hi stuck in dead end lowest paid labouring job would like advice on carrer change

[mick86]

hi troops

i am 21 left school at 16 put off getting a job with training ended up working as a labourer loved being out on site hard work but great laugh im now sick of doing all the work for the worst money:furious3:.i am going to do a 6 week intensive tiling course :hurray: in glasgow i have a couple of bathrooms for friends and family lined up to gain experience just wondering if anyone has done a similar course and went on to do well would i learn nearly everything i need to know on this course to be able to go out and tile a bathroom or kitchen to a high standerd i realise i would not be as fast as experienced tilers but as long as i was showed all the right methods i hate cowboys any advice or tips or anything would be very much apreciated

 

[DHTiling]

hello and welcome to the forums.....i,m sure some of the course lads will point you in the right direction...

 

[White Room]

21, I wish, Your young enough to have a great career in tiling, The thing I would do in your shoe's is to eventually get the qualifications to work on site but carry on doing family and friend's for the moment and get your confidence up, And stick with the forum's, There no shame in asking any question's. After your course you could even phone tiler's explain what your doing (there nice people really) you may get the chance to work with an experienced guy who will help on the right track. All the best.

 

[Fekin]

Hi there good luck and welcome to the forums

 

[faithhealer]

Hi Mick, go for it and good luck

 

[GazTech]

Hi Mick...best of luck.....Gaz

 

[brian c]

welcome to the forums m8,what course is it you are doing?Johnstone?

 

[mick86]

yeh think so not booked any thing yet but was leaning to that one what do you think

 

[bmcg78]

hi,im from glasgow and although im not quite as young as yourself(29) i recently went on a 4 and a half day training course in Grangemouth.....maybe worth considering going on this course first as i would imagine it will be cheaper than the one your looking at and to be honest i found it really good,loads of tips and detail crammed into those days.
brian

 

[Yorkie]

Hi mick, welcome mate and good luck buddy

 

[mick86]

thanks for the encouragement and advice cheers exelant site

 

[bmcg78]

have you seen the Grange mouth course mick?
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hi brian, did you go on one of the tiling courses up here in sunny scotland???

 

[martinw]

hello matey

may your tiling course be the stairway to a big fat wallet, a garage full of Rubi cutters and a fountain of ideas for what to do when you run out of tile spacers (gues what happened to me today!)

good luck mate!

 

[Jameslloyd]

Hi mate.

Welcome to the forums its great. I was in the same shoes as you recently and decided to do a professional tiling course so i could go out, working for myself. I'm doin a course at diamond training which isn't that far from me, but its a good one so i'd have travelled to get there anyway and just got a b and b or something. Dont be afraid to travel tho because its worth finding the best course, no matter where it is. A guy just finished my one from Scotland and he loved it!

Good luck mate