Building Services

Level 2 Diploma in Plastering

Introduction

The best plasterers have a wide set of practical and creative skills. Attention to detail is essential to ensure a finished job on interior walls is spot on, this course gives you the skills specifically designed for future employment. You will not only develop your plastering skills but also your employability and English and maths skills.

• Course Code

  Course Code:

  0288

• Entry Criteria

  Successful completion of the Level 1 Diploma in Plastering, you will be required to attend a course introduction meeting.

• What will I study?

  You’ll learn about materials and planning projects as well as expert handling of the specialist tools of the trade, not forgetting creativity and a good head for heights.

  Job opportunities are extensive. Most of us know about one part of the plasterer’s work: the applying of wet finishes to walls, ceilings and floors. This is called solid plastering. There’s also fibrous plastering, which involves making ornamental plasterwork in a workshop or on site – the kind of plasterwork you see on the ceilings of decorative buildings.

  Course subjects focus on:

  • Applying plaster materials to internal surfaces

  • Fixing dry lining and plasterboard products to interiors

  • Applying render materials to external surfaces

  • Forming sand and cement screeds

  • Positioning and securing fibrous plaster components

  You will develop your practical English and maths skills by planning volume of materials you need, as well as other practical exercises.

• What can I do next?

  Following successful completion you can progress to work-based NVQ programmes or take your knowledge to industry and begin working.

  The Right Mix Once you're qualified to Level 2 in your chosen subject you could pick up another level 1 qualification and become a kitchen fitter, bathroom fitter, or branch out to other trades such as tiling or landscape gardening.

  For more information visit the National Careers Service

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