Critical news for ALL TILERS (or is it?) As a professional tiler you dedcide....

[Gazzer]

My thoughts too Darren, not that i disagree with the principle just not the way it has been said here.

 

[Deleted member 1779]

One of the messages in there was that if people reacted quickly to register then training is FREE.

If thats the case then there could be some merit in just getting your name on a list. I hope some of the tile training units on here can come and clarify.
Date of post is 5th July 2010 so there seems to be 20 working days left to sort out an application. Or just under a month.

I guess if its free and say for example your course is booked for October then you have plenty of time to pull out. But there is only a short time to apply.

Looking forward to seeing how this thread develops.

 

[Gazzer]

One of the messages in there was that if people reacted quickly to register then training is FREE.

If thats the case then there could be some merit in just getting your name on a list. I hope some of the tile training units on here can come and clarify.
Date of post is 5th July 2010 so there seems to be 20 working days left to sort out an application. Or just under a month.

I guess if its free and say for example your course is booked for October then you have plenty of time to pull out. But there is only a short time to apply.

Looking forward to seeing how this thread develops.

But training centres can get you funding anyway, Chase Tiling Academy did for me ....sounds like a scare tactic to me maybe cos they are short of students ? I still think people should do the NVQ2 though especially if you can get funding...its always there then.

 

[The D]

TTA and CAA have not heard of this so it is not going to happen any day soon.
bit shady if you ask me

 

[Dan]

There you go then.

I didn't think it'd be coming in domestic-wise as it's too hard to 'police'. Customers just don't understand the benefits right now of making sure your tiler is NVQ qualified. And all these 'bid for the cheapest tiler you can' type websites promote the exact opposite.

 

[mikethetile]

If insurance companies would only insure qualified tradesmen then we have the advantage over the chancers , it would save them money as we take care to look after our customers the best we can

 

[Scott]

Scaremongering? Sounds like one company trying a different 'marketing angle' if you ask me.
I dont agree with that 'style' of marketing if thats what it is and id go out of my way to avoid that particular company if i was looking for the qualification.

If they cant stop people doing electrical work or window fitting without providing the required certificates it certainly isnt going to happen in tiling any time soon. The country is on its knees financially the lat thing the UK needs right now is to spend huge amount of money on stuff like this. Lets get out of the mess we are in before we start to regulate the industry

 

[Colour Republic]

I can't see this changing anything. Do you really think these people work with insurance anyway? Or that joe public even thinks to check if they have any? All it will do is stop them from working on sites, which if they are rubbish they get kicked off anyway

 

[The D]

the chancer will have no insurance so they will just carry on as they are it is not doable IMO.

 

[Scott]

I can't see this changing anything. Do you really think these people work with insurance anyway? Or that joe public even thinks to check if they have any? All it will do is stop them from working on sites, which if they are rubbish they get kicked off anyway

No one on domestic work has EVER asked me about my insurance. I volunteer the information instead.

I dont think refusing insurance is the way to go as it rules out a competent person who doesnt have the qualifications but has the experience required to do the job.

 

[mikethetile]

the whole ethos behind the cscs system was that everyone who traded was competant to do so

those of us who have complied have been seriously let down by the current system, I understand the argument about the unqualified working as people will employ them. let them, they will learn the hard way to go to an insured qualified tradesmaan

 

[Colour Republic]

the whole ethos behind the cscs system was that everyone who traded was competant to do so

those of us who have complied have been seriously let down by the current system, I understand the argument about the unqualified working as people will employ them. let them, they will learn the hard way to go to an insured qualified tradesmaan

But what does that achive Mike? these people are causing damage now without this system and it will be no different if it were to come in. The only difference is that it may force good timeserved tradesmen who don't have the qulifications to no longer be able to get insurance.

In anycase an NVQ doesn't makes you a professional in my eyes. That all depends on the person.

 

[Slowly Learning]

I have no formal qualification in tiling. I do however have insurance up the yang and carry documents and portfolio of work to show my customers on first conatact. I only do domestic work and touch wood have always left my customers happy to recommend me. I do understand the need to keep the chancers out as I am Part P qualified and pay throught the nose to be on a scheme to allow me to comlplete electrical work. However I just dont have the funds or the time to get an NVQ2 in tiling if this is to come in I would be forced into hanging up my trowels and miss doing a trade that I really enjoy. Is this a real possibility or just some training centres ploy to get people through the door? Who would we have to contact to confirm building control?

 

[mikethetile]

thats the beauty of the system Rob, good timeserved tradesmen are given a nvq and shouldnt have to compete with unqualified/uninsured pricecutters

 

[mikethetile]

sl you have to get your current work assessed by an nvq assessor

theres funding available if you do it now