Level 1 City & Guilds Certificates in Construction Skills (Various Trades)

The Level 1 course is designed to offer a learning environment with enthusiastic bricklaying instructors who will support your individual needs and enable you to achieve set goals.

Training areas are set up so that anyone, from complete novice to those needing a refresher, can maximise their potential to lay bricks to the required standard, on construction sites or domestic projects.

Basic hand skills and practical tasks include:

• Introduction to bricklaying tools and equipment
• Loading and setting out materials
• Gauged mortar mixing
• Basic trowel techniques
• Laying mortar joints
• Laying bricks and blocks to a line
• Constructing corners — gauge, level and plumb
• Various jointing, finishing and techniques

On completion of the necessary basic training, the following units can be undertaken to achieve the Level 1 Certificate in Construction Skills (Bricklaying)

• Introduction to Health and Safety in construction
• Constructing half brick walling
• Constructing block walling
• Constructing cavity walls in brickwork and blockwork
• Constructing one-brick walling

Construction site readiness training

On completion of all Level 1 units your instructor will arrange training exercises to develop your bricklaying skills and confidence, in readiness for working in the construction industry.

Exercises include:

• Setting up corner profiles
• Speed and accuracy training
• Forming openings in cavity walling
• Constructing gable walling (raking cutbrick and block)

The Level 1 programme is designed to offer a short 6-week course within a relaxed learning environment, with enthusiastic painting and decorating tutors who will support your individual needs and enable you to achieve set goals.

Training areas are set up so that anyone, from complete novice to those needing a refresher, can maximise their potential to produce painting and decorating finishes to the required standard, on construction sites or domestic projects.

Basic hand skills and practical tasks include:

• Introduction to painting and decorating tools and equipment
• Preparing for decorating & finishing operations
• Preparing surfaces
• Removal of paint coatings from surfaces
• Applying paint materials to surfaces

On completion of the necessary basic training, the following units can be undertaken to achieve the Level 1 Certificate in Construction Skills (Painting and Decorating)

• Introduction to Health and Safety in Construction
• Introduction to the Construction Industry
• Painting Techniques
• Applying Decorative Effects
• Painting a Panel Door

The Level 1 course is designed to offer a learning environment with enthusiastic plastering instructors who will support your individual needs and enable you to achieve set goals.

Training areas are set up so that anyone, from complete novice to those needing a refresher, can maximise their potential to produce plaster finishes to the required standard, on construction sites or domestic projects.

Basic hand skills and practical tasks include:

• Introduction to plastering tools and equipment
• Loading and setting out materials
• Gauged mortar mixing and plaster
• Basic trowel techniques
• Apply render coats
• Apply plaster skim coats
• Cutting and fixing plasterboard
• Preparation skills

On completion of the necessary basic training, the following units can be undertaken to achieve the Level 1 Certificate in Construction Skills (Plastering)

• Introduction to Health and Safety in construction
• Preparing background surfaces and applying render coats
• Preparing background surfaces and applying finishing coats
• Mixing materials and applying floating coats
• Producing components from moulds

Construction site readiness training

On completion of all level 1 units your instructor will arrange training exercises to develop your plastering skills and confidence, in readiness for working in the construction industry.

Exercises include:

• Angle bending and edging trims
• Speed and accuracy training
• Scratch coat and render top coat finishes
• Ruling off render techniques
• Two coats plastering technique

The Level 1 course is designed to offer a learning environment with enthusiastic instructors who will support your individual needs and enable you to achieve set goals.

Training areas are set up so that anyone, from complete novice to those needing a refresher, can maximise their potential to produce tiling finishes to the required standard, on construction sites or domestic projects.

Basic hand skills and practical tasks include:

• Introduction to tiling tools and equipment
• Loading and setting out materials
• Gauged mortar mixing
• Basic tiling techniques
• Applying tile adhesive
• Setting out for tiling
• Marking and cutting tiles
• Grouting techniques

On completion of the necessary basic training, the following units can be undertaken to achieve the Level 1 Certificate in Construction Skills (Wall and Floor Tiling)

• Introduction to Health and Safety in construction
• Tiling a plain wall
• Cutting and fixing decorative panels
• Cutting and fixing tiles to wet areas
• Tiling floors with a border

Construction site readiness training

On completion of all Level 1 units your instructor will arrange training exercises to develop your tiling skills and confidence, in readiness for working in the construction industry.

Exercises include:

• Angle bending and edging trims
• Speed and accuracy training
• Cutting by hand and wet machine
• Decorative panels
• Mosaic tiles
• Repairing damaged tiled areas