Qualifications explained:
The construction industry requires skilled people, Plasteringskills4U is firmly established as a first class training provider within the Construction Training Industry. We are committed to excellence in training inexperienced people to enter the industry, build on their training and experience to become skilled workers.
Get qualified with Plasteringskills4U whether you are a time served tradesman, recently qualified or have no qualifications at all, we offer a route for you to follow.
CAA .. The Construction Awards Alliance ( Formally CITB ) offers over 75 different National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) and Vocationally Related Qualifications (VRQs) or Construction Awards.
City & Guilds: Internationally recognised awards.
Plastering Qualification Route
If you do not have any underpinning plastering qualifications, we recommend the following:-
City and Guilds 6217 certificate
The plastering City & Guilds 6217-04 qualification provides an excellent introduction to the skills required for plastering to enable you to work as a plasterer.
This course is usually completed over an 6 week period and includes 9 learning units of the City and Guilds plastering qualification.
For the award of a certificate, candidates must successfully complete 9 units in total.
New Construction Diploma Award: Plastering
The brand new qualification developed by Construction skills together with City & Guilds. ( Formally the CITB) This course is suitable for people who are not maybe at this moment working in the plastering industry and who would like to obtain the required qualification to work towards becoming a professional Plasterer.
All Construction Diploma units are related to their equivalent NVQ unit, and we will advise you what extra assessments are required to gain the related NVQ unit once you are working within the Plastering industry.
Additionally, you will also need to sit a CSCS Health & Safety test. Plasteringskills4U are a CSCS card test Centre, You can take all your online tests with us.
The Units you must complete to achieve this Plastering award are:
- Know how to carry out safe working practices
- Carry out safe working practices
- Knowledge of information, quantities and communicating with others
- Information, quantities and communicating with others
- Knowledge of building methods and construction technology
- Building methods and construction technology
- Know how to apply plaster materials to external surfaces
- Apply plaster materials to external surfaces
- Know how to fix dry lining and plasterboard products to interiors
- Fix dry lining and plasterboard products to interiors
- Know how to form sand and cement screeds
- Form sand and cement screeds
- Know how to produce plaster components
- Produce plaster components
- Know how to apply plaster materials to internal surfaces
- Apply plaster materials to internal surfaces
- Know how to position and secure fibrous plaster components
- Position and secure fibrous plaster components
NVQ Route
These qualifications (NVQs) focus on practical skills and knowledge. Developed and approved by people who work in the industry, they are a great way to get into construction or to boost your career by developing new skills and knowledge through the assessment of work based competence.
Plasteringskills4U can offer NVQ on site assessment to those of you who have underpinning qualifications. We have our own Assessors and Internal Verifiers, all of whom are City & Guilds and CAA approved. As long as you are working within the Plastering Industry, we can come and assess you on site.
NVQ Assessment process
To obtain a full NVQ it is a requirement that you are employed by a qualified and experienced person. The process will start with an interview between you and your assessor whereby an action plan and timetable will be drawn up. You will require a work based recorder (Supervisor or foreman) who we will contact. You will be required to gather and record evidence as indicated on your assessment plan.
Following visits will be at your work place whereby we will assess you on site, observing you at work plastering, we will examine and discuss the evidence you have provided. An assessor will sign off completed units, where sufficient quality and quantity has been provided, any shortfalls of evidence will be discussed and any training requirements identified. In between visits, you will continue to generate further evidence.
The Experienced Worker Practical Assessment (EWPA)
This is a fast route open through the CAA, ConstructionSkills / City & Guilds awarding body. ( Formally CITB)
It is available for workers with a minimum of five years experience and who don’t need any further training.
It is available for workers with a minimum of five years experience and who don’t need any further training.
It involves spending a day having your skills and knowledge assessed at Plasteringskills4U Training Centre. This can sometimes be done at weekends.
All the skills needed to pass the NVQ are included in one task, which is observed by our approved plastering assessor.
The EWPA route to qualification.
Step 1: Following your first call to us, we will contact you to arrange an appointment to come to our centre.
Step 2: An assessor will introduce you to the process and make an initial assessment to ensure you are suitable to qualify through this method. They may also ask you to bring some items of ‘evidence’ with you. Evidence you provide can be in a written form, such as witness statements from customers or supervisors worked with in the past, or it can take the form of photographs of your work, site plans, qualifications or proof of employment.
Step 3: You will undertake a practical assessment of your skills which will be observed by the assessor. This will be followed by professional discussion to assess your knowledge of the subject. This will be over a period of 2 days.
Step 4: If you are successful, you should receive your full CSCS card within 7 working days and your NVQ certificate will also arrive a few weeks later.
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