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All of our Tiling Courses run throughout the year. Our training centre is accredited by EDI and the CCA (CITB and City and Guilds)
We offer real value for money courses giving you maximum amount of learning in the shortest possible time, the quicker you learn the quicker you can start earning.
Who is it for?
Its suitable for anyone with an interest in Tiling who wants a full career change. We accept anyone of any age!
Topics covered:
- Overview of the workshop and training
- Reasons for skilled labour shortage and why pay is high
- Tools you will be using throughout the week
- Tools needed to start a career in tiling and where to buy them
- Business advice on starting up
- Selling your services to the customer
- Tax, National insurance
- Health and Safety in domestic and workshop environments
- Environmental issues
- Public liability insurance
- CSCS cards
- How to use hand cutters
- How to use machine cutters
- Up to date with the latest laser levels
- Lots of practical time for hands on cutting of shapes out of tile
- Best ways to find work , most profitable jobs
- Total understanding of different adhesives
- All Backgrounds and how to prepare them
- Importance of setting out the job
- Setting out to British Standard methods, (know where every cut tile will be before you even start)
- Tiling your own bathroom bays
- Dealing with toilets and washbasins
- Inserting various borders
- Uneven walls
- Uneven floors
- Leveling compounds
- Tanking Systems (waterproofing)
- Under Floor Heating systems
- Wet rooms
- Creating centre pieces and geometric designs
- Toweling, tile fixing and correct spacing
- How to use manual and electric cutters
- Mitres for trims around windows
- Kitchen tiling, (sockets), diamond patterns
- Floor tiling
- Radiators
- Hole cutting
- Door finishes
- Grouting bays to finish
- Different grout talk
- Silicones
- Different tiles / porcelain / ceramic / mosaic
- Customer service (very important)
- Pricing jobs in detail
- Customer quotation sheets
- Suppliers, Tile shop trade accounts
- How to exactly measure up a job
This 4 day course above certainly delivers the goods and will give you a full understanding of all the topics above, why things work and why they don't, this will help you out immensely when you are running your own tiling business. Our teaching methods are very clear and very easy to follow, You will be looked after by 3 trainers, there is always someone close to help you out, should you need any help. We are here to help you succeed. We have made our course very straight forward and easy to follow so there is no need to worry about anything.
Don't forget you have unlimited access to our after care service when you have finished should you need any further advice.
A must if you want to put yourself ahead of the average ceramic tiler.
You will gain a full understanding of all the natural stone tiles, marble, slate, granite, porcelain, travertine, terraccotta etc. You will be fixing slate tiles to the floor and marble to the walls in this course as well as drilling holes and cutting them with diamond tipped cutting tools, you will gain an understanding of all the appropriate sealers that go with these tiles as well.
Topics covered:
- Identification
- Cleaning and Maintenance
- Knowledge of fixing and sealing Granite, Marble, Slate, Trevertine, Terrazo, Teracotta, Limestone, Quarry Tile
- Sealing
- Stain removal
- Different sealer products
- Prices
- Fixing slate and Marble to wall and floors.
- Cutting
- Drilling
- Use of water cooled diamond tipped hole cutters
- Use of water cooled diamond tipped machine cutters
- Cement Boards
- Wet Rooms
- Under Floor Heating
- Advanced layout design
- Random pattern tiles
- Sales and Marketing
- Different ways to make money from Tiling
This fantastic course Includes our 4 day wall and floor Tiling course and a bespoke design Tiling course for the ultimate in going self employed Wall and Floor tiling course. All the training you will ever need will be covered in depth in this time with a back up of about 50 pages of course information, you do not need a longer course than this one. This is our ultimate tiling course, simply do your training and then be able to go straight into a paying customers house and do whatever the job requires
Topics covered:
- Tools needed to start a career in tiling
- Starting up and running a business,
- Keeping books and accounts
- Tax, NI and paying your own wages explained
- Setting up trade accounts
- Trade prices for tiles and adhesives
- Health and safety in domestic and workshop environments
- Environmental issues and public liability
- Use of hand cutters / how to use
- How to use electric and flatbed tile cutters
- Lots of practical time for cutting out shapes from tile
- Best ways of finding work / advertising
- Understanding of all cement and ready mixed adhesives / where to use
- Explanation on every different background / what to do in preparation
- Advanced british standards setting out of walls, floors and kitchens
- Making and inserting borders and features
- How to deal with uneven walls
- Movement joints
- Tiling your own bathroom units
- Troweling, fixing and correct spacing of tiles
- Mitres for windows, cutting around, out of shape windows
- Creating centre pieces
- Drilling and marking holes
- CSCS cards explained, how to get them
- NVQ qualifications explained
- Kitchen tiling, sockets, diamond, brick bond patterns
- Wall and floor tiling jobs
- Dealing with radiators, washbasins and toilets
- Tanking systems
- Wet room installation
- Under floor heating system installation
- Door finishes
- Grouting and different grout explanations
- Silicones and movement joints
- Customer service
- Measuring and pricing in detail
- All natural stone tiles fixed, explained and demonstrated
- Cement boards explained
- Primers
- Advanced room layouts and designs
- Sales and marketing
- Boxing in pipework
- Latest products from tiling companies
- Random pattern tiles
- 3 Way mite trim cuts
- Archways
- Understanding site drawings
Plastering Training North East are also able to provided additional courses, for further information on each course range please click on the appropriate link below.
