Plastering Courses

All of our plastering courses are very well structured and straight to the point for maximum learning, don't be fooled into thinking that you need a longer course where the content is drawn out and the pace is slow . We could easily extend the length of our courses, pad out the training and charge more money, instead we offer great value so that you get the correct training in the shortest time. We have successfully delivered training this way for over 5 years now and have helped thousands of people start a new career - check out the testimonials left by former learners. 

 

4 Day Plastering Courses (1 week)

This fast track plastering course will enable you to prepare any surface prior to tiling work or simply do a paying customer's full ceiling or wall plastering job to a quality standard. By the end of the course you plastered wall finish will be like glass

You will be working in your own room sized bay and have to complete a full plaster job from the boarding out of walls and ceilings to the final skim coat. We keep the numbers down to a minimum so we can give more individual attention. As well as learning all the tricks of the trade in plastering to get you up to speed quickly, you will be taken through a full understanding of running a self employed plastering business from tools to pricing jobs and dealing with customers. A full detailed information handout book will be given to all students, this valuable book will detail all the different surface preparation and different situations that you are likely to come across when plastering for a living out in the real world. Plasterers alone can earn up to £250 per day.

This course can be a great addition to your tiling skills

NO PRIOR PLASTERING EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

Course contents:

  • Plastering tools explained
  • Running a self employed plastering business
  • How to successfully make money from plastering
  • Keeping accounts
  • Tax and National Insurance
  • All background preparation explained in detail
  • Full hand out on what to do and where
  • Prepare walls and ceilings prior to fixing boards
  • How to cut and shape plasterboard
  • Repairing walls after tile removal
  • Bonding coats and sand and cement render coats
  • Skimming
  • Dot and dab plaster boarding
  • Repair work to existing walls
  • Correct mixing of plaster materials
  • Fixing angle beads on corners
  • Dealing with windows and boxing in
  • Scrim and taping of joints
  • Application of finishing plaster
  • How to achieve a flat perfect finish
  • Pricing rooms
  • Measuring up for materials
  • Dealing with customers
  • Winning quotations
  • Customer service

Courses running weekly


 

1 Day Coving and Artex Covering Course

This one day add on plastering course includes more skimming practice plus fitting coving to ceilings, cutting internal and external mitres and stop ends.

You will also be skimming/ covering over Artex ceilings to get them smooth, there is a big demand now for getting Artex smooth again and 70% of domestic jobs will require this to be done and you will loose out by not offering this service. This is a busy full on practical day in the workshop, this course will definitely increase your earning potential and this course should pay for itself after completing your first customer job.

This course is on a Friday and will run after the 4 day course.

Course Content

  • Introduction to materials
  • Tools required
  • Boarding out ready for coving to ceiling
  • Skimming ceilings
  • Mixing cove adhesives
  • Cutting mitres in coving
  • Understanding angles
  • Awkward internal and external angles
  • Repairs
  • Out of shape ceilings explained
  • Fixing coving
  • Making Decorative coving
  • Repairs to damaged coving
  • Patching in
  • Artexing covering
  • Covering over Artex to a smooth plastered finish
  • Pricing jobs
  • Info Manual

 

 

Courses running weekly

 

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9 Day Ultimate Plastering Course (2 weeks)

This ultimate plastering course is designed to give you as much knowledge as we can to help you succeed in running your own plastering business. On this course we cover all the details that you will cover on the 4 day course and the 1 day coving course above along with a lot more challenging situations and with much more practical time for learning and going over different situations you are likely to find yourself in when out in the real world plastering for a living. A must if you're seriously thinking about changing career in this lucrative trade, good quality plasterers are always in demand and can earn up to £250 per day.

A fully detailed information handout will be given to back up the course that you can refer to when facing different situations when you leave.

Course contents:

Above 4 day course plus 1 day coving course plus 4 days extra info bleow

  • Plastering tools explained
  • Health and Safety
  • CSCS cards
  • Running a self employed plastering business
  • How to successfully make money from plastering
  • Keeping accounts
  • Tax and National insurance
  • All background preparation explained
  • Full back up handout on what to do and where
  • Prepare walls and ceilings prior to fixing boards
  • How to cut and fix plasterboard
  • Repairing walls and ceilings
  • Arches
  • Shaping window angle beads
  • Repairing walls after tile removal
  • Bonding coats and sand and cement render coats
  • Skimming
  • Dot and Dab plaster boarding
  • Correct mixing of plaster
  • Fixing of angle beads
  • Dealing with windows and boxing in
  • Scrim and taping of joints
  • Dealing with sockets
  • Floor screeding
  • Application of finishing plaster
  • How to achieve a perfect flat finish
  • Pricing rooms
  • Measuring up for materials
  • Dealing with customers
  • Winning quotes
  • Customer service

Courses running weekly

 

 


If you need any further information or advice about any of our courses please ring

Tel. 0191 4274529 or 0191 4547733

Credit and Debit Cards can now be taken for the payment of your training and tiling tools.

2% charge for all credit card transactions
No charge for all debit card transactions.

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