10 Day Level 1 Accredited Plastering course = £1675 including vat
This is our top plastering course. In the 10 Day Accredited Plastering course you will undertake 3 Cskills plastering assessment units.
You will be trained and assessed on the following units:
- NOCN Cskills Level 1 Unit: Prepare And Fix Plasterboard
- NOCN Cskills Level 1 Unit: Non-Solid Internal Backgrounds
- NOCN Cskills Level 1 Unit: Apply Plaster To Solid Backgrounds
- On achievement of the above units you will gain 6 credits at level 1 and be awarded a unit accreditation certificate for ‘Skills for Plastering’ from NOCN Cskills.
NOCN Cskills (Construction Skills) formally CITB Cskills are the awarding body for construction NVQ’s so the Cskills brand and logos are well known within the construction industry.
The Cskills accredited units you will complete over the 10 days will show potential employers or customers your competence in your chosen trade. On completion of the above assessments a unit certificate will be achieved for each of the completed units. This is known as a unit-accreditation certificate which is ideal to build on and demonstrate prior knowledge for when you look to gain the NVQ level 2 once you have gained some plastering experience.
This 10 day Plastering course is ideal if you are wanting to start a career in plastering and eventually move on to gain your NVQ level 2 in plastering. An intensive hands on plastering 10 day course suitable for total beginners with no experience plastering or tradespersons looking to add more skills. This course is very popular to beginners looking for a career change.
No previous experience is needed! The first week of this 10 day level 1 plastering course is our 5 day plastering course.
This plastering course provides a wealth of background information as well as 10 days of intense ‘hands on’ plastering training. A course suitable for beginners, trades-persons even enthusiastic DIY’ers.
You will be given a set of plastering tools to use during the course. You will work in your own full size plastering training bay which is bigger than most small bedrooms or bathrooms (2.4m in length and full room height at 2,4!). You will not share your bay! We only have 5 plastering training bays to ensure you are taught to the highest standard with a low student to teacher / trainer ratio. The room is filled with various scenarios – stud wall, block wall, pre-skimmed wall, a window, a block wall corner and everyone’s favourite – a decent size ceiling!
Once you have boarded and prepared your room (plastering training bay) it will be time to get messy – yes we would advise you to bring a change of clothes or a decorators over suit because once you start plastering a ceiling for the first time it can be messy. Once you have an hour or so under your belt and start to learn the technique you will start to get more on the ceiling than our floor.
Plastering walls will be next and this is when your arm will appreciate our nice big plastering training bays! 2,4m high and 2,4m long plus a window to trim up too.
You will then cover overs-skimming over previous work and repair plastering. The repair plastering requires you to bash a few holes in your work and is sometimes hard for you to accept but you will soon get over it. Feathering in (technique used on larger walls) will also be covered. Board fixing (dot and dab) will be used to board and plaster the block wall.
Plastering the full wall and ceilings will be tackled now as a complete project and not separate like the first week, you will also cover more advanced techniques such as plastering arches and curves on either walls or ceiling. We can sometime do both if time allows. The traditional method (which is still required) of plastering onto block work (bay and screed) will be used rather than board fixing (dot and dab).
Making use of the large training bays to perfect your plastering technique and build your confidence ready to take on a variety of work once you have completed the course.
Working with K-Rend onto block work (getting very popular now) to create a coloured render face which is now specified on quite a few new builds. K-Rend comes in a variety of colours so may be applying white, beige or even terracotta and does not need painting!
By the end of the 10 days level 1 plastering course we aim to have you ready to take on most plastering or rendering jobs.
Plastering Course contains:-
- Health and safety
- Business start up
- What plaster goes where
- Skimming to plasterboard
- Setting of finishing beads
- Skimming to existing plaster
- Repair plastering
- Bonding and skimming
- Setting bonding beads
- Plastering to ceilings
- Repairing ceilings
- Monocouch render (K REND)
All hands on. Information hand outs will also be supplied.
You will go home with a clear practical and theoretical understanding of plastering in itself and as a trade. From this course you may decide to go on to further training or set up as a plasterer. You may even use it as part of your work as well as plumbing, tiling or kitchen fitting. All equipment is provided for the course, you will need steel toe capped boots and throw away clothes as you will mostly likely get messy.
Extra content covered on every Northern Education And Assessment course.
- Tricks of the trade throughout the course
- Full Measuring and In-Depth Quoting based on your full size rooms.
- Marketing Techniques
- Business cards, logo design and how to advertise
- Insurance, TAX, CIS scheme and CSCS cards
- Business Start Up
- Course progression and NVQ’s
Please feel free to arrange a visit prior to booking. Take the tour and have a chat to students actually on the course.
The 10 day level 1 accredited plastering course total cost is £1675 inc vat.