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Painter and Decorator/Maintenance Apprentice
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About the Role
We’re looking for a friendly, reliable Painter and Decorator / Maintenance Apprentice to help keep our hotel safe, comfortable, and running smoothly for guests and staff alike. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys hands-on work, takes pride in a job well done.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
You’ll work across guest rooms and shared spaces, responding to maintenance requests, carrying out repairs, and helping prevent issues before they happen. You’ll also interact with guests and colleagues, so a positive attitude and clear communication are just as important as technical skills.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. If you’re dependable, safety-minded, and enjoy being part of a team, we’d love to hear from you.
Duties
- Prepare surfaces for painting and decorating, including sanding, filling, and priming
- Apply paint, wallpaper, and other finishes to walls, ceilings, and fixtures
- Inspect guest rooms and public areas for cosmetic damage and wear
- Perform basic maintenance tasks such as fixing doors, handles, locks, and fixtures
- Carry out minor plumbing repairs (e.g. fixing leaks, replacing taps)
- Handle simple electrical tasks such as changing light bulbs and fittings
- Maintain cleanliness and organisation of work areas and tools
- Ensure all decorating and maintenance work meets health and safety standards
- Respond promptly to maintenance and repair requests
- Work efficiently to minimise disruption to guests and hotel operations
- Assist with preventative maintenance to keep facilities in good condition
- Report any major faults or repairs that require specialist attention
- Weekend work required on a Saturday every 2nd / 3rd weekend a minimum of four hours
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
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Course Contents
- Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
- Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Comply with risk assessments, and organise the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
- Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
- Uses safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment and ensuring work area is prepared and reinstated.
- Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
- Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
- Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components and clearing blockages.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
- Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
- Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing and mixing materials and compounds.
- Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
- Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform planned, responsive or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork or landscaping.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
- Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
- Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
- Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling and disposal.
- Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when, working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
- Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
- Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
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Career Opportunities
On successful completion of the apprenticeship you may have the opportunity to continue employment at the Francis Hotel.
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BATH COLLEGE
Laura Joy
laura.joy@bathcollege.ac.uk
01225328752
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000044005.
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