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Intensive Airless Paint Spraying Courses

Gain the knowledge you need to excel with PaintTech intensive airless paint spraying courses. You’ll expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and gain the knowledge you need to succeed. Once you’ve completed the course, you can offer a valuable service to clients, increase your profits, and enjoy a more fulfilling career.

Upskill with airless paint spraying training

Our airless spray painting courses offer valuable skills essential for sustainable growth and development. They’ll provide you with a strong foundation for expanding your knowledge and expertise, making you a proficient and confident airless sprayer.

Each two day course covers all you need to know, from understanding the equipment and techniques to gaining practical hands-on experience. Our airless spray painting training is designed so that when you leave us, you’re fully equipped and ready to start spraying. You will get to spray a number of surfaces, ensuring you have mastered airless paint spraying and are confident in your new-found abilities.

Our City & Guilds assurance guarantees that you’re learning from the best, so join us and invest in your professional development. Sign up for one of our airless paint spraying courses now to acquire valuable skills that will give you more opportunities and drive your career forward.

Airless Spray Painting Course Overview

Start time: 9:00am
End time: 4:30pm

You will need to arrive by 8:30am to start at 9.00am and we aim to finish by 4:30pm. Our two day airless spraying courses equip you with the knowledge and practical skills needed to master airless spray painting. Our courses are split over two days.

The information below gives you an idea of what our course looks like.

What You'll Learn in Airless Spray Painting Training

During the two days you spend with us, you’ll learn everything from the very basics through to using the equipment yourself. Our airless paint spraying courses are hands-on so that you get the real life experience you need.

Your airless spray painting training will include:

Choosing the right equipment and paint
Assessing health and safety risks
Utilising innovative techniques
How to maximise profits
Fault finding and troubleshooting
Cleaning and maintenance
Masking tips and tricks

What to expect on your airless spray painting course

Each day on your airless spray painting course will look different. Over the two day course, you will learn the following:

Day 1

Begin with an introduction to airless spraying and setup
Understanding airless spray systems and their benefits
Choosing the right sprayer, tips, and pressure settings.
Understanding correct techniques, distances and speed.
How to spray ceilings and walls.
Fault finding and common problems.

Day 2

This is all about woodwork. Spraying skirtings, architraves, doors and spindles.
Building on Day 1’s techniques and adding to them.
Hands-on practice on woodwork using accessories.
Achieving a smooth, even finish with minimal overspray
Cleaning and maintaining your airless sprayer for longevity
At the end of the day you will receive our City & Guilds Assured Certification

What to bring with you

NI number and photo ID (we will need this to enter you onto the Construction Training Register. This can be a driving licence, passport, ID Card or CSCS card.)
Clothes you don’t mind getting messy (hopefully they won’t at all but just in case!)
A mask – we have struggled to get stock of our disposable masks so do bring your own if you have one.
We ask you to please bring your own packed lunch. You will be given a lunch break so if you prefer to go to the shop to purchase something that’s no problem.
If you are a CITB registered employer then please bring your CITB registration number so we can process your grant claim for the course.

Airless Paint Spraying Course Locations

Edenbridge, Kent

New Hub Locations

Address

Gabriels Farm, Marsh Green Rd, Marsh Green, Edenbridge TN8 5PP.

Directions

The site is just a short drive from the M25 and approximately 30 minutes from Gatwick Airport. Edenbridge Train Station is less than 10 minutes by car. The postcode will take you to Gabriels Farm or Gabriels Fishery (depending which direction you come from) so look out for the large yellow signs at the end of the drive. As you turn into Gabriels Farm look out for a green metal gate on the left hand side and a telegraph pole with Unit 42 written on it. We are the end 2 units in a green metal polytunnel style unit and the car park is at the end of that driveway. Please park considerately and do not block the containers.

There are several hotels and B&B’s in the Edenbridge area such as Ye Old Crowne, Lingfield is a short drive away with rooms at The Star pub, or alternatively East Grinstead is a larger town with a Premier Inn and Travelodge plus lots more food choices for the even

Course Leader

Ian Crump

PaintTech Training Hubs make our specialist training available in carefully selected locations across the UK and Ireland.

