Painting and Decorating

Course summary

Painting and decorating is a skilled profession and this course will provide you with the knowledge and practical skills for a successful, rewarding and creative career. During this course you will learn how to complete specialist, complex tasks and get ready to work in a supervisory capacity. Successfully completing this course will give you an advantage when seeking employment, either on commercial or domestic premises or self-employed, working on domestic repair and refurbishment projects. Work placement is a mandatory element of the study programme for all 16-18 year-olds. Students will spend a minimum of 20 hours in a relevant work placement, this can be achieved in a number of ways such as work on local projects, community challenge work or with an employer. Students are encouraged to look for their work experience independently. At Blackpool and The Fylde College we recognise that all students learn differently and our tutors work with you to ensure that their teaching methods support the way that you like to learn. This qualification consists of 5 hours per week classroom based learning for your underpinning knowledge and 7 hours per week workshop based. One key teaching and learning method is that of demonstrations. Your tutors ensure that demonstrations are used whenever possible so you can see the practical skill being used so you can then practise the skill. Following demonstrations, you will then have hands on practical time where you will be implementing the skill learned. There will be dedicated individual/self-study time which needs to be supported by your own study out of the College learning environments. E-learning is also a key element of all our courses and will involve you using our Canvas platform for independent study and learning.