How to start an in house training center for painting?

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I am looking for feedback on starting a training center for residential painting. We have a shop but it is kind of small for what I am looking at doing. Is there any creative ways I could go about purchasing, or leasing a building that is specifically for training and education?

My goal would be to hire on young men and women who are interested in the painting trade and have a facility to train them in before they every step foot on a job. For example, there would be a class room to learn about products and applications. Then there would be actually rooms built out and small exterior walls build out with different substrates to actually train applications.

I would hire some of my current employees to be paid extra to run classes and training.

What do you think? Am I dreaming too big or is this something I could accomplish? How could I go about making this happen?

julie · Answer

Branden, this is such an inspiring vision! Creating a dedicated space for hands-on learning and product education feels like it could become a huge asset for both your community and your team. No such thing as a "dream too big" 🙌

Have you looked into similar training programs across North America? I would reach out to the program manager or a person who runs the training program and network to learn more.

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