Tiling a trade for life
Gain a trade skill and you are set for life, how often have you heard that? Some trades are more in demand than others and tiling is one of those.
This skill is one that many want to learn, those wanting to gain employment in the construction industry to the man or woman who want to learn how to tile their new bathroom. Before if you wanted to learn to become a tiler you had to serve a long apprenticeship. These days there are now courses available to train and teach you the tiling trade. One such training centre is Westlink Tiling.
Westlink Tiling, owned and operated by Jim Manning offer a number of courses that will take you from beginner to an advanced level. They will also train you so that you can set up your own tiling business and avoid many of the pitfalls that can beset the first time self employed.
As Jim says "People we train come to us for a total career change or to learn a new skill. Our courses are very well designed to take the trainee from scratch all the way up to an advanced level, giving them both the practical and background knowledge they will need in the shortest possible time."
With 25 years experience of how to run a business, Westlink Tiling Training Courses know what they are about. They also offer a free aftercare service for advice on anything after you leave the course as well for total peace of mind.
The training is carried out in purpose built FULL size kitchen and bathroom bays so you can experience tiling a customer’s full requirements. Each student works in their own bay with their own tools ensuring you develop skills at your own pace.
Kitchens have the plugs, simulated units, cupboards and cooker funnels, windows and sinks in for example and the bathrooms have baths, shower pipes, WC waste pipes and ceilings. The floors are full size and not basic squares, you lay the tiles as in a real life situation.
Westlink Tiling Courses have trained many satisfied clients. We understand the importance of customer service and teach all aspects of this as customer satisfaction is paramount to repeat business and excellent referrals. . The most important service you can give to the customer is a quality job.
Course Content
- 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
- Health and Safety in domestic and workshop environments
- How to use hand cutters
- How to use machine cutters
- Lots of practical time for hands on cutting of shapes out of tile
- Best ways to find work
- Total understanding of different adhesives
- All Backgrounds and how to prepare them
- Importance of setting out the job
- Tiling your own bays
- Dealing with toilets Inserting borders
- Creating centre pieces
- Tile fixing and correct spacing
- Mitres for trims around windows
- Kitchen tiling, (sockets),
- diamond patterns Floor tiling
- Grouting bays to finish
- Different grout talk
- Silicones
- Different tiles / marble / slate / porcelain / ceramic / mosaic
- Customer service (very important)
- Pricing jobs in detail
- How to exactly measure up a job
- Most importantly tricks of the trade
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