Apprentice Plasterer

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.

What this role is all about

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.

You’ll learn on the job while getting involved in:

• 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.

For more information, please see the full job description.

What you’ll learn

During your apprenticeship, you’ll gain practical experience and develop skills in:

• 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.

What we’re looking for

We don’t expect you to know everything, this is a learning role, but we’re looking for someone who is:

• Curious, enthusiastic and eager to learn
• organised with good attention to detail
• a confident communicator, both written and verbal
• friendly and focused on providing great customer service
• comfortable working both independently and as part of a team
• willing to ask questions and take on feedback
• interested in a career in Plastering

Minimum requirements

GCSE Math’s and English at grade 4/C or above

Please note: applicants must not hold an existing qualification at the same or higher level than this apprenticeship in a similar subject.

What’s on offer?

As well as the opportunity to earn while you learn, some of our top benefits include:

• a competitive salary of £19,000 per annum
• 31 days annual leave
• up to four days paid volunteering leave each year
• excellent pension scheme

At believe housing, it’s more than just a job. You’ll be part of a supportive team where you can be yourself, grow your career, and make a difference to our customers’ lives.

How to apply

If you believe you demonstrate our values and can bring something special to this role, apply now — we’re looking forward to hearing from you.

Successful candidates will be invited to attend an assessment day at Coast House, Seaham, where you’ll get to meet us and we’ll get to meet you.

Closing date

Applications close at 11:59pm on Monday, 8 June 2026.

If you’d like to know more about these apprenticeship opportunities, please contact resourcing@believehousing.co.uk