Should the uk tiling trade be licenced...?

[lucius]

Dave i was about to ask what countrys do regulate trades but reading through the thread it seems Canada and Australia do they didnt when i was there only builders and that was open to abuse you just bunged someone a few quid to use the licence it will never work, their are Russsians working in the U.K. on forged, Lithuanian, Polish and other eu country passports,CIS cards and driving licences if you brought in regulation for trades that would be the least of their worries, forget it mate the only way forward is to train our youth with proper apprenticips and that wont happen in this nanny state, we are all doomed.
Lucius.

 

[sWe]

Sweden regulates tiling. If you search for "license" and my name, you should stumble across a couple of posts I've made about this.

 

[Gracer]

it seems Canada and Australia do they didnt when i was there only builders and that was open to abuse you just bunged someone a few quid to use the licence it will never work,
Lucius.

Huge fines & bannings for both parties if caught doing this here. And they do police it....at least the governing body here in Queensland does, the QBSA.

Sad about the apprenticeships, though a lot of them are changing here now with group training companies taking on the apprentices & sorting all their paperwork etc & hiring them out at hourly rates to host tradesmen. Hard too find a good one with them, however I have two at the moment & one of them is great.
I can't believe you can do an 8 week course over there & call yourself a tiler....I've had 5 different kids as apprentices over the years and none of them would be ready after even 2 years...hell I wasn't quite ready after my 4 year apprenticeship. Sure some people can pick up the basics pretty quickly...but it's all the variables & little tricks to get you out of trouble spots that takes time to learn....not to mention screeding of floors.
I also think it's important to have a working knowledge of the old methods of tiling...they still come in handy ie; wet bedding of floors & handfixing of walls & steps. Though I acknowledge these are hardly known these days.

 

[beanz]

I can't believe you can do an 8 week course over there & call yourself a tiler....

8 weeks? Mine was 1 week, and to be honest, if it wasn't for this forum, and a couple of other tradesmen i know, i'd have fallen at the 1st hurdle. You learn enough to get by on the easy jobs, everything else you have to learn day by day, at your own expense.
But then there are also a lot of tilers out there that have just come from a D.I.Y. background, with absoloutely no training whatsoever... Better me than them i say.

 

[Keith]

I would definitely agree to this becoming a recognised trade . (Is Builder a recognised trade because the state of new builds that have to be constantly repaired suggests they shouldn't be.) Tiling has no room for mistakes. Customers would be quick to tell you if something was not right.

 

[Tile Marble Granite]

No license would make you a better tiler. That's just BS, reason why there's no license requiement. I have been on the job for over two dacades, believe it or not I still learn things.

 

[Dave]

Wow ! A lot of yrs since i posted this poll.

 

[Dan]

I still think it should be licenced in some way. With the complicated tiles requiring specialist cutters and skills that have come around since this thread was started - and we're still seeing plasterers or plumbers attempting installing them, I think there should be some sort of formal training or time-served ticket that is required before installing tiles.

 

[Kevbos]

Should we be a licenced trade......it is in other countries but not the uk...


A simple yes or no.......will suffice........but if you would like to air your views then do so.......but not general chit chat please.....




p.s. poll is none public , so all votes are private....we just want to see what the majority think..

I think no because , bikes on roads are not , or electric scooters !! But also no because how do you licence tiling ,other than charging and retraining countless tilers at their cost ! I think an insurance that every builder etc and every customer should pay !on agreement of work etc to be done