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4 Day Plastering Courses

If you want to be put through your paces in 4 days you've come to the right place. On the 4 day plastering course you will learn ALL these fundamentals in plastering, which makes our 4 day course probably one of the most comprehensive intensive 4 day plastering courses UK has to offer. For those of you that live around the Greater Manchester area, feel welcome to pop in and meet the staff and other students, and see exactly how are courses differ from college courses and other short courses.



You can easily pick up the techniques and cut your risk of failure on new plastering project: And, if you haven't figured out the difference between drylining and rendering, this is where you will learn it all. If you're currently NOT involved in the construction business your learning curve will be rapid (in other words, you're going to be learning every major aspect of plastering in a very short space of time). Read our Terms & Conditions.

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The 4 day plastering course is designed to give you a good understanding in all the main areas of plastering. No previous experience is necessary in order for you to take part in the courses although a reasonable grasp of DIY is desirable. You will be taken through the different stages every day of your course; we will also explain and demonstrate all the different tools and materials needed in plastering. By the end of the course you will have a good understanding of plastering techniques and will have a good base knowledge in which you can take forward and progress your plastering ambitions either on a career path or as a DIY enthusiast.

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What's included in the 4 day plastering course

  1. Health and safety training, safety wear and correct practice
  2. How to mix plastering materials (multi finish, board finish, bonding and drywall adhesive)
  3. How to apply plasterboard to a wooden framework
  4. How to apply plasterboard to a brick surface using dry wall adhesive (dry lining, dot and dab)
  5. How to fill and repair an open an open space using bonding coat
  6. How to prepare and repair exterior/interior walls using sand and cement
  7. How to prepare for skimming using scrim tape, skim beads and angle beads
  8. How to plaster a ceiling
  9. How to skim around a window
  10. How to skim on top of bonding
  11. How to polish final skim
  12. Advice on employment
  13. Advice on pricing

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Our plastering courses are very popular, so make sure you don't miss out. Choose the course that's right for you below... You may also want to consider adding the start of a top quality professional toolkit containing Marshalltown to your arsenal of tools. This will be in addition to your standard inclusive kit.

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1. Unlimited Use of Course Materials, to Perfect Task in Hand Tick Tick
2. 90 Day Unlimited Private Phone Tuition. Tick Tick
3. The Elite of School of Plastering 'Plastering Manual'. Tick Tick
4. On Course Completion a 'Certificate of Attendance'. Tick Tick
5. Basic Starter Toolkit (value £22.99). Tick Tick
6. Marshalltown 14'x5' Pre-worn Stainless Steel Professional Trowel. (value £39.99).   Tick
7. Marshalltown Stainless Steel Bucket Trowel (value £15.99).   Tick
8. Marshalltown Aluminium Hawk (value £15.99).   Tick
9. Professional Grade Tin Snips (value £15.99).   Tick
10. 42 ltr Gorrila Bucket (value £5.99).   Tick
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Our plastering techniques can be applied and learnt by anyone, in business or for DIY, and used in combination with some of our advanced strategies can make anyone confident in the first steps to becoming a top notch plasterer. It doesn't matter whether you have don't any previous experience. Whether you concentrate on drylining or skimming... you will still need to know exactly what's needed to prevent cracking in your final skim or create perfect angles in your corners. We've broken our 4 day plastering course down so you can use the techniques straight away.


Leanne Medley is a typical example of one of our 4 day plastering students.

The 4 Day Plastering course was awesome. even though every part of my body hurts. Rock out Trev and Mike! The whole experience has been taxing on the energy, but well worth it. I can't wait to tell you where I am in 6 months from now.
Leanne Medley,

It's idiot proof and we'll provide you with everything you'll need: Follow the step-by-step instructions so you'll understand the basic process. You don't have to know all about how it works "under the hood". But you WILL.

You get hand holding all the way, for the limited time that you're with us.

When starting a new project, save ridiculous amounts of time and money by finding out exactly where you need to begin. BEFORE you invest your pounds on materials, and even before you even pick up up your tools!

You will even know how to take you walls back to brick and even find out whether there's problems to the existing walls. (Almost every builder can tell you the story of their 'pet project'... the not-fully-researched dream which almost ruined them!).

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How much money can you make with the inside secrets you'll learn in such a course? Frankly, I don't know. I'm offering you a hammer and many nails. You can build a dog house or a castle. It's up to you. Why not just get on a course, see for yourself what is possible? Wouldn't that be the wisest choice.

Course Schedule

4 Day Weekday 4 Day Weekend
03-Jun-08 07-Jun-08
10-Jun-08 21-Jun-08
17-Jun-08 05-Jul-08
24-Jun-08 19-Jul-08
01-Jul-08 02-Aug-08
08-Jul-08 16-Aug-08
15-Jul-08 30-Aug-08
22-Jul-08 13-Sep-08
29-Jul-08 27-Sep-08
05-Aug-08 11-Oct-08
12-Aug-08 25-Oct-08
19-Aug-08 08-Nov-08
26-Aug-08 22-Nov-08
02-Sep-08 06-Dec-08
09-Sep-08 03-Jan-09
16-Sep-08 17-Jan-09

Your satisfaction is of course guaranteed. If you follow the techniques we show you, and you don't recover the cost of your course by the end of the first month working fulltime as a plasterer, based on what you have learned from one of our A1 plastering courses we will refund your course costs.

What do you have to lose? This is an investment in you.

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"Confident at plastering, 8 days gave me loads of confidence would recommend to friends - Anytime. Will keep in touch, friendship was great." 10/10
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