Plastering Apprentice – Level 2

The Vacancy

Whether you’re beginning your career or exploring a new opportunity, this is your chance to gain valuable experience, develop new skills, and contribute meaningfully from day one. We welcome your application.

About the role

As a Plastering Apprentice, you’ll build your skills in plastering techniques while gaining experience across multiple trades, contributing to a diverse range of maintenance and repair projects.

Your Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the below:

• Completing plastering and decorating work in social housing properties
• Carrying out associated or minor tasks using other trade skills
• Aiming for first-time fixes and working efficiently, while delivering high-quality workmanship and great customer service
• Communicating with residents and clients on site, and providing clear feedback to supervisors and schedulers
• Following industry-recognised Health and Safety standards
• Undertaking patch repairs, larger plastering jobs, decorating, and other minor maintenance tasks using your multi-trade experience
• Working collaboratively with colleagues or contractors to complete complex tasks
• Using a PDA to receive instructions and update details of completed or pending work electronically
• Maintaining and managing van stock, plant and equipment.

About you

To thrive on this programme, you’ll bring:

• An interest in building a career in the built environment
• Enthusiasm for learning and developing new skills
• A curious mindset and willingness to ask questions
• Dependable and professional in approach
• The ability to solve problems and think logically
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Prioritising tasks to meet agreed deadline

Qualifications

• To be considered for this apprenticeship you will need to have achieved a Grade 4 or C and above in Maths and English
• You must not hold an existing qualification at the same or higher level than this apprenticeship in a similar subject.

Roles may close before the deadline if we receive a high volume of applications.

Our Commitment to inclusion

We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

We’re especially keen to hear from individuals who are underrepresented in the construction sector – including women, people from ethnic minority communities and people with disabilities.

If you have a disability or require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know – we’re here to support you.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.