Painter & Decorator

We are currently seeking an Painter & Decorator to join The Bedford College Group, to cover all locations across the Group around Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire

Your main duties will include:

• Working with the Maintenance/Estates Managers to conduct condition surveys and maintain a schedule of works for painting and decorating works required.


• Planning and organising the works, materials and equipment according to set priorities, considering the size and complexities of tasks.


• Preparing, cleaning and filling surfaces using appropriate methods including stripping and removing wallpapers.


• Applying paint and any other specified materials, resulting in a high finish of work.


• Room clearing as required, with help from the Estates teams.


• Ensuring the areas are left in a clean, tidy and safe state during and after completion of work.


• Complying with Health and Safety and COSHH regulations at all times, wearing correct PPE as appropriate.


• Ensuring safe handling and safe storage of all paints and solvents
  
  Ideal candidates will have:


• Level 2 NVQ Decorative Finishing and Industrial Painting Occupations (Construction)


• Level 2 Apprenticeship Painter and Decorator


• Asbestos Awareness


• COSHH training


• Emergency First Aid qualification


• Painting: 3 years' experience


• Experience of working within written procedures and guidelines


• Good understanding of basic DIY skills


• Proven ability to organise own workload to meet deadlines and targets.


• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle


• Ability to work at all College sites
  
  BCS is A multi-faceted enterprise that operates across the leisure, hospitality, catering, theatre and facilities hire sectors.


The purpose of BCS is to provide a suite of commercial services to the staff and students of The Bedford College Group and to the wider community. Always striving to provide the highest quality of product and services and endeavouring to ensure that its supply chain complies with modern day thinking of sustainability, carbon emissions and modern slavery. BCS will bid for external contracts to provide those services, exploiting its management skills and capacity. Additionally BCS works to enrich student and staff experience within the Group through work experience, qualifying courses or apprenticeship, actively engaging withing the communities it operates in.

About The Bedford College Group

The Bedford College Group was formed in 2017 following the merger of Bedford College and Tresham College and is now the largest provider of education in the South East Midlands, with over 15,000 students passing through our doors each year.

Today, the Group is made up of a family of colleges across Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire:"Bedford College, Central Bedfordshire College and"Tresham"College"in the towns of Bedford, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough;"Shuttleworth"College,"a specialist land-based college; The Bedford Sixth Form, (the only dedicated sixth form in Bedford); The Corby Sixth Form, (opened in September 2023); and the National College for Motorsport"alongside"Silverstone"race circuit."To widen accessibility to education and training, the Group also has community-based Learning Centres in Bedford, Corby and Kettering which offer IT training.

Successful candidates must also be able to demonstrate alignment to our organisational VISION values:

• Valuing Teamwork - We are one team who by working together can achieve great things, respecting the opinion and valuing the contribution each of us makes.


• Improving Continuously - We challenge ourselves to always do better by trying new things, sharing knowledge, reflecting on practice and learning from others.


• Student Centred - At our heart is always doing what is best for our students. We consider students in all of our decision making to create positive outcomes and memorable experiences for every student.


• Inclusive - We celebrate differences and diversity, recognising that we can learn from each other.


• Open and Caring - We care about the wellbeing of our staff, our students, our community and wider society, creating an environment built on trust where we listen, engage with and support each other.


• Nurturing Education Excellence - We promote educational excellence by delivering programmes that challenge our students to achieve their ambitions.