Apprentice Painter and Decorator

Apprentice Painter & Decorator

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• Location: North West Region
• Pay Rate: £8.00 per hour
• Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
• Hours: 39 hours per week

Start Your Career with Mitie

Are you looking to learn a skilled trade while earning and gaining a recognised qualification? Mitie Property Services is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Apprentice Painter & Decorator to join our growing North West team.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop practical skills, gain valuable experience, and build a long-term career with one of the UK's leading property services companies. Working alongside experienced decorators, you'll receive full training in all aspects of painting and decorating across a variety of commercial, residential and public sector projects.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Internal and external painting and decorating works.
• Surface preparation, including sanding, filling and minor repairs.
• Safe use and maintenance of painting and decorating tools, materials and equipment.
• Setting up and using access equipment following appropriate training.
• Installing protective coverings, temporary screening and access plant as required.
• Maintaining stock levels and ensuring materials are available when needed.
• Delivering high-quality workmanship and excellent customer service.
• Working safely and complying with Health & Safety procedures at all times.
• Supporting project teams to ensure works are completed on time and to a high standard.

What We’re Looking For

• Keen to learn a skilled trade and develop a career in Painting & Decorating.
• Reliable, hardworking and self-motivated.
• A positive team player with a can-do attitude.
• Passionate about delivering quality work and excellent customer service.
• Organised and able to follow instructions effectively.
• Committed to maintaining high standards of Health & Safety.
• Willing to attend college and work towards a recognised Painting & Decorating qualification.

Why Join Mitie?

• A permanent, full-time position.
• Structured apprenticeship training and college support.
• Hands-on experience across a variety of projects.
• Mentoring from experienced industry professionals.
• Opportunities for career progression upon successful completion of your apprenticeship.
• The chance to build a rewarding career with one of the UK's leading facilities and property management companies.

Whether you're leaving school, changing career path, or looking for your first step into the construction industry, this apprenticeship offers the perfect foundation for a successful future.

Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home.

We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.

Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants.

We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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