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Do you have what it takes?

  • Are you a painting and decorating student or apprentice?
  • Do you want to be a part of Team UK, competing for your country?
  • Do you strive to challenge yourself in the longest running and prestigious P&D competition?
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Compete against more than 200 apprentices

The UK’s leading painting and decorating skills competition is the best known and longest running showcase of talent for up and coming painters and decorators, with over 200 competitors participating each year.

Tutors and employers all across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland encourage their best students and apprentices to participate in regional competitions. Using a range of Crown Paint products, students will be put through their paces as they tackle tests of skill, dexterity and accuracy all within a tight timescale.

Compete worldwide

Every year the grand finale is held at WorldSkills UK LIVE at the NEC in Birmingham. The WorldSkills UK LIVE is a unique annual celebration with over 82,000 visitors that offers exciting opportunities in further education, skills and apprenticeships.

Finalists at WorldSkills UK LIVE, not only have the opportunity to win this unique competition, but also have the opportunity to be handpicked to represent the UK at upcoming WorldSkills competitions – held in countries such as Brazil, Abu Dhabi and Russia, to be titled the best painter and decorator in the world!

Apprentice Decorator of the Year

Open from entries between 19th April - 14th May 2021

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“Reaching the final meant a great deal to me, and I’m happy to have achieved one of my goals. I’m very proud of myself to be an Apprentice Decorator of the Year winner – it’s proof that hard work pays off.”

Gatis Celmins, 2019 Gold

Apprentice Decorator of the Year

We have been supporting the Apprentice Decorator of the Year competition since 1979. Find out how the competition has evolved and meet the latest crop of competitors in our special 40th Anniversary Yearbook!

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How to enter?

  • If you are a student or apprentice, discuss entering the competition with your lecturer, training supervisor or employer.
  • If you are a lecturer, supervisor or employer consider which of your students or apprentices you could nominate for the appropriate regional final.
  • Read the competition entry instructions carefully here.
  • Complete the online competitor entry form.
  • Online entry form must be submitted by Friday 14th May.
  • You will then be contacted to confirm if your entry has been
    accepted for the competition and to advise you of the timetable and
    arrangements for the regional finals. Please note that competitor
    acceptances are subject to overall demand and therefore space
    available.

Who can enter?

The competition is open to painting and decorating students and apprentices across the UK, with the support of a lecturer, training supervisor or employer.

Registration for the competition, is open from 19th April 2021 – 14th May 2021.

To find out more about the competition, please click on the following link or contact our customer relations team on 0330 024 0297 for more information.

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