GazTech

[quote=City Tiler;19834]It you tile already to a good standard already then don't waste your money, I have learned more of fourums like this.

If you can't tile at all then it's a good starting point "the basics". Forgive me but I did learn a few tips from the guy who taught us - how to scam & rip people off, one of his favorite sayings was "you'll get away with that", basically he taught us to tile how and what he would tile, if it was too difficult he would tell you to grossly over charge. the best thing was that we had a 20kg bag of rapidset for a group of 8, it wasn't enough and we ended up blagging it out with plaster!!!!!!!!!!!!

We were told to proundly present our certificate at tile shops to get our discount, to be honest I feel ashamed to, and they would probably laugh me out of the shop.

:icon8: Andrew[/quote]For a DIY person 4 days will help.so they can botch their own project.longer courses are for someone who enjoyed the 4 day course and wants to tile for the love of it....have you taken any other course Andrew ,to get to where you are now?If you tiled to a good standard...then why do a 4 day course?? it's beyond me....Gaz

[B]"[I][COLOR=darkgreen]The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten[/COLOR][/I]"[/B]

Fekin

Yes I agree, the 4 day courses are only for people who have never really picked up a tile in their life, and can only be taught the basics of tile fixing, and generally with only bog standrd ceramics.

I believe a lot of people think because their paying out a chunk like £350 for a 4 day course they will get far more for their money than really possible, and can lead to dissapointment in their course.

I was one for sure, but what courses could improve on is making sure what they do teach in the 4 day time span is actually correct meathods and information which mine fail on that too in areas.
As City Tiler said, this forum can teach you far more than any 4 day course could ever do "information wise" in just a few hours reading, and will always get the propper info whenever you need to ask a question regarding anything remotley to do with tiling.

A tiling course of any length can never make up for actual experiance on the job.

Dan

I think a tiling course is a really good start for somebody who isn't quite sure they can take the time off to do the old college route, nor not be earning whilst they do the course.

Before the short courses we only had tilers that were shown the ropes by tilers, on the job, working to the clock and with very little spare time to be shown the right way and explained. Sure, some good tilers come from this background but you didn't have the chance if you didn't know a tiler willing to take you on with no experience and pay you.

So these days I think there is a need for short courses, NVQ's, colleges and the tilers mate route to consider, and that's a good thing - to have the option to get into a trade you maybe really good at.

If you do a short course, then some friends and family jobs, then check the forum a bit and ask some questions and more importantly CONCETRATE ON MARKETING YOURSELF AND YOUR BUSINESS you'll get work, and then to sit with the elite you can get an NVQ, just in case there does come a day you need one to tile domestic work.... though one which gets enforced in someway too so it works.

Dan

J4CK THE RIPPER

good advice