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Five or 10 days is all you might need to become a skilled and confident plasterer

As the UK economy continues its steady comeback from the lows of the coronavirus crisis, it’s fair to say that key construction skills like plastering will hardly become less important any time soon. 

This helps explain our own wide range of highly regarded intensive plastering courses in the UK, including both five-day and 10-day options for those interested in working towards an NVQ Level 1 qualification. 

What’s the big difference between our Level 1 five-day and 10-day courses? 

While it’s far from the only qualification that aspiring plasterers might look to acquire, the NOCN Cskills Level 1 Certificate in Plastering can provide a very strong foundation for subsequent success in this in-demand field. 

You might have some experience in another trade, and wish to enhance your skill-set by taking on a course centred on plastering. Or maybe you’re a complete beginner? Regardless, taking on a five-day or 10-day Level 1 NVQ course at YTA’s West Yorkshire training centre could be one of the wisest decisions you ever make for your career. 

The five-day course is effectively the first week of the 10-day course, and is priced accordingly. Completing and passing the five-day course will give you a NOCN Cskills Level 1 Plastering Walls unit accreditation. If, then, you would like to gain the full Level 1 Certificate in Plastering in one go, it’s the 10-day course that you will need to enrol on. 

Put yourself to the test – and bolster your capability and employability 

Whichever course of these two you commit to, we will give you a set of plastering tools to use during the course, and your own full-size plastering training bay to learn your craft in. Plus, with only five plastering training bays being used, you can be sure of benefitting from the high level of tuition and attention made possible by a low student-to-teacher ratio. 

Students of our five-day course will have plenty of opportunity to learn the basic technique of plastering, in addition to over-skimming and repairing plastering. They will also get to grips with feathering in and board fixing. 

These elements will also be covered if you enrol on our full 10-day course, but in the second week, you’ll also get to tackle the plastering of a full wall and ceilings as a complete project. We’ll also teach you more advanced techniques, including the plastering of arches and curves. In addition, as one of our students, you’ll learn how to work with the increasingly popular K-Rend onto block work. 

You’ll cover an awful lot of ground on one of our intensive plastering courses in the UK – such vital subjects as health and safety, and starting up in business also being covered – and when you come out of it, you’ll possess a clear practical and theoretical understanding of plastering. 

If, then, you want to put a platform in place for sustained success as a plasterer, you’ll struggle to find a better one than one of these Level 1 courses! If you have any further questions about what’s involved before booking your place, don’t hesitate to get in touch directly with the YTA team today.

 

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Becoming a qualified plasterer can be a faster process than you might think!

Have you ever considered training to become a plasterer? If so, you have good reasons for that. Like the other key trades, plastering offers a high level of job security, these skills having been in demand pretty much since the year dot. 

 

Getting into plastering also offers interesting opportunities for progression, including into supervisory and site management roles – and as a more experienced plasterer, you could eventually be earning as much as £30,000 a year. 

 

It’s one thing to choose to become a plasterer, however, and it’s an entirely different thing to choose the right route to taking on this trade. Sure enough, here at YTA, we offer both five-day and 10-day Level 1 plastering courses that could give you the best possible platform for success in this profession. 

 

How do our five-day and 10-day Level 1 plastering courses differ? 

 

Both of these intensive courses are a popular choice among not only complete beginners who might be looking to switch into plastering from a different career, but also existing tradespersons interested in expanding their skill-set, and even DIY enthusiasts. 

 

The key difference between the five-day and 10-day courses, however – besides the former obviously not covering as much ground as the latter – is the fact that the former leads to a unit accreditation certificate, while the latter allows you to achieve a full qualification. 

 

That qualification in question is the NOCN Cskills Level 1 Certificate in Plastering. To earn it, you will need to be trained and assessed in five units, covering health and safety in construction trades, effective communication in construction trades, and the plastering of corners, walls and ceilings. 

 

By contrast, the five-day course will simply involve you being assessed for the NOCN Cskills Level 1 Plastering Walls unit accreditation. So, before committing to any particular plastering course, it’s important to know what to expect, and to consider whether this will be the right choice for your circumstances and aspirations. 

