does anyone know?

[Jblake]

Hey newbie here!
Just a question i dont know if anyone knows:
If you do the north east tiling course (4 day intensive) what more do you need to do other than get experience?
thanks!

 

[GazTech]

Hey newbie here!
Just a question i dont know if anyone knows:
If you do the north east tiling course (4 day intensive) what more do you need to do other than get experience?
thanks!

welcome to forum Jblake...just stick with this forum and pick up the tips along the way......Gaz

 

[Jblake]

im really serious about going ahead with the course im just worried about afterwards and getting work

 

[GazTech]

im really serious about going ahead with the course im just worried about afterwards and getting work

If you are serious about tiling and enjoy it ...you should succeed...there are many threads here about marketing yourself......go for it !.........Gaz

 

[versatilene]

Seriously think first. I attended a course last year and it was first class, info great, teaching good, a sound grounding and value for money. BUT Training centres are churning out tilers by the shedfull, and the trade is about saturated in certain areas, you just have to look at the 'new tilers' hellos in this forum. competition for work is hard and getting harder. Unless your prepared to be agressive in selling yourself, put in long hours marketing and be able to survive for periods with not much work it's not as rosy as it first seems. Having said that being self employed can be very satisfying and I enjoy tiling so working at it.

 

[devonmark]

Hi Jblake, welcome to the forum...if you are serious and you think it is something you will take to...then go for it, yes as versa says..it's not easy and there is a lot of competition, but if you can market yourself and make good contacts, produce good work then the rewards are there...your'e never going to be a millionaire from tiling but you can have a better than average standard of living....Mark.

 

[Fekin]

Do the course and then try and do some work for family and friends to build on what you learn on the course, then advertise yourself.

 

[Falcone]

Hi Jblake,

read as much on the forums as you can, I'm about to do the NETT course next month and have learnt a lot about marketing yourself, tools, pricing jobs and a lot of other useful things just by reading the forums.

good luck mate

 

[CLAYS TILES]

welcome to the forum

 

[Varley]

Hello mate, welcome to the forums

 

[faithhealer]

did the course 18mts ago, best thing I ever did but you have to dig in sometimes. Good luck

 

[Jblake]

thanks guys for your help, should be doing the course in november.
Me and a mate will be doing it together so when weve done the course we hopefully can be working together then which im really looking forward to! does it make it harder for us to get work if there is two of us?
Thanks guys really do appreciate your help.

 

[postie]

I did the course a couple of months ago and i am trying to build my tiling buisness up while i am still holding down a full time job and believe me it is hard work doing both but if you don't try you will never know.

 

[Jblake]

how many tiling jobs have you done since you left the course. do employers accept the certificate for you to do work?

 

[Dan]

Hiya and welcome to the forum.

Take a look around the tiling forum, there's a bit of advice we've managed to accumulate over time that could prove to be beneficial for you too.