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PCS Offers Real-World Hands-On Training Only.
2026 Training Programs. All Course Supplies Included!
- "PAINT MY HOUSE" Workshops (4 Hour)
- Brush & Roll Basics (2 Day)
- Paint Application 101
- Paint Application 102
- Certified Applicator Course
- Contractor Quality Control Basics (1 Day)
- Inspection Basics (2 Day)
- Inspection Instruments Workshop (1 Day)
- Airless Spray Course (2 Day)
- Surface Prep - Industrial
DIY PAINT-MY-HOUSE WORKSHOP
Taught bu Master Coach: Gary Sutton
DIY PAINT-MY-HOUSE WORKSHOP
OVERVIEW
Tips, Tricks,& Techniques
Prep, Patching and Repair
Hands-On Brush & Roller Coaching
Questions & Answers Session
AFTER CLASS PRACTICE Private Coaching:
30 Minutes" $39.50
1 Hour: $65.00
Call with request so we can be prepared.
RSVP Required
WHERE :
Hiawassee, GA 30546
Call for Details
WHEN:
1st Saturday of Each Month.
8:00am- 12pm
Afternoon Private Coaching to Refine your Craft (rsvp).
HOW MUCH:
FREE with a A Generous Charitable Donation to the Charity Of The Day.
100% OF CHARITABLE GIFT PROFITS GOES TO DESIGNATED CHARITY
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BRUSH & ROLL 101
Brush & Roll 101
A HANDS-ON QUICK-START GUIDE for Professional and DIYers. Americas only Complete 2 Day Course on Brush and Roll Applications. If your wanting to enter the Painting industry, paint you home, or just protect your investments, the Basics course teaches you the correct and rewarding painting application procedures, use, and selection.
Course: Brush & Roll 101
Type: Limited Class Size
Term: 2 Days (All Paints, Equipment, and Supplies Included)
Cost: $1,799.00
Course Location: PCS Training Facility
Prerequisites: None. Accepting all skill levels, NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
Course Description
- Brush & Roller Painting Equipment Explained
- Hands-on Brush and Roll Paint Application Basics
BRUSH & ROLL 102
Brush & Roll 102
Designed for Professional and DIYers. Americas only Complete 1 Week Course on Brush and Roll Applications, surface preparation, patching, and paint and primer technology. If you’re wanting to enter the Painting industry, paint you home, or just protect your investments, BRUSH & ROLL 101 is included into Brush & Roll 102, pus advanced training with application equipment, and an in-depth understanding of professional painting.
Course: Brush & Roll 102
Type: Limited Class Size
Term: 5 Days (All Paints, Equipment, and Supplies Included)
Cost: $3,995.0
Course Location: PCS Training Facility
Prerequisites: None. Accepting all skill levels, NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY
Course Content:
- Extensive Hands-on brush and roll paint application training.
- Training using most advanced, proven, and specialty tools in the industry.
Contractor QC Basics & Certification Courses
Course: Contractor Quality Control (QC) Basics
Location ALPHARETTA, GA and CITIES NATIONWIDE
CONTACT US FOR A LOCATION NEAR YOU
Type: Private Training
Term: 1 Day
Class: 8 Hour
Cost: $849.00
Course Location: 2300 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 700, Alpharetta GA 30009
Format: Classroom with Certificate of Completion
Prerequisites: None
Certificate of Completion Included
Course Content:
- Includes some Segments of the Hands-On Inspection Instruments Workshop
- Role of the QC Personnel, Deficiencies, Reports, Quality Control & Quality Assurance
- Specifications, Pre-Job Conference, Instrument and Visual Standards, Safety
- Surface Preparations and Application/Spray Equipment Compliance
- Ambient Conditions, Wind, Lighting, Surface Profile & Readers (steel & concrete)
- Product & Safety Data Sheets, Mixing, Surface Cleanliness, Inter-Coat Contamination
- Dry, Cure, Hardness, Holiday ⁄ Pinhole Testing, Wet Film Thickness, Dry Film Thickness
Course: PCS Contractor Quality Control (QC) Certification
Course Description: Contractor Quality Control (QC) Basics, plus Hands-on Instrument Workshop and Written Exam
Class : 2 Days
Cost: $1,499.00
Course Location: 2300 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 700, Alpharetta GA 30009
Format: Classroom, QC Basics, Hands-on Workshop, Exam, and Certification Credentials
Prerequisites: None
Certificate of Certification Included
Course Description:
Includes Contractor Quality Control Basics Course, Hands-on Inspection Instruments Training, plus Certification Exam.