 

But these Level 1 training courses in plastering also have a lot in common 

 

Whatever Level 1 route you select as a would-be plasterer attending our accredited West Yorkshire training centre, you can expect to gain invaluable competence and experience in this trade that looks set to continue being in demand long after the pandemic. 

 

We will give you a set of plastering tools to use during the course, and you will have your own full-size training bay to work in, so you won’t need to worry about sharing a bay. We also limit the number of plastering training bays to five, so that the student to teacher/trainer ratio is kept low – just the thing for ensuring you receive the attention and teaching you need. 

 

Oh, and don’t forget that both of these Level 1 plastering courses will cover a wide range of other key aspects of the job, including health and safety, business start-up, full measuring and in-depth quoting, marketing techniques, course progression opportunities, and so much more. 

 

What are you waiting for? Make 2021 the year you take that chance! 

 

Feel free to click through to the relevant course pages on our website to discover more about the five-day and 10-day Level 1 plastering courses we offer – and if you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. 

 

It’s been a tough past 12 months for all of us, but now is the time to look with renewed optimism to the future. If you’ve been wondering whether 2021 is the year you should make that dream of a rewarding new career real, we’re confident that you won’t regret doing your training with YTA.

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Join us for five or 10 days to start – or upgrade – your plastering career

If you’re reading this, you’ll probably be aware of at least some of the very strong attractions of becoming a plasterer, including the evergreen demand for plastering skills that helps to make it one of the most secure jobs of all. Here at YTA, we’re delighted to be continuing to play a major role in the training of the nation’s plasterers, through our various acclaimed plastering courses. 

What we’d like to focus on in this particular blog post, however, are our five-day and 10-day Level 1 plastering courses. 

These are courses that you can embark on even if you’re a complete beginner. We do, though, also receive a lot of enquiries from DIY enthusiasts interested in expanding their skills for that big project, as well as from experienced tradespeople who wish to boost their own skill set and marketability. 

How do the five-day and 10-day plastering courses differ? 

While both of these courses introduce the student to the fundamental procedures of plastering walls and ceilings, it is important to appreciate that the five-day course is a unit accreditation certificate. 

If, therefore, you wish to obtain the full NOCN Cskills Level 1 Certificate in Plastering, you will need to complete the 10-day course, which consists of five assessments covering health and safety in construction trades, effective communication in construction trades, and the plastering of corners, walls and ceilings. 

The 10-day course is, in effect, the five-day course with an extra week added. The additional days will give you the opportunity to tackle the plastering of a full wall and ceiling as a complete project, rather than as separate assignments, which is the format used in the first week. 

You’ll cover serious ground (well, wall and ceilings) in a short space of time 

For those seeking plastering courses that would give them the clear practical and theoretical understanding of plastering necessary to go into further training or set up as a plasterer, our Level 1 courses could be just the thing. 

In next to no time, you’ll get to grips with everything from plastering health and safety, business setup, skimming and repair, right through to the setting of finishing beads, Monocouche render (K REND) and full measuring and in-depth quoting. 

Whatever your ambitions may be in plastering, then, YTA’s plastering courses could be the ideal platform for your success. Don’t hesitate to contact us directly for a chat about these or any of our other highly rated plastering courses, in the knowledge that we can help you to take that great leap into what may be a whole new career. 

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Want to become a plasterer? We can provide you with hands-on tuition in five days

Plastering can prove a pleasantly varied and rewarding vocation. Across the UK, plasterers are continually in demand, which gives suitably trained professionals plenty of well-paid opportunities to apply wet finishes and protective layers, create ornamental fittings and secure internal plasterboard into place.

Nonetheless, plastering isn’t a task that you can undertake to a professional standard if you lack the necessary practical, hands-on experience. This is a craft where simply reading online instructions can’t replace more tangible experience, such as that offered by our five-day and 10-day plastering courses.

