Get a head start on your future, with the job ready skills that employers are looking for in a new apprentice.
You'll learn how to read and interpret building plans, and carry out measurements and calculations to determine quantities of materials needed for a job. You'll also learn about erecting and dismantling scaffolding, working safely at heights to fix standard plasterboard sheets and paper-based cornices, how to prepare surfaces for plastering, and a range of tools and materials used in the trade.
Most homes and buildings use plasterboard sheeting for internal walls and ceilings, and plaster or paper-based cornices and trimmings. These go together like a piece of patchwork, and it's the wall and ceiling lining team who come in and do the fixing and joining — then the smoothing of all the joins — to get that perfect finish ready for the painters and/or plasterers.
Completion of this nationally recognised and accredited qualification can provide credit towards a relevant higher level qualification, should you wish to pursue further study. It's also an excellent pathway to an apprenticeship in the construction industry.
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Learn how to be a finisher
Be someone who has an integral role in the completion of a building. Get the training you need to assist with the internal finishes of a building.
You'll learn how to erect scaffolding and work safely at heights to fix standard plasterboard sheets and paper-based cornices.
Once completed some units from this course can be used as credit towards the CPC31211 Certificate III in Wall and Ceiling Lining.
This is a pre-vocational course for learners seeking a career in a construction trade. The first stage of the course is common to eleven construction trades and provides an introduction to the industry, its culture, occupations, job roles and workplace expectations.
The units of competency cover essential occupational health and safety requirements, the industrial and work organisation structure, communication skills, work planning, and basic use of tools and materials.
You'll learn how to fix standard plasterboard sheets, carry out measurements and calculations, mix & apply plastering compounds and work safely at heights.
Once completed some units from this course can be used as credit towards the CPC31220 Certificate III in Wall and Ceiling Lining.
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