INSTRUMENT WORKSHOP
Inspection Instruments Workshop
Type: Private Training
Location ALPHARETTA, GA and CITIES NATIONWIDE
CONTACT US FOR A LOCATION NEAR YOU$295.17
Term: 1 Day
Class: 8 Hour
Cost: $849.00
Course Location: 2300 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 700, Alpharetta GA 30009
Format: Classroom
Prerequisites: None
Course Content:
- Air & Surface Temp., Relative Humidity, Dew Point, Wind Speed, Ambient Data Loggers
- Instrument & Visual Standards, SSPC Standards, Moisture (wood & concrete), Lighting
- Measure and Recording Surface Profile, Replica Tape & Readers, Peak-to-Valley Height
- Surface Contaminants, Abrasive Cleanliness, Compressed Air Cleanliness, Nozzle psi.
- Holiday and Pinhole Testing (Low & High Voltage), Cure and Hardness, Gloss, Adhesion
- Type 1 & Type 2 Dry Film Thickness Gauges, Wet Film Thickness, Coating Viscosity
Course Description:
Anyone involved in specification compliance, and working in the paint and coating industry, will find Gary Sutton’s training to be both highly beneficial and informative. His hands-on course explains inspection instruments as well as their function, use, and accomplishments.
INSPECTION
Paint and Coating Inspection Basics Courses
Course: Paint and Coating Inspection Basics
Location ALPHARETTA, GA and CITIES NATIONWIDE
CONTACT US FOR A LOCATION NEAR YOU
Type: Private Training
Term: 1 Day
Class: 8 Hour
Cost: $849.00
Course Location: 2300 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 700, Alpharetta GA 30009
Format: Classroom
Prerequisites: None
Course: Advanced Coating Inspection
Type: Private Training
Term: 2 Day (Can be Designed Specifically for Individual//Company needs)
Class: 8 Hour Days
Cost: $1,499.00
Course Location: 2300 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 700, Alpharetta GA 30009
Format: Classroom
Prerequisites: None
Course Content:
- Role of the Inspector, Disputes, Deficiencies, Reports, Quality Control & Quality Assurance
- Specifications, Pre-Job Conference, Instrument and Visual Standards, Safety
- Surface Salts & Defects, Compressed Air Cleanliness, Blast ⁄ Spray Equipment Compliance
- Ambient Conditions, Wind, Lighting, Surface Profile & Readers (steel & concrete)
- Product & Safety Data Sheets, Mixing, Surface Cleanliness, Inter-Coat Contamination
- Dry, Cure, Hardness, Holiday ⁄ Pinhole Testing, Wet Film Thickness, Dry Film Thickness
Course Description:
Whether you are just stepping into inspection and the painting industry, or looking to advance your knowledge, this training is for you. You will gain core technical knowledge, confidence, and consistency related to inspection practices and quality control procedures. Any given course can be designed or adapted for the specific needs of a participant.
SPRAY PAINTING
Course: AIRLESS SPRAY PAINTING
Type: Private Training (All Paints, Equipment, and Supplies Included)
Term: 3 Days (1 Day Classroom Training, and 2 Day Hands-On Training)
Cost: $4,849.00
Course Location: PCS Training Facility
Prerequisites: BRUSH & ROLL 101, PCS CERTIFIED APPLICATOR COURSE
Course Description
Whether you are just stepping into the painting business, or looking to advance your knowledge, this spray application workshop training is for you. You will gain core technical knowledge, tips, and techniques related to airless spray application procedures. Course instruction by a Graco Certified Repair Technician.
Course: CONVENTIONAL SPRAY PAINTING
Type: Private Training (All Paints, Equipment, and Supplies Included)
Term: 2 Days (Classroom Training, and 2 Day Hands-On Training)
Cost: $3,899.00
Course Location: PCS Training Facility
Prerequisites: Paint & Coating Application Basics, or Facility Maintenance Painting Basics
Course Description
Whether you are just stepping into the painting business, or looking to advance your knowledge, this Conventional Spray Application Workshop is for you. You will gain core technical knowledge, tips, and techniques related to conventional spray application procedures. Course instruction by a Graco Certified Repair Technician.
