Painting and Decorating - Group Bookings Course

The programme suits anyone starting out in painting and decorating, working in property maintenance or community employment, or looking to develop practical skills for work or around the home. No prior experience is needed. 

Getting started safely: health, safety, and hygiene
Before any brush touches a wall, you'll cover safe working in painting and decorating: selecting and using the right personal protective equipment, safe use and storage of paints, solvents, thinners, and other chemicals, safe use of ladders and trestles, and responsible waste disposal and sustainable product choices.

Tools and materials
Identifying and selecting the tools, equipment, and materials needed for a range of painting and decorating tasks, and understanding what each is for.

Knowing your products
The appropriate uses of thinners, primers, fillers, undercoat, varnish, and wallpaper paste — what each does, when to use it, and why.

Preparing the surface
The foundation of a professional finish: removing old paint or wallpaper, cleaning and filling, sanding, priming, and staining, and preparing an area ready for painting or varnishing.

Painting and varnishing
Applying paint and varnish to a prepared surface using correct brush and roller techniques — cutting-in, working in the right sequence (ceiling, walls, then woodwork), building up primer, undercoat, and topcoat, and avoiding common defects.

Wallpapering
Choosing wallpaper and adhesives, measuring, cutting, and pasting, hanging paper and fixing borders using the correct techniques, and finishing neatly.

Putting it all together
An integrated practical task that brings preparation, painting, and papering together, applied to a real surface and assessed through a practical skills demonstration.

By the end of the programme you will be able to select the right materials and tools, follow the correct sequence for a task, prepare surfaces, paint and varnish, hang paper and fix borders, and apply the health, safety, and hygiene procedures the trade requires.

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Assessment

The course 3N0562 Painting and Decorating is assessed in the following ways, with the following weighting;

• Skills Demonstration 100%

A written portion — scenario-based questions that ask the learner to explain the approach they would take to given painting and decorating situations (for example, which products to use and in what sequence, and the health-and-safety considerations). 

A practical demonstration, captured on video — evidence of the learner actually carrying out the physical skills: selecting tools and materials, preparing a surface (removing old paint or paper, cleaning, filling, sanding, priming), painting or varnishing a prepared area, hanging paper and fixing borders, and applying the correct health, safety, and hygiene procedures throughout. 

Tutor Support

At Forus Training, we have many different supports available for your learning.

Learner Pack

• When you enrol on a course, you will receive a printed learner pack from your trainer on the first session of the event.

• This learner pack contains clear assessment instructions and comprehensive material to support you as you complete the course.

• The pack will also include induction information as well as forms that you will complete during and at the end of your course.

Trainer Support

• The trainer provides support to learners, including issuing feedback on draft work you will submit.

• Expect to wait up to 72 hours for a response by email from your trainer. Many of our trainers have full time jobs as well as training with us this means they will have up-to-date sector specific information, but also means that you need to allow a little time for them to get back to you. Our trainers are currently practicing in the sector in which they work.

• Trainers can, by appointment, make time available to you before or after class to answer your queries that cannot be covered in the session. They can also make an appointment with you to discuss your work on a telephone call.

Assessment Upload Facility

• We have a user-friendly assessment upload facility available to you.

Support with Preparing for Assessment

If it has been a while since you’ve studied, we have free, short presentations on Study Skills, Academic Writing and Harvard Referencing to assist you in your work.

Technical Support

• Technical support is available by phone to 044 9349400 or by email: hello@forustraining.ie (Monday to Friday : 9am to 5:30pm).

Compassionate Consideration

• Where a Learner, pursuing an award, through no fault of his/her own, is unable to complete their assessment, the exit pathway below is in place to facilitate this Learner with an alternative course. The Learner is given the opportunity to obtain the Award by completing the course at an alternative date/location should they have relocated to an area where we provide the same award.

• The following are examples of circumstances where a Learner is unable to complete their project/their course:

● Bereavement,

● Illness,

● Pregnancy,

● Relocation,

● Extenuating circumstances.

• Please see P9 S7 C6 Compassionate Consideration Policy.

Learner Welfare

• Learner Welfare and practices are fully integrated throughout teaching and learning experiences by both Trainers and staff to effectively meet the health and wellbeing needs of all Learners. The Forus Training welfare policy is focused on the welfare of all Learners and addresses any particular challenges individual Learners may be experiencing during their learning experience. The learning environment includes welfare support provided by staff for Learners which is fully integrated throughout the teaching and learning and organisation of teaching and learning to effectively meet the personal, social (wellbeing) and academic needs of Learners and staff. Please see the policy here P9 S6 C6 Learner Welfare Policy.

Supports for Learners with Disabilities and Specific Learning Difficulties

• Forus Training is fully committed to complying with relevant policies and legislation with respect to equality and disability. Registered and potential Learners with verified disabilities or specific learning difficulties may be given compassionate consideration and reasonable accommodation to enable them to successfully complete their programme. This is arranged by the Course Coordinator.

• A reasonable accommodation is any action that helps to alleviate a substantial disadvantage due to an impairment or medical condition. Such accommodations are put in place to help reduce these barriers in order to provide equality of access and opportunity for all. Reasonable accommodations are made for Learners on a case by case basis and must be supported with medical documentation.

• P9 S2 C6 Evidence of Disability Form

• P9 S2 C6A Application Form for Reasonable Accommodation 

On successful completion you'll gain a QQI Level 3 component certificate in Painting and Decorating (3N0562), worth 10 credits, which can count towards a full QQI Level 3 Major award and support progression to further training in the trade.