scrubmuncher

I agree entirely with all of what you have said and I find that people skills are the only way to make money in self employment of any kind. I think alot of people doing these courses are expecting too much from it though. Almost a ticket into a trade when its anything but, surely alot of people who enter the course are looking for a helping hand, a quick fix to a life in the trade and expect that from it. On the other hand I think if you were looking for a skill to pocket extra money at the weekends, it could set you up nicely. I can only comment on what I hear and read about new tilers and experiences trying to get a leg up and the strugglers seem to outweigh the guys who fullfill the expectations. Just looking at the amount of brand new tools that go up for sale tells me people are jumpin the gun. Any idea on the actual success rate? I'd be interested to know. Yet probably impossible to answer as just as many will be in it for the experience, not a life changing experince in business.