Course Contents
- Hand-On Conventional spray application techniques and use
- Spray painting and spray equipment safety awareness
- Pot, Cup, Gun, Air & Fluid Hoses, and Tip and Nozzle size & selection, psi & adjustment
- Spray equipment maintenance, use & repair overview
- Paint sprayer types, and spray painting accessories
Both Courses Include: All Training Equipment, Paints, Solvents, and Equipment Supplies included in tuition.
REQUIRED Paint Clothes, Shoes, Safety and PPE Supplies are Available, but not included.
To receive a certification certificate, you must pass each exam with a score of 80% or greater.
All Training Equipment, Paints, Solvents, and Equipment Supplies included in tuition.
REQUIRED Paint Clothes, Shoes, Safety and PPE Supplies are Available, but not included.
To receive a certification certificate, you must pass each exam with a score of 80% or greater.
Course Contents
- Hand-On Airless spray application techniques and use
- Spray painting and spray equipment safety awareness
- Pump, spray Gun, Hoses, and Tip size & selection, psi & adjustment
- Spray equipment maintenance, use & repair overview
- Paint sprayer types, and spray painting accessories
SURFACE PREPARATION
Industrial Surface Preparation Basics Course
Type: Private Training / Hands-On and Classroom
Term: 3 Day (All Equipment, and Supplies Included)
Class: 8 Hour Days
Cost: $4,489.00
Course Location: PCS Training Facility in Blairsville, GA 30512
Format: Classroom
Prerequisites: None
Course Description:
Commercial and Industrial Surface Preparation Course, You will gain core technical knowledge and confidence related to surface preparation basics, water blasting, and abrasive blast cleaning practices and procedures. This course can be designed or adapted for the specific needs of a participant. The course is recommended for those planning to participate in AMPP inspector certification courses.
COVERS COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL SURFACE PREPARATION.
Course Content:
- Hands-on use of hand tools, power tools, needle guns, and abrasive blasting equipment
- Use of Comparators, Standards, & Visual Standards
- Water Blasting equipment, size, selection, and pressure requirements
- Abrasive Blasting, pots, hoses, nozzle, and equipment types, requirements and use.
- Air, abrasive, and Surface Contamination testing
CERTIFIED APPLICATOR COURSE
8 WEEK Painting Basics CERTIFIED APPLICATOR Course NEXT CLASS DATE: 5/20/2024
Starting or Advancing Your Career, PCS Training is your Answer for a Trade School in Painting! PCS Master Classes provide you with both confidence and skills. Hands-on and interactive classes and job-site training focus on application, surface preparation, QC/QA inspection. Project Specific Courses Available.
PCS Painting Basics CERTIFIED APPLICATOR Course - Level 1
Type: Limited Class Size (All Paints, Equipment, and Supplies Included)
Term: 8 Weeks Course
Cost: $8,995.00
(ALL PAINTS & SUPPLIES INCLUDED!)
Course Location: PCS Training Facilities & Various real World Job Sites tbd.
Includes:
- Combined Classroom, Workshop, and REAL WORLD Job-Site Training
- 180 Days FREE Technical Support after receiving PCS Certification
Course Description:
The House Painting Certification Course is designed to provide a foundation for those wanting to build a career in painting, advance their career, or who want to obtain PCS Certification.
No Previous Experience Necessary. All Paints and Training Supplies Included.
Course Contents:
- PCS Brush & Roll Certification Course
- Paints, Primers, Stains and Sealers Technology Course
- Basic Surface Preparation Course
- Basic Painting Inspection & Quality Control Course
- Painting Quality Control & Inspection Instruments Workshop
- Extensive Hands-on Training of Brushing, Rolling, and Surface Preparation.
EXAM CONTENTS:
The Painting Certification Course Exam consists of basic knowledge of various types of paints, coatings, equipment, supplies, and the proper use thereof. A weekly test is given on the weeks classroom and hands-on training, and must pass with a score of 80 or above. The final certification written test consists of multiple-choice questions, and actual painting of various items and structures To receive a certification certificate, you must pass each exam with a score of 80% or greater.
- NOTE: REGISTRATION REQUIRED 6 WEEKS IN ADVANCE!
Application for Acceptance Required.
The 6 Week Career Introductory Course is thorough and intense, not to mention informative with basic knowledge of important information required in the professional application of most paints and decorative finishes. Course Acceptance is required at least 6 weeks prior to class starting date.