting tiles
  • 071 - Applying a textured finish with border
  • 072 - Replaster over textured ceiling using bonding agent
  • 073 - Applying a plain rendering and finish with a wood float
  • 074 - Applying a Tyrolean hand machine finish to a prepared wall
  • 075 - Fixing bell cast bead and applying scratch coats to wall areas
  • 076 - Applying pebble dash finish to a prepared wall

The duration of this course is 6 weeks, however, these weeks can be split to fit around your existing commitments if necessary.

The remainder of the 6 week plastering course concentrates on developing candidates techniques and skills, ensuring that they are achieving the finishing techniques, speed and confidence required to gain their City & Guilds Qualification through Diamond Training Group.

It is also a requirement of the City & Guilds programme that you must have the underpinning knowledge in the trade that you are being assessed on, which is why all students attending a course with Diamond Plastering will take part in one-on-one and group based theory lessons directly with our qualified plastering instructors who all hold the relevant industry qualifications required to deliver this training.

All of our staff at Diamond Training Centre hold the A1 assessors awards.

We have 2 full time Internal Verifiers based at the centre 5 days a week to ensure that the qualification programmes run smoothly at all times and also to maintain the high standards set by our company in the delivery of our training.

Additional information

Payment options: £220 deposit
Students per class: 7
Contact person: Leanne Whelan

6 Week City & Guilds Plastering Course

£ 2,200 VAT inc.