just registered

[Concept PHT]

Good luck Andy, and welcome to the debate!! 🙂

 

[micko76]

hmmmmnnn decisions, decisions! I think I fell into the trap of believing what the tiling courses websites said, ie become a self employed tiler in 4 weeks. I am 30, married and have a mortgage so I have to start earning asap and cannot afford to spend time trying to gain experience whilst earning next to nothing. If I do a 4 week course it will more than likely mean me having to leave my current job, so I will need to earn money from tiling, quickly! Would anyone recommend offering my services to local established tilers, say for one day a week, to build up my experience/confidence? Sorry for all the questions, I am just trying to cover all bases. Thanks for all the advice so far

 

[micko76]

I had not even thought of that! It would be a means to an end, could give me the chance to build up my experience and confidence. Driving is no bother, I am willing to go where the work is. I will check out the local agencies in N. Ireland. I have friends who are builders, plumbers and developers and I intend to put myself forward for work with them however I want to cover all bases and the agency work will help.Cheers for the advice

 

[micko76]

i checked with some agencies and they reckon they would be able to get me work, which is a reassurance. with regards the phone numbers, that would be great, I amtrying to get as much advice as possible and trying to gather contacts wherever. cheers for the help

 

[T & P]

Micko

Have you thought of splitting the four weeks up all of the training centres I have spoken to will let you do any combination of weeks. I'm in a similar position I could not get 4 weeks off straight from work the only I could do it would be to leave. But I can have upto 2 weeks off at a time so that is what I am doing until I have done all my tiling training plus a week of plastering and maybe even a week of plumbing. Best of luck what ever you decide. Also thanks L & R Ceramics for the agency advice.🙂

 

[T & P]

i could suggest if you do this four week course which im sure it sounds better than four days ,if you can sit for four weeks then when you have done it try registering with a couple of agencys,obviously you must drive and 99% of these agencys will take you on but you will need a couple of decent references to prove you do have the ability and youll probably find yourself on a council refurb project or a newbuild somewhere but you must be prepared to travel and they pay by the hour ,in my area its roughly £14 sheets an hour which isnt bad but i think you have to do a certain amount of meterage per day i.e 10 meters per day or something along them lines ,if you want some numbers for some agencys thats no probs kiddo😉

L & R Ceramics

Great advice mate I take it you need a CSCS to take this route🙂

 

[Concept PHT]

These days, yes you do. You will need a recognised qualification for this.

 

[Concept PHT]

or enrolled on one to complete within 12 months, like an NVQ.

 

[L & R CERAMICS]

this cscs thing is a load of codswallop but i do see why they are doing it ,as for people asking for it youll probably find its not really essential at the moment ,you can still get on sites without it ,its the health and safety one that youll probably need first ,it costs about £35 notes for the test and then the card ,some companies will even put you through this test and then take the dough back out of your wages,so i wouldnt really worry about it