Every Hub is run by an approved PaintTech tutor with practical experience in the courses they deliver. While the location and tutor may change, the principles remain the same: hands-on training, small groups, proven systems and advice based on real work—not theory or product sales.

Each Hub will offer a selected range of PaintTech courses. Full location, tutor and course details will be added as each Hub opens.

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Why Do An Airless Spray Painting Course?

Airless paint spraying is an innovative painting and decorating technique that many homeowners and contractors are now looking for. Adding this service to your business portfolio sets you apart from the competition and comes with several other benefits:

Time-saving – airless paint spraying is an efficient method that means you can complete more jobs in less time

Cost-effective – better paint consumption and less labour time will help to increase your profits
Quality – paint spraying leaves a much smoother finish, resulting in happier customers and better reviews

Funded Airless Spray Painting Training

PaintTech airless spray painting courses can be funded by the CITB for anyone who meets the eligibility criteria. This goes for all of our courses, so you can advance your skills and discover more opportunities by accessing available funding. We can support you through the process to make it quick and easy, and get you booked onto our courses so you can start learning.

Why Choose PaintTech?

Our founders were some of the first to use airless spraying techniques and have over 70 years combined experience in the industry. Our airless paint spraying courses are run by these same people, so you get a course designed by real tradespeople who genuinely know the industry inside and out. When you sign up for airless spray painting training with PaintTech, you get:

A City & Guilds accreditation upon completion
Ongoing support to help you grow your business
Practical hands-on training
Short, intensive 2 day course to cover everything
Partially funded airless paint spraying courses
Convenient locations in the South of England with PaintTech Training Hubs opening this year.

How To Start Airless Spraying

Want to understand the basics of airless spraying before signing up for an airless spray painting course? Watch our video to find out how to get started with airless spraying.

Airless Spray Painting Training FAQs

Who are airless paint spraying courses for?

Our airless paint spraying courses are for anyone in the painting and decorating trade or who wants to start out as a painter and decorator. The courses are aimed at complete beginners and experienced professionals, teaching you the fundamentals of airless spraying, and then advancing onto more complex techniques. Whether you’re a sole trader improving your own skills or a large business wanting to develop your workforce, our courses are for you.

How much is airless paint spraying training?

Airless paint spraying training with PaintTech starts at £950 plus vat. This is for a two day course which, upon completion, you’ll receive an accreditation for. You can access CITB funding for your course, which will cover 50% of the cost if you meet the criteria. This means you can get started with our courses and be on your way to success without worrying about paying the full course fees.

What equipment do I need?

You’ll need to wear appropriate clothing and footwear on both days of your course as you’ll be using the paint spray equipment. We’ll provide you with the equipment to use during the course, as well as appropriate PPE. Full details of everything you need will be sent prior to the course so you can be fully prepared.

Where are your airless paint spraying courses?

Our Intensive Airless Spraying course is currently delivered at our main PaintTech Training Academy in Edenbridge, Kent.

We are also developing a growing network of approved PaintTech Training Hubs across the UK and Ireland, making selected PaintTech courses more accessible to decorators who live further away from our main academy.

Each Hub will be led by an experienced PaintTech tutor and will follow the same practical training methods, course standards and independent approach that PaintTech is known for.

Planned Hub locations include Cambridgeshire, the Cotswolds and County Galway, Ireland.

Not every course will necessarily be available at every Hub, so full location, tutor, course and booking details will be added as each Hub opens.

If you are unsure which location or course is best for you, speak to the PaintTech team and we can point you in the right direction.

What qualifications do you need to be a paint sprayer?

You don’t need any formal qualifications to become a paint sprayer. However, completing a spray painting course teaches you the correct way to use equipment and spray multiple surfaces for a flawless finish. You’ll learn safety protocols, surface preparation, and finishing techniques, and be given a certification that proves you are qualified. This helps you to stand out amongst any competition whether as an entrepreneur or when applying for jobs in the industry.

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