trade teacher wolverhampton

[samtiler]

after doing city and guilds level 1 does that mean i will be a qualified tiler and will i be able to do tiling work on domestic propertys with cscs card and as anyone been on a tiling course there

 

[Time's Ran Out]

No - Yes - No & No.
But enjoy your time on the Best Tilers Forum.

 

[Gazzer]

Qualified and experienced are 2 completely different things. The course will learn you basics but then when released into the real world of tiling ( especially on site) you will see lots of things that you weren't taught. You will also be expected to work fast. As a rule most housing sites would expect a kitchen and bathroom to be tiled in a day.....Grouted !
Sites require an experienced worker card ( wall and floor tiler) and to obtain the CSCS card it will need NVQ2.
My brother has basic card and I have the NVQ2 one, He cant get on some sites but others aren't so bothered. But If we were together I could take him on site saying that he is my labourer !

As long as you are doing domestics it doesn't apply. You don't even need a course, just get some tools and call your self a tiler ! You will not need a CSCS card.

As for the courses its not one I have heard of but then its not something I need.

 

[Dan]

Trade Teacher (Or Construction Skills College Limited) is sound. His main training centre is based in Stoke on Trent (where I live) and his NVQ assessor bloke if you do end up going down that road is Ant, who actually got tilersforums.com going with me in 2006. Knows his stuff.

Not sure on the lecturers so to speak at either stoke or wolvs though mind. I would go visit the training centre and speak to them, and the guys on any courses at the time, and get a good feel for the place yourself. Though we have good feedback about the stoke on on TilersForums if you have a look around.

Though as said. You need practise and experience to get good at any trade including tiling which is a finishing trade so your work gets scrutinised a lot. There are a lot of products that you could never use all on a course, so you'll keep coming across things that you've never used and will need to learn about still. Though it's handy to have forums and manufacturers technical lines (and data sheets) to hand. Then you only ever need to practise.

Lads in the trade 50 years till find things from time to time they've not used though to be fair. So it's a continuing learning curve. A course will help you start learning, but as Sir Ramix says, it's experience that customers wish to find in their tilers.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Good luck Sam, how long is the C&G course?

 

[TradeTeacher Emily]

Hi here at construction skills college we offer tiling courses so if you want more pratical hands on knowledge to further your skills then please give me a shout and i will be happy to give you more information or pop into the centre! Any more information and i will be happy to help.