Apprentice Painter & Decorator

Summary

We are looking for a Painting & Decorating apprentice who lives in Nottingham to support our company. We are Specialist Painting Contractors for New Housing developments working on various sites in the East Midlands.

We have a new contract covering the Mansfield area, so are looking for candidates to live Mansfield, Kirkby or Sutton areas of Nottingham to be able to be collected by our staff or easily commute to the site where you will be working from.

You will also need to be able to easily travel to Nottingham College Basford campus NG8 6AQ for the one day per week at college for 2 years. 

This apprenticeship would be ideally suited to an individual who wants to follow a career as a qualified Painter & Decorator by gaining valuable hands-on experience working for a respected company who Specialist Painting Contractors for New Housing developments.

Tasks that you will be trained to do during the apprenticeship include:

• Learning all aspects of painting and decorating whilst working on new housing projects
• Be totally committed to achieving a high level of customer satisfaction through the quality of the end result
• Increasing your Skills and knowledge of different materials, tools and techniques throughout duration of the apprenticeship and ensuring their use in a safe and professional manner as part of a safe working environment to ensure you are not a risk to yourself, colleagues or members of the public
• Assisting colleagues to ensure timely and quality project outcomes
• Ensuring at all times that the project is carried out and maintained with the utmost care, tidiness and housekeeping and ultimate respect for the client’s property and projects vision
• Tools equipment and resources are vital to successful outcomes and as such should be respected, maintained, cleaned and stored as requested.

Employment

Employer

We have been painting housing developments for over 25 years TJ McGovern is a specialist painting contractor for new housing developments. Established in 1994 by myself, Tom McGovern. We have more than 25 years of expertise, ensuring exceptionally high standards in craftsmanship and a professional, reliable service to commercial and private clients. We also have a dedicated maintenance division. These services include property maintenance, project management, after sales and customer care works. We have won many NHBC awards over the years. We have also won contractors of the year for Taylor Wimpey, and come runners up twice.

Training Provider

Training To Be Provided

One day per week day release for 2 years at Basford campus.

The next college day release group is planned to start in Spring 2025 however the employer is looking to employ a suitable candidate ahead of the day release starting, so please dont delay in applying.  

The apprenticeship is passed by an End Point Assessment with an external organisation. This is scheduled in 3 months after the 2 years day release at college has been completed.

Please be aware that if you dont already hold GCSE grade C/4/Level 2 pass in English &/or maths then alongside the apprenticeship you will be required to study these subjects.

How To Apply

To learn more about this apprenticeship vacancy, and for instructions on how to apply, please view the vacancy on the GOV.UK Find An Apprenticeship Service.