Level 1 Award in Plastering

This is an introductory practical course for anyone interested in learning the basic principles, skills, and techniques of plastering. Students will learn how to prepare background surfaces, apply scratch and floating coats, apply beads, dry-line, and skimming.

Plastering is one of the earliest instances of humanity's power of inductive reasoning, for when people built, they plastered.

No formal qualifications are required, you will have an interview with the specialist tutor to discuss your individual needs and expectations of the course outcomes.

The course will provide you with knowledge of:
- Tool recognition, manipulation, and maintenance
- Applying floating coats to walls
- Applying Scratch coats to walls
- Installation of plasterboard
- Application of bead fixings
- Applying setting coats to plasterboard
- Mixing and applying lightweight plasters to backgrounds
- Mixing and applying settings coats to solid backgrounds.

There is no formal examination, but tutors will continually assess your development needs throughout the short course.

Potential progression to full-time Level 1 and Level 2 Plastering qualifications.

Upon completing the 10-week plastering course, students will be equipped with the basic foundational skills in plastering. While this course provides a solid introduction to plastering, additional experience and further training may be needed for more advanced positions in the construction industry.

- Plastering Labourer: Assisting skilled plasterers on-site with tasks such as mixing materials, preparing surfaces, and maintaining tools.

Health and safety

For further information please contact T: 0161 886 7070 or E: info@trafford.ac.uk

Although every care has been taken to ensure that the information contained within this document is accurate, there may be changes to this programme and provision. We will endeavour to keep prospective and current students updated where appropriate and when the information becomes available.