Is an ICA worth getting??

[MIKEY88]

I'm interested in becoming a tiler and I want to get the qualifications I need, so I've been looking online and came across a page in this forum from 2008 http://www.tilersforums.com/tiling-nvqs/8509-nvq-floor-wall-tiling-3-years.html .It says that to get a level 2 NVQ to become qualified you need 3 years experience or if you have an ICA 26 weeks. I've done some looking around for more info about the benefit of getting an ICA and can't find anything. Is an ICA still relevant or is it old news??


Also I want to do a tiling course to get some basic skills, then ask a tiling company to allow me to work for them for £100 per week for a couple of months to gain some experience, then see if they want to keep me on at minimum wage until I have good tiling skills. Is there any tiling courses you'd recommend and do you think offering to work for peanuts with limited knowledge will be enough to get my foot in the door??

 

[Max@ableskills]

Hi Mikey88

ICA (Intermediate construction award) is gone now. The FCA, ICA and ACA schemes were replaced with a Cskills construction diploma. We used to run the ICA schemes here and now operate the construction diploma instead. I am sure that there must be a centre or a college in your area that run the Cskills construction diploma programs.