Are short course providers diluting the tiling trade.?

[peteablard]

Absolutely yes! They give the impression you can learn to tile in a few weeks then go out into the real world and earn good money when in fact that couldn't be further from the truth. How many bodged jobs do we see on here that have been done by so called tillers? I' love to know how many of them have been done by someone who has walked into their first paid domestic job straight from a course, lied about how long they have been doing it then ruin the job. I'm not slagging off everyone who wants to get into tiling through the short course route but there needs to be some regulations put in place before an innocent member of the public gets seriously injured because someone has stuck 20mm stone to a painted wall with tubbed addy because the 7 day course provider hasn't fully explained about substrate preparation. Lets be honest how much can you seriously learn in a week or two tiling a booth with perfectly flat walls/ floors.

 

[peteablard]

Yes Dave, I do think this trade is going down hill, the skills are being diluted day by day, tiling used to be a trade, but not anymore it seems.

I like you and many other members of this forum, who are real tilers, should feel resentment towards the pretenders.

That's quite a reserved reply from you Phil, I expected you to go off like one of the rockets I'm watching through my lounge window:lol:

 

[peteablard]

Just to add though, I have worked with tilers who have come through the short course route and those who appreciate it won't be a walk in the park and aren't doing it to try and make an easy living and some of them have been pretty good and taken a lot of pride in their work......

 

[White Room]

yea they are and that is with all trades not just tiling

I agree Mike, It's the fact that that some courses are saying theres a shortage of thousands of tradesmen......oh please.

 

[DHTiling]

Just to add though, I have worked with tilers who have come through the short course route and those who appreciate it won't be a walk in the park and aren't doing it to try and make an easy living and some of them have been pretty good and taken a lot of pride in their work......

This thread isn't dissing the newbies... it is the providers..

 

[Gazzer]

This thread isn't dissing the newbies... it is the providers..

Quite true Dave, after all its those that are getting short changed.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

i would say both its to easy for these course providers to take there money and offer false promises

I would agree with you Michael, and you Dave, I am sure you feel the same, you can't learn any trade in four weeks. I love this forum, and respect many of the members, but I can't see how a short course can make a tiler.

 

[DHTiling]

Is it time tilersforums.com stopped promoting these courses..?.. does such and established forum need to punish the industry anymore..?

 

[charlie1]

Having been tiling now for arround 5yr Im not a new guy but i still have lots to learn but i will give you my honest view... In my area, I know who the competition is... very poor appart from 1 or 2 out of maybe 20 or so people advertising there tiling servicies. If I was the likes of phil or dave... longstanding tilers who take pride then i would be peed off tbh. Some people are tilers just to make money, others are inspired to tile and the money comes along with it! I have a guy ta me the now asking what course he should go on....the 1 or the two week, im trying to get it through to him that if he is ever going to make it, it wont be because he chose a certain course, its an inner desire to continually improve!! A lot of prople do think the can do a 4 week course and there tilers... having seen it from both sides i really feel sorry for them, if only they knew what was in front of them!!

 

[peteablard]

This thread isn't dissing the newbies... it is the providers..

Just wanted to make sure I didn't offend anyone Dave.........