David James Seaman new member, advice is needed please

[David Seaman]

Hello everyone

I was a tilers assistant for about 5 years, left and have now been working in a bakery for about 5 years, I'm 32 now and last year I passed driving test (at last) and got a load of tools, decided I would try my hand at tiling on my own dropping a day at the bakery.

I have done small jobs here and there and they have built up my confidence. I have a lot of experience with natural stone and thats something I would like to get into in the future because its very rewarding.

The problem I face is I have no qualifications whatsoever even tho I have done some massive tiling jobs over the years. Problem also is that I am absolutely skint:nopity:
I'm thinking of getting a loan and sign writting the van, maybe going on a course or something, how important are qualifications in tiling?? I'm currently tiling my bathroom, I'm going to experiment a little then get some nice photos of that to show people.

Any advice is much appreciatted, cheers for listening

 

[DHTiling]

Hello and welcome.

At present you do not need qualifications to tile on the domestic market but if you do any site type work then min nvq2 is required..to access your cscs card to tile.

 

[doug boardley]

welcome to TF mate:welcome:

 

[Rich]

Hello and welcome to the forum

As Dave says it will depend on what kind of work you are going to be doing.

 

[aph257]

Welcome, got to ask are you two goalkeepers? lol

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Hi and:welcome:

 

[Andy Allen]

welcome to the forum

 

[Ian]

Welcome along

 

[kilty55]

Welcome

 

[nybor62]

welcome to the forum

 

[David Seaman]

haha yep two goalies for the price of one

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome

 

[SandyFloor]

:welcome:

 

[Mike]

Hello and welcome.
At present you do not need qualifications to tile on the domestic market but if you do any site type work then min nvq2 is required..to access your cscs card to tile.

i know the requirements are cscs card to get on site for safety reasons but who on site checks the 'tilers' are not just labourers having a go? on a site near me recently i asked a plumber i know who was tiling on site and he says the foreman was doing it himself! i'm pretty sure he's not got an nvq 2 in tiling but as nobody is policing this he gets away with it. i guess this will be happening in a lot of sites in the country and another nail in the coffin :mad2:

 

[tommyzooom]

Welcome aboard

 

[Time's Ran Out]

:welcome:

 

[carlito]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Max@ableskills]

Welcome aboard safe hands lol. If you want more info on quals give John, Angie or Gary a call at our office on 01322280202. They can explain in detail your options for qualification.