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Do you want to work for a fantastic organisation that cares about you, your learning, your career, and your future? We’re on the lookout for an Apprentice Plasterer to join our team in September 2026 for 24 months. This is a great opportunity to start your career, gaining hands-on experience while working towards a recognised Level 2 Carpentry and Joinery apprenticeship standard. As an Apprentice Plasterer at believe housing, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of responsive repairs, planned maintenance, and void property refurbishment across customers’ homes. You will be working under the guidance of experienced colleagues to develop practical skills in preparing surfaces, applying plaster, patch repairs, and finishing walls and ceilings to a high standard.
Job Responsibility
Supporting the delivery of responsive repairs, planned maintenance, and void property refurbishment across customers’ homes
Supporting experience plasterers to carry out patch repairs, skimming, and surface preparation in customers’ homes
Learning to prepare surfaces (e.g. bonding, boarding, filing cracks and holes) before plastering
Working in occupied and empty properties, developing strong customer service skills while respecting customers and their homes
Learning to use hand and power tools safely and correctly in a real working environment
Learning how to mix plaster and manage materials correctly, ensuring the right consistency to minimalise waste for a range of different work types
Assisting with diagnosing faults such as cracks, damp damage, or uneven surfaces and completing repairs efficiently, often across multiple jobs in a single day
Developing the skills to work independently over time, including managing tasks, materials and maintaining quality and safety standards
Following health and safety requirements (including correct PPE use) and maintain a safe working area
Interpreting drawings and specifications, measure and set out work accurately, and estimate quantities of materials
Prepare backgrounds and materials (including safe moving/handling and correct mixing to ratio) ready for plastering or rendering
Apply plastering finishes to walls and ceilings (e.g., floating, setting/finishing coats and render systems), protecting surrounding areas and finished work
Requirements
GCSE Maths and English at grade 4/C or above
must not hold an existing qualification at the same or higher level than this apprenticeship in a similar subject