(near bristol)

I’m not sure you’ll find a one day course, but Able Skills provides weekend plastering courses, visting their site for more information: http://www.ableskills.co.uk/plastering-weekends.htm

I’m looking at doing a five day intensive course.

Try this:

http://www.bristolconstructionacademy.co.uk

No, the course is not an allowable deduction for tax – the course only puts you in a position to do your job, it is not an expense of earning the profits of your trade like the materials you buy or the fuel you put in your van to get to the jobs.

I have been on long term sickness benefit and havent been able to save money but I’m well again now and want to work asap but I really want to learn to plaster so I have a trade. Will they pay(I’m in the U.K.)

UK,, apply in US

level 2 1 year i day a week at college, then site/work experience sufficient to get the nvq, however long it takes you to do the required tasks, write them up and get someone to accept them as satisfactory.

level 3 1 year 1 day a week at college. plus the work experience to get the nvq 3

level 3 is either solid or fibrous, or both if you have the time.

look at 3 and a half years + to get nvq 3 if you havent done anything so far

its a skilled trade to do it well, any trade can be ’semi-skilled’ if you are poor at it or dont care. fibrous and restoration is highly skilled

i need a two week work placement to finish off the second stage of my plastering course basically you will be getting a slave for two weeks is there anyone out there who can offer me a work placement
http://www.angelfire.com/empire/serpentis666/Outsiders.html sorry buddy no plastering for me im afraid

are they worth doing are they any good, I have my living room which currently has paper on but the wall is not good enough to paint, so am considering going on a 4 day course, would i be able to tackle a job like this after doing the 4 days,
It is hard enough to find a decent plasterer who can do a good job, especially of skimming. If you don’t have high standards then do the course. While plastering is not rocket science it does require a lot of practice because it is a skill.

I’ve recently done a plastering course, and now feel reasonably confidentt to tackle some jobs in my home. I have fairly long walll to plaster, and am a little worried that I might not work fast enough to get the second coat on before the first coat goes off. Does anyone have any tips? I thought about using plaster flatness guides to section off the walls, but will I be able to "key" in a new section into a dried section?
Thanks in advance for any advice!

how long is a long wall ?..if more than 20 feet and you are new to the game .then by all means do it in two halves ..but modern plaster is very stable and will hold on a wall (trowable) for the best part of an hour if you keep the windows and doors shut ..if you do cut it in half then wet the edge of the new bit and start at that edge and the two edges will blend in easily don’t take any notice of what Micheil says ..he is not a plasterer ..don’t need pva ..use board finish ..and to get a good finish you do need two coats ..as your coursework will have shown ..if you do it as he says then the wall will bubble badly ..just be confident in yourself and it will be easy .stay calm .you don’t get good luck you make it ps ..i am assuming it is a plasterboard wall ..if its a wall with a browning coat ..then apply the top coat the same day if possible