City and Guilds Plastering Courses | City and Guilds 4 Weeks

City and Guilds Plastering Courses with Goldtrowel Plastering Centre, hands on Practical Plastering Courses for Beginners to advanced. This course is for 4 weeks, which are `hands on` and intense, during the course you will build your portfolio, which consists of various  units (listed below). Additionally, all students will learn how to overboard ceilings,plaster complete barrel ceilings and curved walls.

If you are looking to change career or learn a new skill; need foundation site training; are looking to update system knowledge and skills; or need specialised training in drylining, fire protection, ceiling systems or decorative finishing, theres no better place to start

* Please Note*

THESE COURSES CAN BE STAGGERED TO SUIT YOUR COMMITMENTS.

Many providers are offering misleading City and Guilds Plastering Courses and giving students the impression that they can work onsite with this Qualification alone. You cannot do this, however, depending on the achievement of the Qualification and what units are covered, the City and Guilds Certificate will give you the competence to achieve Professional Standards within the Industry. It is our Recommendation that if you require this Certificate you must check with your Training Provider what you will be covering and the authentcity of your potential acheivements. 

• For those students wanting Hardcore full on Training and Qualifications including the NVQ Level 2 to Work Onsite then choose our 6 week Multiskill Plastering Course. We cover absolutely everything.
• This is the City & Guilds Plastering Certificate covering all that you need to know.
• We will better any other course providers price.

Speedskim Courses

All those students on Qualification Plastering Courses will also be able to learn how to Speedskim which will enable you to put on a vast amount of meterage earning more money.

At Goldtrowel

We also offer a more advanced and recognised qualification route which will enable you to work onsite holding 3 qualifications in Plastering. Please visit this link

6 week Plastering Course

About Goldtrowel:

"We are Plasterers that teach Plastering" and have many years of experience.

"Come and see for yourself and ask the students" It's not the distance that you travel to a course, It's the Quality of the Training in Real life Scenarios. If you want a change in Career and have no experience we will get you qualified as a Plasterer.

Prior to the Practical Plastering Course you receive, upon deposit, the following training material.

• Part 1 DVD training film on solid plastering
• Part 2 DVD training film on solid plastering
• Part 1 DVD Perfect skimming techniques
• Plasterers Training Manual (code to download for free)
• Examination papers

Pay-As-You-Train options to suit your needs are also available. In other words you can pay for your course by instalments. You can stagger your course to suit your needs.

Example:

• You have booked on a 10 day Course and cannot do all 10 days at once. No Problem Just let us know what days you can complete and we will tailor it around you.
• We have the UKs best training facilities, best instructors and our courses have been designed in conjunction with leading trade and industry bodies to ensure that we are teaching the skills youll need on site.
• You will achieve far more when choosing to train with Goldtrowel thats why we have always differed to all the rest of the Training Providers.

City and Guilds Plastering Qualification - 6217

To achieve this City & Guilds award will require you to undertake Plastering training and assessment using credits which are achieved by covering various units from the City and Guilds 6217.

For this award, which can be achieved in 4 weeks, we have put together the following training and assessment plan:

Health & Safety and PPE  
To cut and fix plaster board to walls and ceilings correctly.    
Transferring levels correctly 
To tape standard and internal joints.  
Cutting and setting beads correctly 
To prepare surfaces before plastering using bonding and various other backing plasters and finishing plasters, ensuring a flat smooth finished surface ready for decorating.   
To mix plastering materials.  
Apply 2 coats of Finish Plaster to Walled areas.    
Apply 2 coats of Finish Plaster to Ceiling.    
Applying PVA adhesive to existing surfaces using Reskim procedures.
Plastering reveals - Internal and External angles using the correct method. 
Plaster repair work  - Making Good.
Rendering  - Covering all substrates, using correct mixes and waterproofers and retarders and accelerators.
Dry lining - Dot and Dab and apply finish plaster.

Throughout the programme you will be assessed on the following City & Guilds 6218 units:

Unit 005:

Mark out, remove damaged plaster, clean and prepare damaged area, mix and apply render, mix and apply plaster to smooth finish. (Making Good)

Unit 006:

Check the accuracy of levelling equipment and transfer levels using a spirit level and straight edge. (Water Levels, spirit Levels Transfering Datums and its uses)

Unit 117:

Prepare surface, apply corner beads, apply background render and finish render coat to blockwork wall and attached piers. (Rendering)

Unit 118:

Prepare surfaces, apply corner beads, background plaster coat, setting coat and a finish coat to a wall and attached piers. (Float and Set internally)

Unit 207:

Fix stop/bell cast beads and render to stop/bell cast beads. (External Rendering using Bellcastbeads,Stop Beads and Expansion beads)

Unit 208:

The aim of this unit is to provide you with the skills and knowledge be able to apply plasterboard for dry lining and to apply a finish coat. (Dot and Dab and apply Finish Plaster)

   
Patch repair work - Large areas to make good
Levelling - Using water levels
Rendering a wall, attached pier, scratch and finish - Devil Floated prior to skimming
Skimming a wall, attached pier and using skim beads using 2 coat finish
Bell cast over windows and DPC, scratch coat float finish  - Freehanding All areas
Direct bonding, dry lining and skimming with windows plus reveals - Covering arches

Not only will you achieve a City and Guilds in Plastering but we will also train you in the following:

 Apply floating coat and finish plaster to Artex Ceiling
 Boarding and setting a ceiling in one coat
 Applying a floating coat to wall and attached pier
 Applying and finishing the setting coat to a floored wall and attached pier
 Applying a floating coat to a square or rectangular column
 Applying a floating finishing coat to a square or rectangular column
 Scrim and skim finish with plaster (Dot & Dab)
 Screeding a sand and cement floor from a given level of datum point.
 Introduction to fixing floor tiles and skirting tiles.
 Applying a textured finish with border.
 Applying a plain rendering and finish with a wood float
 Fixing bell cast bead and applying scratch coats to wall areas.
 
 

Goldtrowel also offers Advanced Plastering Courses and Qualifications which may be of more interst:

City and Guilds including Krend Qualification

City and Guilds, NVQ and Krend Qualification
 

Please Note:

Payment For Courses:-

All our courses can be covered over a period to suit you as long as you complete the entire course within 18 months. You can train for 5 consecutive weeks, divide your weeks up or even incorporate some weekend training if you have ongoing weekly commitments. At Goldtrowel we aim to make our qualifications as accessible as is possible and additionally we offer a payment plan which, following a deposit, is on a pay as you train basis

This is a hands-on, practical course, it is therefore recommended you bring suitable clothing and for your own safety, steel capped footwear is essential. All other PPE, tools and materials will be provided throughout your training period.

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