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Free Level 3 Painting and Decorating Course in Leeds

CostFREE
Duration10 months
LevelLevel 3
DeliveryWork based
StartFlexible
Awarding bodyCity & Guilds awarding body
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About this course

Free Level 3 Decorative Finishing - Painting and Decorating (Construction) Course. Work-based training at your workplace. You need to be employed in the painting and decorating industry and hold a Level 2 NVQ in Painting and Decorating before you start. The course runs over 10 months. You build your evidence on site, covering advanced techniques including spray application, specialist wallpapers, and complex painted finishes. Your employer's work must meet specific criteria for the qualification to be achievable. This is the City and Guilds level 3 decorative finishing - painting and decorating qualification for experienced decorators ready to move up.

Who this course is for

This qualification supports the learner to attain enabling, fundamental and transferable practical skills with associated underpinning knowledge. Students will attend college on a part time basis to develop their knowledge with a range of blended learning, team building group activities and lectures in the classroom environment.

Entry requirements

The City & Guilds Level 3 NVQ Diploma in Painting and Decorating is suitable for employed individuals who have already achieved Level 2 NVQ in Painting and Decorating and are able to demonstrate that they are working at a Level 3 standard and can meet the criteria mentioned below to complete the qualification.

What you will learn

  • You'll erect and dismantle access equipment including ladders, stepladders, and mobile towers safely on site.
  • You'll apply coatings using air and airless spray equipment in the workplace.
  • You'll apply standard and specialist wallpapers to complex surfaces.
  • You'll apply painted finishes to complex surfaces by brush.
  • You'll gather and organise workplace evidence to demonstrate competence at Level 3 standard.
  • You'll develop underpinning knowledge of materials, techniques, and industry standards.

How you will learn

Most of your learning happens on site. You collect evidence of your work in the workplace and upload it to a digital platform. An assessor will also observe you working. Leeds College of Building North Street Campus supports your underpinning knowledge through part-time attendance, using a blend of classroom sessions, group activities, and lectures. Your employer's projects must include the specific types of work required by the qualification criteria.

What you will need to bring

The centre will provide most materials. Leeds College of Building North Street Campus will confirm anything else you need before you start.

Where next

Jobs you could do

  • Painter and decorator. How to become a painter and decorator at senior or specialist level.
  • Decorating supervisor. Overseeing decorating teams on construction projects.
  • Site foreman (decorating). Managing decorating work across a construction site.
  • Self-employed decorator. Running your own painting and decorating business.
  • Specialist finishes applicator. Spray, texture, and complex surface work for contractors.

What you could study next

With a Level 3 NVQ Diploma, you could work toward a CSCS skilled-worker card, which many construction employers and contractors require on site. You might also consider a Level 4 qualification in construction site supervision or management if you want to move into a supervisory or estimating role. Some decorators go on to study colour consultancy or specialist heritage conservation techniques through further specialist training.

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