Industry Engagement
Working with Industry
Both the Company and the Charity are proud to maintain their close relationship with the plastering and drylining industry.
The Charity offers bursaries and grants to apprentices and young students entering the industry, whilst the Company also recognises plastering industry stakeholders through the Master Plasterer Certificate Scheme and the Master Plasterer’s Register.
Plaisterers’ Training Awards
The Company’s prestigious annual Plaisterers’ Training Awards, which is supported by the Charity amongst others, take place in November and is the largest event of its type in the sector and reaches out to colleges, private training providers, manufacturers and contractors across the UK who are active in the sector.
Find out more about the Training Awards.
The Prince’s Foundation
The Charity’s partnership and support for the work of The Prince’s Foundation, which commenced in 2018, continues and interviews for the Building Craft Programme identifies a new bursary student to support each year in Heritage Craft Skills generally, including heritage plasterwork training in particular.
Bursary Students:
2020/21: Greg Smith
2019/20: Jue Sota
2018/19: Esme Walker