Technical Painting and Decorating Course

Gain practical, hands on skills in painting & decorating in just 2 weeks.

Over the duration of this course you will cover and practice the skills and techniques required to redecorate a room to a high standard using paints, patterned and plain wall papers on walls and ceilings. You will also cover preparing walls and wood for painting going on to apply emulsion, primer and gloss paints, learning how to use the correct brush and roller to get fast, even and straight results.

2 week programme

Gain practical experience within the following areas:
• Health & Safety

• Correct use of tooling

• Burning off and applying acrylic paint

• Introduction to accessing for painting and decorating

• Stripping, repairing and crosslining for wallpaper

• Preparing and bringing forward to an oil gloss finish

• Preparing an area to receive vinyl silk emulsion

• Business and customer advice

• Demonstrations in pricing, estimates and invoicing