
Plastering & Dry Lining
Mayor’s Construction Academy
We’ve been awarded the Mayor’s Construction Academy (MCA) quality mark, which identifies and recognises high-quality construction skills training provision in London.
Real work experience for students
Leading contractor, MACS Plasterboard Systems, talk to plastering Level 2 plastering students about real work experience opportunities at Chobham Manor, London E20. Students are preparing their CVs in readiness for interviews.
Above: Level 2 plastering students with Tony Myers (left) Curriculum Manager Wet Skills, with Tom and James McLoughlin (right) of MACS Plasterboard Systems.
Endorsed as the Leading College for Plastering in London & the Home Counties
You will learn your trade in our spacious and well equipped workshops.
Did you know? A top plasterer will aim to complete 20 - 30 sq m in a day and will earn around £140 a day.
Also available at Barking & Dagenham College:
- Bricklaying
- Carpentry & Joinery
- Construction Design & Site Management
- Electrical
- Painting & Decorating
- Plumbing
- Wall & Floor Tiling
We currently have 7 courses available.
- City & Guilds Introduction to Bricklaying and Plastering Entry Level
- City & Guilds Plastering Diploma Level 1 Level 1
- City & Guilds Diploma in Dry Lining Level 2 Level 2
- City & Guilds Plastering Diploma Level 2 Level 2
- Plastering for those already employed Level 2
- Plastering for those already employed Level 3
- Plastering DIY evening course Level E
Students deliver children’s charity centre facelift
Student plumbers, electricians, painters and decorators, plasterers and trainee construction site managers from Barking & Dagenham College helped renovate a residential activity centre for underprivileged children as part of a project led by VINCI Facilities.
Watch this great video produced by Barking & Dagenham College media students Pavel Burmistrov and Ahmed Maqsood to find out more about this project and to meet the construction students involved.
Become a dry liner and earn up to £120 a day
London's construction growth means dry liners are in great demand.
Tom McLoughlin, CEO of Macs Plasterboard Systems Ltd adds:
"People from all walks of life can enjoy a job that is physical, creative, challenging and rewarding."
"Rewards are high for anyone prepared to commit themselves, work hard and product the quality required for a fundamental part of the construction process."
Video Watch: Tony Carruthers, Curriculum Manager at the College, talks about the new demand for professional dry liners and our new course.
Leading the way
Barking & Dagenham College was endorsed in 2012 by The Worshipful Company of Plaisterers as the Leading College for Plastering Tuition in London & the Home Counties
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College awarded Mayor’s Construction Academy quality mark
Barking & Dagenham College has been awarded the Mayor’s Construction Academy (MCA) quality mark, which seeks to identify and recognise high-quality construction skills training provision in London.
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Plastering project helps school
Students from Barking & Dagenham College have given up their summer holidays to help decorate a local school. The seven plastering students have spent the last week at Sanders School, Hornchurch, re-plastering the ceiling of the school’s main corridor as it prepares for the new school term.
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Trainees take top prizes at construction skills competition
Trainees from Barking & Dagenham College have scooped 4 awards at a top construction competition organised by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).