do you think that some training centres should be more honest

[DHTiling]

A very high percentage of our members are new comers to tiling gooner....so do you find that giving advice to them that you are doing yourself out of work..?

Have you no work on..?

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

no i don't see it like that at all and if they are trying hard i admire them and encourage them but i can control the way people come in to the trade I've said before thet an apprenticeship IMOis the best way and I'm happy with the competition at the moment

 

[DHTiling]

Not many colleges cater for apprenticeships in wall and floor tiling....and it is rare any employers do in house apprenticeships as the modern apprenticeships are the new thing...well they have been out a while..

So that is where short courses come in for those that wish to learn the BASICS..and then they can gain the experiance as they go..

I do not know of any ones that say they make you a fully qualified tile fixer after a short course.

This has been discussed many times on here and usually it is from a member that is struggling with work himself and blames the newcomers or courses for his lack of work.

The fact is gooner the market is slow in some parts of the country and also the sites are very slow...So you now have tile fixers from the sites hitting the domestic market and these are what you are competing against..and theses are the tilers that will work for cheaper rates..

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

i think it fair to say the thread should be some training centres, i simply started the thread leading on from the lad who paid £2500 and cant get any work , for general discussion , I'm in a specialist niche market and I'm not complaining for myself

 

[Aqua Tiling]

it was me that paid 2500, well it was 2640 to be exact, and after learning what i have on here, they could of been more honest.

im glad i done it but i feel i got tricked abit. also there are things i could of learnt on the course that i havent. i.e. ufh, tanking, about backer boards ect. i learnt how to tile and grout thats it.

 

[Aston]

aqua,

i really do sympathise with you mate and i mean that but you finished your course in the middle of dec 09. its only the 11th jan and in between that we've had the christmas hols, siberian snow storms...add to that a struggling economy??

sometimes its the easy option to blame. theres people who really are having a bad time of it as we speak. sometimes hard times reveal things that you didnt think were possible, theres a saying that 'desperation can reveal inspiration, cheesey yes, but anybody who's made a success of their lives has to go through hard times...

i bet if you asked all the people on here, they would tell you the same..hard times can make you or break you...come on mate, forget about what the training centres said or didnt say,,dig in there and i am sure you'll pull through this and look back in a few months at how it made you a better and stronger person...

anyway , you cant fail because you have a family behind you and everybody on here

 

[enduro]

it was me that paid 2500, well it was 2640 to be exact, and after learning what i have on here, they could of been more honest.

im glad i done it but i feel i got tricked abit. also there are things i could of learnt on the course that i havent. i.e. ufh, tanking, about backer boards ect. i learnt how to tile and grout thats it.

And i could of shown you that for £2000 :lol:

 

[Aqua Tiling]

thanks aston, you are all bloody good people

 

[Aqua Tiling]

i bet some of you could do it for 200

 

[strummerman]

I could say a few things about these sort coarses but i might get into bother in what i say but its the same in the kitchen fitting game aswell :incazzato:

 

[Spud]

I think in life everybody should be more honest, Gary 21:41

 

[doug boardley]

I think in life everybody should be more honest, Gary 21:41

it would spoil some damned good stories tho' Gary, if we had to tell the truth:lol::lol:

 

[Aqua Tiling]

especially them fishy stories aye doug

 

[doug boardley]

especially them fishy stories aye doug

ahem!!

 

[Aqua Tiling]

is that your sons biggest catch