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Painting & Decorating

Become a professional painter and decorator and learn specialist techniques and decorative effects to enable you to set up your own business or join forces with other professionals.

Painting & Decorating is taught in our new, purpose-built state-of-the-art facility on our Auction Mart Campus, Skipton. You will have access to purpose made booths for training and assessment with specialist industry standard equipment.

Our tutors are specialist craftspeople and have many year’s experiences in the construction industry in both large and small businesses with specialisms in heritage and conservation work. You will have the opportunity to enter the prestigious CITB SkillBuild competition.

We offer both full-time study and Painting and Decorating Apprenticeships, so you can choose the route that works best for you. Either way, you’ll build the technical skills, creativity, and qualifications you need for a career in this hands-on and rewarding trade.

NEWS:  
£25,300
Average salary
Painter & Decorator, Paint Sprayer, Interior Decorator/Designer, Painting Contractor, Paint Mixer
Suggested Occupation
+8.3%
Industry Growth
Vocational
TitleLevel
Construction Trades (Multi-skills)Level 1
Painting & DecoratingLevel 1, Level 2
Apprenticeships
TitleLevel
Painter & Decorator ApprenticeshipLevel 2
Part-time
TitleStart
Painting and Decorating - IntroductionTue 13 January 2026
Wallpapering - IntroductionThu 6 November 2025
Meet the team
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