The Specialist Decorator
By positioning yourself as a specialist, you not only build expertise but also establish a reputation for which clients are willing to pay more.
Elevate your paper-hanging skills with our intermediate course. Ideal for experienced professionals or graduates of our introduction course, learn to hang various wallpapers on walls, windows, and fireplaces. This course will provide the foundation to expand your skills and profits. Experience personal and professional growth by enhancing your range of services and increasing your profits.
Our paperhanging intermediate course is designed to provide you with the opportunity to expand your skill set and increase profitability. By completing this course, you will develop a strong foundation in wallpapering and enhance your ability to hang various types of wallpaper.
By acquiring these skills, you can attract a broader customer base and command higher prices for your services. Wallpapering skills are versatile and can be applied in residential and commercial settings, providing opportunities for growth and development in various industries.
By completing this course, you will gain valuable skills that can contribute to personal and professional growth and increase profitability.
You will cover the following:
• Practice safe and healthy work habits and techniques specific to your job.
• Learn how to calculate the amount, size, area, and waste for installing wallpapers.
• Assess if surfaces are suitable for wallpaper installation.
• Prepare wallpaper pastes and adhesives.
• Install patterned vinyl, non-woven, and traditional paper on walls, ceilings, windows, and fireplaces.
• Work around electrical fixtures.
• Safely handle access equipment, hand tools, and related gear.
Course Objectives:
• Learn safe work practices and skills.
• Understand how to calculate quantities, lengths, areas, and wastage.
• Check if surfaces are suitable for wallpaper.
• Learn to prepare pastes and adhesives.
• Hang various types of wallpaper on walls.
• Work around electrical fittings and pipes.
• Work on walls, ceilings, windows, and fireplaces.
• Understand the safe use of equipment and tools.
In this two-day course, beginners will learn the basics of wallpapering, including wall preparation, tool selection, and foundation paper installation. The focus will be on developing skills to hang non-matching vinyl wallpaper in various scenarios.
This course is designed for those who want to enhance their wallpapering skills. It covers patterned papers and various types of wallpaper, and offers hands-on experience in hanging wallpaper in different settings such as: around a fireplace, ceilings and window reveals.
This course is for experienced paper hangers who want to learn how to apply specialist wallpapers You’ll learn about specific considerations for each type of wallcovering and will hang them in a workshop environment.
This advanced course is designed for experienced decorators to learn how to install wallcoverings on complex surfaces such as sloping ceilings, stairwells, and arches.
This course provides practical training on hanging wide width vinyls, such as Muraspec, covering all aspects of installation, from measuring and ordering to applying the product.
This course teaches you how to install various types of murals, market the concept, and become an approved installer of Vista Digital murals, to enhance your decorating business. This is another one of our courses that is assured by City & Guilds.
Our Advanced Applying Printed Murals course teaches how to install murals onto complex surfaces, resolve design problems, and handle obstacles. Gain confidence to deliver mural installation as a specialist service.
By positioning yourself as a specialist, you not only build expertise but also establish a reputation for which clients are willing to pay more.
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