Jeepers, its all gone green. A national standard!

[bigneil]

you don't sign in for a coiuple of weeks and everything turns green.rrr:

What i want to talk about is a national standard. is there one? is there a proper level of qualification that one has to attain before one can call ones self a professional tiler?
I never heard of it, i just went tiling with some old bloke until i could afford to buy my own tools and an eastate car.

can any body in britain who owns has a tile cutter call his or herself a tiler?

is there a professional tilers guild?, if so i would like to join it, and put their stamp of approval on my paperwork and my van.

every other trade i can think of has a standard of qualification that a person must meet before they can say they are professional!

would you hire a plunber to fit your gas boiler that was't corgi registered, would you hire a sparkie that didn't have the correct qualifications?

i think it would be a good way of weeding out the cowboys and keeping the honest trades men in business, ... there are too many dodgy 'have a go cowboys' and 'handymen' undercutting good tilers!

please let me know if i am barking mad, or if i have completely missed out on some vital piece of information?


bigneil

 

[jay]

welcome to our world :8:

 

[faithhealer]

Hi Neil, don't bring 'green' up, we've been round full circle with that one!

 

[david campbell]

theres good "tilers" out there who haven't served a day of there time at all!
personally i learned through a course and teaching myself,and have been told by 2 kitchen firms that i've left better work than several so called time-served tilers,albeit there willl be many have-a-go "tilers" out there ruining it for many who love the job and are willing to leave customers houses with a respectable job behind them and there head held high

 

[Olz]

Have a look here...

For tiles, tilers, tiling and the tiles industry : The Tile Association

 

[grumpygrouter]

Neil, as far as I am aware, there is no such thing in Britain as a "qualified" tiler....

 

[Olz]

I think the only sort of things about are the TTA which not many seem to bother about, then stuff like NVQ's etc, I've never been asked if im qualified and to show my certs. Its not like plumbing where corgi / gas safe is heavily publicised, or the niec.... thingy for sparks which is probably less commonly known.