Enrol on a Cskills-approved course – no plastering experience required

We let you choose from two Cskills-accredited courses: our five-day unit accreditation unit course and a 10-day course leading to the full NOCN Cskills Level 1 Certificate in Plastering. The former teaches various core skills in plastering, while the latter course helps participants to hone them.

Especially appealingly, although NOCN Cskills is highly respected as the awarding body for construction NVQs, neither of these plastering courses stipulates a specific required level of experience in the discipline or trade. It therefore doesn’t matter if you’re completely new to plastering.

What can you expect on our plastering courses?

Perhaps you’re leaving school or college and contemplating a career in plastering? Alternatively, you might be thoroughly experienced in providing other services, such as plumbing and electrical work, but are interested in adding to your repertoire of skills.

Whatever your background, either of these short plastering courses will give you the benefit of a full-size plastering training bay, of which we offer only five – and you won’t share yours with any other student. This helps to ensure we can give you the dedicated attention you need and deserve.

Your bay will be fitted with various features – including a stud wall, block wall and pre-skimmed wall, as well as a decent-sized ceiling. In this space, we can take you through learning a range of plastering skills, including over-skimming, repairing and dot and dab.

We invite you to take a tour of our facilities

You can book your tour of the YTA training centre by phoning 01274 682199 or 07400 922788 or emailing info@ytatraining.com. While at our premises, you will also be able to chat with students who are already on the course.

If a plastering career is something that you’ve long fancied, why wait any longer? Get in touch today to discuss the possibilities that our five-day and 10-day plastering courses could offer you.

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Hottest day of the year BBQ followed by a lovely 5 star review

Thursday 25th July 2019 was the hottest July day on record with temperatures reaching 38.1C. That week at YTA we had a variety of courses running, it was very hot and everyone was suffering in the heat whilst trying to learn a new skill. Tiling, plumbing, kitchen fitting, carpentry and joinery courses were all running but it was the plasterers that were really suffering. Mixing plaster, up and down ‘hop ups’, back and forth to their mix and skimming their walls and ceilings. It was getting sweaty!

As staff we tried keeping everyone going with cool water, we stocked up on supplies they day before as the 24th was still quite a warm day too. We decided that there was only one thing for it, a BBQ! Let’s just do it and grab a few disposable BBQ’s from ASDA over the road, several packs of burgers and sausages and a load of ice lollies. Spirits were definitely lifted and it was a much needed enjoyable lunch hour where we all made the most of the superb weather.

We then received a lovely review from Marc and Josh who travelled up from South Wales following their plastering course.

Had an absolutely fantastic time at the YTA training centre. I went with my brother in law to do the plastering course and they went above and beyond to ensure our confidence and skills were up there before we left. Dave knows his craft, a great instructor and he certainly brought the best out of both of us. The atmosphere was incredible, met some great people and made some good friends. Graham the owner and all of the team members were the nicest people we’ve ever met, he went out to get supplies for a bbq and kept us in good spirits with ice creams due to the crazy weather, you won’t get that anywhere else! I would highly recommend this training centre if you’re looking to learn a new skill or skills. Thanks to Graham and Dave for an incredible experience Marc & Josh

Many thanks for the lovely review Marc, glad you and Josh both enjoyed the course. There was no way we couldn’t have a BBQ and Ice lollies on the hottest day of the year wether you are learning how to plaster or not! I think everyone on all the courses appreciated it too. Hope the plastering goes well and we may well see you back for a tiling course in the future when you are ready.

Regards, Graham

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A busy start to 2019 for all courses

Its been a busy start to the year on all courses for 2019! We have had tiling, plastering, carpentry & joinery, plumbing and kitchen fitting running. Here’s a small selection of photos taken around the centre this past couple of weeks.

YTA offer a range of construction courses from 5 days to 10 day level 1 all aimed at your starting your own business. We only have small class sizes with no more than 5 or 6 students per course.
Courses run every week so you are usually only a week or so away from finding a course with a place available. If you would like some more information or would like to book please contact to office on 01274682199