qualified tilers

[The D]

Following on from phils thread it will be interesting to see how many of us are actually qualified and to what level ? Maybe we could set up a poll with some options sutch as L1,L2,L3,not qualified but experienced,other qualifications pleas state.
It would be nice if the ones that are qualified could put up pics of there quals.

 

[peteablard]

No qualifications for me but been tiling for about 10 years. Might have to do a 5 day course so I can get a certificate:lol: In all seriousness I will do my NVQ at some point as more and more people seem to be asking for it

 

[Jeff the tiler]

Qualified to Level 2 and only took the qualification for my blue card. The course/exam was a pretty lame.

 

[peteablard]

Qualified to Level 2 and only took the qualification for my blue card. The course/exam was a pretty lame.

That's what annoys me about doing it, I know someone who did their NVQ2 in floor laying and on the practical never laid a thing, just told the examiner how he would do it! it makes the qualification worthless IMO. Need to do it for my CSCS card though which has just reminded me it runs out next month:mad2:

 

[peteablard]

What about yourself Deano?

 

[Andy Allen]

iv'e got nowt .....lol

however ive been tiling since i left school at 16 and im 47 on sunday.....

so dose 31 years of tiling count for anything, or is a piece of paper all you need to be a qualified tiler..?

 

[The D]

What about yourself Deano?

I am NVQ level 3 and I am qualified to assess NVQ levels 2 and 3 I also have my learning and development units (Edexcel Level 3 award) but I only bothered to get the qualifications because I went in to teaching. For 20 of my 29 years in the game I was totally without qualifications.

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[The D]

iv'e got nowt .....lol

however ive been tiling since i left school at 16 and im 47 on sunday.....

so dose 31 years of tiling count for anything, or is a piece of paper all you need to be a qualified tiler..?

M8 in my eyes it counts for everything and you should have the papers to show for it.

 

[Andy Allen]

cant say ive ever been ask for them if i did have them, but i only do private work, if i wanted to go on site then i would look in to getting them, but after spending my first 15 years doing site work im in no hurry to go back.....i was getting more money 15 year ago than there paying now..lol

 

[Gazzer]

Tiling for 35 years. Only have nvq2 and that was about 5 years ago. Only got that due to contracts needing a cscs card.

 

[Aston]

i have an ocn level 2 (Open college network) from 2006.
i have a city and guilds and a btech in construction 1994.

i would do an nvq3.

 

[On one]

NVQ 2 done at college (one day a week) NVQ3 ,on site assessment(not worth the paper in was written on)

 

[The D]

NVQ 2 done at college (one day a week) NVQ3 ,on site assessment(not worth the paper in was written on)

why is that m8 ??

 

[Ian]

I started doing my 2, on site examination but, the assessor quit and was never replaced. I would like to gain as many qualifications as possible, just to prove my ability on paper. Having said that, a portfolio and recommendations are worth more than any certificate when doing domestic work IMO. Even NVQ's seem to be as easy to get as doing a weeks course now! How can that be possible?

 

[The D]

I started doing my 2, on site examination but, the assessor quit and was never replaced. I would like to gain as many qualifications as possible, just to prove my ability on paper. Having said that, a portfolio and recommendations are worth more than any certificate when doing domestic work IMO. Even NVQ's seem to be as easy to get as doing a weeks course now! How can that be possible?

If you have the relevant experience it is easy enough to get a level 2 you can do on site assessment or you can do a professional discussion . By proving you have been in the industry and discussing your work with the assessor it is possible to get the level 2 in just 3 meetings and that is not a bad thing IMHO. This dose not work for people that have no experience.