Assistant Coatings

**Job Title: Assistant Coatings Apprentice**

**About the company**:
Yorkshire Specialist Coatings Ltd are a specialist paint applicator based in Carlton, Barnsley who offer spray painting services to uPVC window manufacturers, uPVC stockists, Glass manufacturers, joinery manufacturers and GRP composite door manufacturers.

We are looking for an assistant coatings apprentice to work from our workshop in Barnsley. This role is offered initially on a fixed term contract for 12-15 months with the potential to become permanent for the right person. In return we are offering a training salary of £5.28 per hour (minimum 30 hours per week) usual working hours would be 9:00am
- 5:00pm

On completion of the apprenticeship there will be potential to offer a permanent role in which further benefits will become available.

**Job purpose**

**Responsibilities**:

- To assist in the finishing of various building products using top coats, lacquers, paints and specialist effect products by hand and by spray gun
- Preparation and detailed masking of products prior to finishing
- Batching of jobs / orders
- Finishing / packing of products using protective films
- Organising jobs, reading off job sheets to identify specification
- To be aware of business continuity processes via Line Manager

**Duties will include**:

- Organising products
- Detailed masking of products
- Preparation using specialist cleaners
- Mixing of specialist stains & paints
- Application of protective films
- Stripping and re-fabrication of uPVC window frames
- Packaging of finished products
- Disassembly and cleaning of spraying equipment.

**Knowledge skills & experience**
- Eye for detail
- Interest in the construction industry (Spraying of products)
- The ambition and drive to continually improve their skills
- Good communication skills

**Apprenticeship Programme**:
The Firm has a preferred Apprenticeship training provider who will assist you throughout the 12-15 month Apprenticeship program. Your designated tutor will meet with you on a monthly basis in the office where they will go through the units you have chosen for you to show evidence gained from your day to day duties within the Accounts team. You will not be required to attend college, however, you may be asked to sit some exams in IT, Math’s and English depending on your GCSE results, the apprenticeship provider will discuss this with you.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Apprenticeship

**Salary**: From £5.28 per hour

Schedule:

- Day shift

Application question(s):

- How ill you be travelling to the work location? and how long will it take you?
- Are you aware this is an apprenticeship?

Work Location: In person