West Midlands Tilers

[liam]

Does anybody know of any West Midlands Tilers that take on trainee's.

I have sent emails galore to Tiling companies in the west midlands, and i havent finished yet, however, i wondwered through experience if anyone has or is training with a good company. if it helps i am looking to do a course from Chase to get some basics and am willing to pay the costs of future courses to get my foot in the door.

any help would be great as i seem to be getting no where fast at the minute.

thanks

Liam

[Sir Ramic]

None that I know of anymore, There are a few around here that take on subbies but its mainly splashback work and site work.

[Dan]

Same. It's tough enough for businesses to fund their main staff in the construction trades just recently. There have been signs of improvement this quarter apparently, homes being sold more, mortgages being granted more. Though on the flipside there's been quite a bit more DIY I think too.

Keep at it.

I think the best possible route to get in the trade about now would perhaps be; get your training, do friends and family to build up experience, start trying to network during the whole process with other trades, shops/suppliers and generally start to advertise locally. Keep contacting firms and keep updating them when you have more experience and generally just creep and go, creep and go.

Good luck mate.

[david campbell]

i would agree with dan also
or you could try and contact a member close by and see if they need a labourer for a day or 2,that way you will see what it's all about and get an idea if it's the right career for you

[Dan]

Ahhh, quite a few members recently have managed to bag a day or two with some top tilers around the country. Forgot to mention that, cheers David.

You could post a 'looking for experience in the west mids' thread in the main tiling forum perhaps to see if you get any takers?

[Dave]

Hi liam and good luck on your quest..


I will move your thread to the tiling forum as you have already posted a new comers thread in the New members say hi forum..

[liam]

everyone thanks for all the help and advice. i think i will try and get a basic course done then start looking for experience, so i can get something going, all advice still welcome

Cheers Liam

[aph257]

Hi Liam, it's hard at the mo, but keep going.
whereabouts are you?

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

good luck!!

[whitebeam]

Wish you all the best in your search.

[liam]

Hi Liam, it's hard at the mo, but keep going.
whereabouts are you?

Hi Aph

I live around the Stourbridge area but have got my own car so i dont mind travelling. i have to travel 25 miles to wrk at the minute so i havent got a problem with that.

[liam]

Just to let everyone know ater looking at this site and looking at reviews etc i have booked my 2 week course at Chase. unfortunatley thats all i can afford at the minute and all the time off work i could get but hopefully i wont be working there much longer anyway

it starts the 15th November so hopefully after that i will get a bit further in my quest to become a tiler.

thanks for the advice and i will let you all know how i get on

[Sir Ramic]

Hi Aph

I live around the Stourbridge area but have got my own car so i dont mind travelling. i have to travel 25 miles to wrk at the minute so i havent got a problem with that.

Hmmm so do I

[GirlRacerRed]

good luck Liam. You won't regret doing your course at Chase. Come back and give us some feedback once you're done

[liam]

Hmmm so do I

Very good to know

[flaggy]

hi liam have u found a job yet lat me many thanks dave

[liam]

Hi dave.

No i havent found a job yet. Been looking everywhere. I am doing some work for family on the weekend. So i am hoping i can find some work soon, but hopefully doing the family work will get my speed up, and i can show possible employer what my work is like.

[nybor62]

good luck pal hope it works out for you