Painting and Decorating Diploma level 3

Year 1

The level 3 qualification helps you to gain a wide range of specialist skills in painting and decorating so you can work as an advanced craft painter and decorator. You will take seven compulsory units in: principles of organising; planning and pricing construction work; erecting and dismantling access equipment and working platforms; applying hangings to walls and ceilings; producing specialist finishes for painted decorative work; installing specialist architectural finishes for decorative work; applying water-borne paint systems using airless equipment; and applying water-borne paint systems using high volume low pressure spray equipment.
The units are designed so that you learn all the practical skills involved, as well as getting an overview of how to organise and price work. As most of the work in this area means that you have to work at heights, learning how to use equipment and working platforms safely, along with erecting and dismantling them, is essential.