Plastering Apprenticeship

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Duration: 24 Months + End Point Assessment
Start Date: Variable
Level:  Level 2

How will I be assessed?

  • 60-minute computer-based knowledge test of 40 questions
  • 12-hour practical test split over 2 days
  • 35-minute interview based on your portfolio of evidence

What will I study:

This apprenticeship will give you the knowledge skills and behaviours required to work as a Plasterer and will include the following:

  • Health and safety to include Control of Substances Hazardous to Health, Manual Handling and Working at Height Regulations, use of PPE etc.
  • Understand the principles of high-quality customer service and communication to enable you to gain and keep a valued reputation in industry with clients, colleagues and industry representatives such as suppliers and manufacturers
  • Understand the different eras, types of construction methods, insulation considerations, sustainability, facilities management, fire, moisture and air protection, fireplaces and chimneys, damp proof courses and the use of brick ties
  • Set out and build brickwork, including complex arches and surrounding brickwork, curved on plan, concave and convex brickwork and battered brickwork
  • Select appropriate tools, equipment and materials (e.g. trowel, levels, brick ties, DPC, insulation, mixers, lintels etc) for use when setting out and erecting masonry walling. Maintain a clean working environment.
  • Select materials and resources to be able to set out and lay concrete, drainage and other substructure materials

Method of Delivery:

Plastering apprentices attend Skills Village 3 consecutive days a month and work for their employer for the rest of the time.

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Apprenticeship FAQs

  • Do I have to be 16 to start an apprenticeship?

    Absolutely not! Apprenticeships are available for anyone over the age of 16 and are suitable for school leavers, graduates, career changers later in life and returners to work. In fact, in the 2023/24 academic year, Under-19s account for just 32.7% of apprenticeship starts (42,740).

  • Can I start my apprenticeship at Skills Village without an employer?

    No. For an apprenticeship to start, an employer needs to be secured. You will not be able to do any learning towards the qualification or start with us until you are with an employer.

  • Can Skills Village help me find an employer?

    We can support with helping you look for an employer by undertaking you through our applicant process which will include a 30 minute interview however we cannot guarantee a placement to anyone due to the sheer number of candidates we are working with.

  • I’m an employer who has never had an apprentice, is it hard to set up?

    We pride ourselves on guiding employers through the apprenticeship set up process to help them and make it as easy as possible and assisting with as much as we can.

  • When can I start an apprenticeship?

    We start apprenticeships each month rather than the traditional September only intake.

  • What GCSE’s do I need to start an apprenticeship?

    If you are wanting to start an Electrical apprenticeship, we require you have a minimum of a grade 5/B in Mathematics and a grade 4/C in English. If you are applying for any of the other apprenticeships (at Level 2) and you do not have a minimum of grade 4/C in English and Mathematics then you will then study this in the form of Functional Skills. All apprenticeships are subject to initial assessments undertaken at Learner Vetting.

Our Base

Construction Skills Village,
Musham Bank Road, Eastfield,
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3XU

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Scaffolding Centre,
The Bailey, Cumberland Road,
North Shields, Tyne & Wear, NE29 8RD

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Contact us on 01723 585 009 or email info@skills-village.co.uk

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Our Base

Scarborough Construction Skills Village,
Musham Bank Road, Eastfield, Scarborough,
North Yorkshire, YO11 3XU

Skills Village and CSV Training are part of Northern Regeneration CIC