true saint

hi iam off to oz in jan08 and would like to hear any tiling stories good or bad we are heading to perth in western autralia.
just doing 4 weeks pts at warrington and hoping i can make it

CLAYS TILES

good luck m8

postie

Did you not need a recognized qualification to work in Oz?

myhometiling

my sister moved to perth 12years ago.
the big thing out there is solid wooden floors..

calvy

true saint

hi postie my wife is a specialist nurse so we got in that way iam am a manager for a national builders merchant-but have lost my way need to refocus on life so a new challenge is my goal
i know its nit going to be easy but i dont give up easy and i belive pts are good been down to see them seem ok
have read many threads ref them.
hats off to you guys this isnt a job you can pick uo over night many sleepless night ahead no doubt.thanks for posting. ts
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thanks clays tiles is that your name.
any advise is welcome as you can imagine.
hope iam not going to shoot myself in the foot.

ts

myhometiling

emailed my sis. her hubby is a chippy out there.
he says the going rate for tilers in perth is 200 - 250 dollers per day which
works out about £75 - £100 a day, any trade that u go for has to be assessed before u can do anything, by the time all paper work is in place it will take at least 3months before u can work.

calvy

true saint

thanks for the info do you think the 4 week course will give me enough to get started.
thanks ts

Fekin

I think it may be risky just doing a 4 week course then nothing until you move over there, then getting assessed on your quality of work "how ever they do it" if you haven't tiled after the course.
Once you've done the course try and get some more tiling done for any friends or family members that want some doing to keep your hand in as much as possible.

devonmark

start putting some feelers out here for work for after you have done your course, family and friends...obviously if your already working it's going to be weekends but this way you will have at least some experience of real world tiling for when you hit oz..good luck on the course, don't be afraid to ask questions even if you think they sound stupid, you can bet that someone else is thinking or wanting to ask the same quesion.
Mark.

Plastering & Tiling Solutions.

GazTech

No...probably end up working in a bar...sorry

"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten"

guy1976

when you do your course ask your tutor to explain about floor screeding as in oz its a tilers job because a lot of propertys over there have got floor drains to make washing the floors easier and you will have to screed the floor so the water will run down the drains if that makes sense

true saint

hi gaz hope not will try and keep out of the bar trade
unless someone is buying.
thanks ts
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will do thanks for the advise.
but are the floors not already done with a built in fall for this purpose.ts
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thanks for the adise gaz will try and make a go of it bar work doesnt suit me.
i know i will not be a pro tiler but give a guy a go who dares wins is the moto.
ts