who amongst us would like there son to become a tiler ?

[area tiling]

Ive got two girls , but if I ever have a son I'd be happy with whatever he'd be happy with . I wouldn't encourage him to tile because it can be hard work at times and sore on the body , plus people try to treat you like a mug at times!!

 

[judge]

As long as they are healthy and happy im happy(If they earn a decent crust at what they do ill be even happier )

 

[Ian]

It's quite funny that a lot of you think of tiling as a lower grade job, I have 9 GCSE's (a* -c grade) and 4 A levels, those qualifications got me a very good job in a well known supermarket, I climbed the ladder and hated it, tiling might not be as well recognised but, I earn more money from it and I command a damn sight more respect for what I do now. No one will ever take that away from me.

 

[charlie1]

If you become what you feel passionate about and truley enjoy then you will never work another day in your life. My daughter will hopefully find what she wants and be as lucky as me.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

It's quite funny that a lot of you think of tiling as a lower grade job, I have 9 GCSE's (a* -c grade) and 4 A levels, those qualifications got me a very good job in a well known supermarket, I climbed the ladder and hated it, tiling might not be as well recognised but, I earn more money from it and I command a damn sight more respect for what I do now. No one will ever take that away from me.

similar to myself Bri, but in my day we had O levels and A levels,,and a HNC in Building Studies to boot, all we as parents can do I think is to encourage and nurture them with the talents that nature and personality has bestowed them with.

 

[DHTiling]

Guys, we work hard for our trade , but if siblings choose another path then we just back them up , simples.

 

[Andy Allen]

shes very good at drawing.....so i could see it working, just the thought of her cover in tats..

found some pictures she did...

 

[Bubblecraft]

found some pictures she did...

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There pretty good. She should stick at art no matter what she does in life. I rarely get the chance to draw now but when I do, I disappear for hours lol.

 

[jonnyc]

agree with tony point here. we only want the best for our kids and them to be happy. the one thing our trade has against us to my mind is that there are potential problems with knees /backs that can occur early on or during middle of our careers. if we were paid really well like some specialists then this could be factored in to early retirement. reality is many have to choose something else or more probably try and set others to work for us in our field.. carpenters for example do not have the same problem i think and and continue longer for the most part than tilers in their chosen profession.
so for my six year old son i am not encouraging him to be a tiler.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Little John has been tiling 13 years now and although he looks like he just finished school and people think he's on his holidays, he can actually do a first class job (he rarely comes on the forum so I can tell a few tales). Yesterday his customer told me I must be very proud of him and how pleased they were with his work! I was very pleased we got paid and happy to be finished early for the CTD Xmas party.
When I took him away from school at 16 to go to college for Tiling he didn't want to stay and insisted he'd learn more with me - well we both got our NVQs a couple of years ago and he has a skill that will enable him to work anywhere.

 

[afright]

My son could not stand the hard work and now he's an Aircraft Technician in charge of his department and earning more than me.