Advanced Plastering Course

What You’ll Learn

This 5 day Advanced Plastering course is ideally suited to those of you who have completed our 5 day Introductory Plastering course and want to take things a step further. This particular plastering course will improve your speed and technique in skimming walls and ceilings, will enhance your rendering skills and also teach you the Dot & Dab method, all with the aim of teaching you to plaster to perfection. The course will cover:

• Cutting and setting beads
• Applying PVA adhesive Unibond to existing surfaces
• Skimming walls
• Skimming ceilings
• Plastering reveals – internal and external
• Bonding out
• Rendering

With additional tuition on Dot & Dab and Patch repairs available to complete this Advanced Plastering course.

How You’ll Learn

The principles of plastering will be taught in a hands-on fashion as follows:

Day 1: Plasterboard ceilings & walls - Tape all joints - Skim whole ceiling

Day 2: Cut and tack skim beads - Skim whole pier - Skim 2 plain panels and ceiling

Day 3: Patch repairs to ceiling and wall - Board back wall - Skim back wall & side panels using internal angle trowel (twitcher)

Day 4: Rendering - Cut and attach bellcast and angle beads to wall - Apply scratch coat and key - Apply top coat render - Rule off with feather edge

Day 5: Cut and attach board to walls using Dot & Dab method - Cut around sockets and switches - Rub up rendered wall to a plain face finish creating features - Demonstration of Floor Screeding

Courses Open To You After

There are a variety of courses available for you to move on to after this course, everything from specialist areas like Rendering and Solid Wall Insulation to plastering at qualification level – something that we do recommend you consider if you are looking to sustain a career in the industry.

Additional Info

Our total hands on approach guarantees that throughout your training time at Able Skills you will be continually plastering. Having years of experience in teaching construction skills, we know that this is the best method of teaching available. You will gain full knowledge of all of the plastering stages required and this will provide you with the ability and confidence to tackle plastering in more complex areas.

If from having spent 5 or 10 days with Able Skills you feel that you would like to go on and gain Plastering qualifications, we will adjust your training time and fees to accommodate for some of the time you have already spent with us.

This is a hands-on, practical plastering course and you will be involved at every stage and will be participating throughout. It is therefore recommended you bring suitable clothing and for your own safety, steel capped footwear is essential.

Duration & Cost

This is a 5 day course and the cost is £350.00 including vat. A deposit of £150.00 will secure a booking with the balance payable on the start date.

Availability: In stock

£450 inc VAT