Day Courses in Painting & Decorating

Question

Painting and decorating are two skills that can be very useful when you are looking for an opportunity to start your own business or if you just seek the skills to complete some tasks around the house on your own. Day courses offer students the opportunity to obtain training in painting and decorating in a matter of days.

Answer 1

1. The Elite School of Plastering and Construction

   • The Elite School of Plastering and Construction offers a two-day course in painting and decorating where students can start on Mondays or Saturdays. Classes are held between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. In this two-day course, students learn how to repair imperfections in wood surfaces and walls, plus emulsion painting, gloss painting, the use of fillers, and the correct and proper way to use the tools of the trade.

     The Elite School of Plastering and Construction

     63 Ardent Way

     Prestwich, Manchester M25 9WE

     United Kingdom‎

     +0161 773 5167‎

     tesop.co.uk

   Access Training Wales Limited

   • Access Training offers a five-day painting and decorating course that prepares students to complete tasks that involve painting and decorating. The basic topics in the course include learning the techniques for papering ceilings and walls, preparing new wood for painting, exterior painting, and learning the correct way to paint woodwork that has previously been painted. Other topics covered include interior designing techniques, specialist paint effects at the basic and advanced levels, and theme rooms.

     Access Training Wales Limited

     Unit 6

     Llandough Industrial Estate

     Penarth Road

     Cardiff, Wales CF118RR

     United Kingdom

     +44(0) 800-345-7492

     accesstrainingwales.co.uk

   SuperSkills Construction Training

   • SuperSkills offers an intensive, five-day painting and decorating course that trains its students in the skills to paint and decorate his or her home as well as begin a business in painting and decorating. This course teaches students various skills from how to properly finish areas of the home to how to hang wallpaper. Students also learn which paints and brushes to use in order to get the most from the products. By the end of the five-day course, students will have stripped and decorated a two-bedroom-sized room using both emulsion and gloss paints.

     SuperSkills Construction Training

     Thirsk Rural Business Centre

     Blakey Lane

     Thirsk, North Yorkshire YO7 3AB

     United Kingdom

     +0845 130 9098

     superskills.co.uk

   Able Skills Limited

   • Able Skills offers students the option to take an extended course in painting and decorating over the course of 10 days. This course provides students with unit accreditation from City and Guilds upon completion as well as a portfolio for the student to keep for photographic evidence. Students are assessed on five units within the course which consist of acrylic paint, painting and decorating, wallpaper, oil gloss finishing and vinyl silk emulsion.

     Able Skills Limited

     Unit K5

     Riverside Industrial Estate

     Riverside Way

     Dartford, Kent DA1 5BS

     United Kingdom

     +0808 100 3245

     ableskills.co.uk