Certificate III in Painting and Decorating
Course Overview
This course provides a comprehensive trade qualification in painting and decorating for both residential and commercial construction. You will gain the practical skills and theoretical knowledge required to excel as a professional painter and decorator. Please be aware that licensing requirements vary between states and territories.
Key Program Highlights
- Hands-on training for residential and commercial painting projects
- Develop expertise in surface preparation, application techniques, and color theory
- Preparation for a professional career as a qualified Painter and Decorator
- Mandatory pre-enrolment consultation to ensure the course is the right fit
- Flexible consultation options including face-to-face and video conference
Tuition fee
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Start date
Jul 2026
Sep 2026
Nov 2026
Duration
Campus
Mode of study
Fees and deadlines depend on the selected options. Fees and currency conversion are approximate.
Offer response
4 - 6 weeks after your application is submitted
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Course Overview
This course provides a comprehensive trade qualification in painting and decorating for both residential and commercial construction. You will gain the practical skills and theoretical knowledge required to excel as a professional painter and decorator. Please be aware that licensing requirements vary between states and territories.
Key Program Highlights
- Hands-on training for residential and commercial painting projects
- Develop expertise in surface preparation, application techniques, and color theory
- Preparation for a professional career as a qualified Painter and Decorator
- Mandatory pre-enrolment consultation to ensure the course is the right fit
- Flexible consultation options including face-to-face and video conference
Requirements
The requirements may vary based on your selected study options.
Modules
- Erect and dismantle restricted height scaffolding
- Work safely at heights
- Operate elevated work platforms up to 11 metres
- Calculate costs of construction work
- Work effectively and sustainably in the construction industry
- Plan and organize work
- Conduct workplace communication
- Carry out measurements and calculations
- Read and interpret plans and specifications
- Erect and maintain trestle and plank systems
- Handle and store painting and decorating materials
- Use painting and decorating tools and equipment
- Remove and replace doors and door and window components
- Prepare existing coated surface for painting
- Apply paint by brush and roller
- Apply texture coat paint finishes by brush, roller and spray
- Apply paint by spray
- Match specific paint colours
- Apply stains and clear timber finishes
- Remove and apply wallpaper
- Apply decorative paint finishes
- Apply protective paint coating systems
- Work safely with lead-painted surfaces in the painting industry
- Prepare uncoated surfaces for painting
- Work safely to encapsulate non-friable asbestos in the painting industry
- Apply WHS requirements, policies and procedures in the construction industry
- Investigate business opportunities
- Organise finances for new business venture
- Apply trowelled texture coat finishes
- Prepare to work safely in the construction industry
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Tuition fee
Apply by
Start date
Jul 2026
Sep 2026
Nov 2026
Duration
Campus
Mode of study
Fees and deadlines depend on the selected options. Fees and currency conversion are approximate.
Offer response
4 - 6 weeks after your application is submitted
