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Free Level 3 Plastering 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 Plastering (Construction) Course. Work-based training at your workplace. You train while working in the plastering industry, building on your existing Level 2 NVQ in Plastering. Over 10 months, you'll develop specialist skills in applying plaster, render, and complex finishes, and learn to work safely in a supervisory role. Part of your learning takes place at Leeds College of Building North Street Campus through classroom sessions and blended learning.

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 Plastering is suitable for employed individuals who have already achieved Level 2 NVQ in Plastering 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 apply external render to complex surfaces, including scraped, textured, dash, ashlar joint, and simulated stone finishes.
  • You'll apply solid plaster to complex surfaces such as round or arched windows, columns, attached piers, beams, and inclined ceilings and walls.
  • You'll produce and install complex plasterwork to a specialist standard.
  • You'll work safely on site and in a supervisory capacity as part of a team.
  • You'll develop the underpinning knowledge behind specialist plastering techniques.
  • You'll collect and present workplace evidence using a digital platform.

How you will learn

This is a work-based qualification. You gather evidence of your plastering work on site and upload it to a digital platform. You also attend Leeds College of Building North Street Campus part-time for classroom sessions, group activities, and lectures. Your employer's work must meet specific criteria, including complex render and plasterwork, so that you can generate the evidence required to complete the qualification.

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

  • Specialist plasterer: applying complex render and plasterwork on construction sites.
  • Senior plasterer: leading plastering work on larger commercial or residential projects.
  • Plastering supervisor: overseeing a team of plasterers on site.
  • Dry lining specialist: moving into related interior finishing trades.
  • Heritage and restoration plasterer: working on listed buildings and period properties.
  • Self-employed plasterer: running your own plastering business.

What you could study next

With a City and Guilds NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Plastering (Construction), you can apply for a CSCS Skilled Worker card, which is required on most UK construction sites. You could also progress to a Level 4 qualification in construction site supervision or management, or explore NVQs in related trades such as dry lining or fibrous plastering if you want to broaden your specialist skills.

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