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Plastering –appreciation and techniques

 

Plastering – appreciation and techniques


A five-day course (Monday to Friday) designed to hands on teach the basic techniques of plastering.

Four days are intensive hands on training.

The fifth day is free time to practice, with supervision, your own preferred skill.

Each learner has his own 3 metre by 3 metre training bay for the week.

Each training bay has:

  • A blockwork wall with piers for float and set plastering including forming internal and external angles and beadwork.
  • Plasterboard walls including a window opening for skim coat plastering including external angles, reveals and beadwork.
  • Plasterboard ceiling for skim coat plastering.


THE COURSE WILL TEACH YOU:

  • Plaster Types, Applications, Coverage and Setting Times.
  • Hawk And Trowel Skills
  • Specialist Tools And How To Use Them
  • Floating And Setting (Plastering On Blockwork)
  • Fixing Angle Beads
  • Leveling Screeds And Ruling Out
  • Keying In (Devilling Up)
  • Two Coat Skimming (Plastering On Plasterboard) Walls
  • Two Coat Skimming (Plastering On Plasterboard) Ceilings
  • How To Form Internal And External Angles
  • How To Achieve Tidy And Neat Edges On adjoining Walls And Ceilings
  • How To Achieve Smooth And Level Surface Finishes
  • How To Repair Damaged Plasterwork
  • Training course fee £350.00 plus V.A.T (£411.25 in total).