starting college monday

[suave]

hi guys! most of you know iam a course tiler with limited experience,ive enrolled in college this week and done 2 days induction,course duration is 17th jan to 17th jun iam going to try to post a weekly diary on here what ive been taught to see how it compares to what a got taught on the private training course,good points bad points if any.a get a industry recognised certificate at the end of course and the opportunity for fastrack further study,i cant wait to get started, with the course and a few jobs under my belt and all the knowledege ive drummed into my brain from the forum,hopefully a should skate the course.
thank you all and al keep yous updated on my progress

[kilty55]

hey nice one suave,id be interested to know how you get on

are you currently trading at the moment mate

[Dave]

Look forward to your diary..

[mikethetile]

nice one mate

[TF Ed]

go get em suave
and pay attention, no talking in class !!!!!!

you'll do well mate..
ed

[Rich]

Best of luck mate. Brilliant idea for the forum as well

[mikethetile]

does this mean your going on the student riots now LOL

I was lucky with my lecturer as he had been tiling all his life, it will be interesting to see if they have made changes to the sylabus

[tfs]

Only negative thing about college tiling course is the imature youngsters who dont realy show any ambition to learn. My training allowed me to attain various accredited untis which are part of the NVQ, in addition to this they offer CSCS training and certification and allowed students to undertake PASMA training. I didnt take part in the CSCS or PASMA part as I had already aquired these prior to attending college at the time.

Most interesting parts for me was learning the basics of sand and cement screeding on floors and walls and the setting out around windows, arches and stairways etc was usefull also. Oh, and the unlimted amount of tiles to practrice with. Unfortunatly, we were not allowed to use cutters etc for the first 3 months and everything was done by hand we were even taught to cut quarry tiles with a scribe and straight pein hammer.

Hope you enjoy the course mate, good luck

[whitebeam]

Enjoy the course and don't frightened to ask any questions.

[mikethetile]

did you have to tile breeze block too tfs LOL

I remember cutting tiles with a scribe and my rubi sitting in the van in the carpark

[suave]

hey nice one suave,id be interested to know how you get on

are you currently trading at the moment mate

no m8 not trading,sold my van in the summer,but al come back fighting lol

[tfs]

did you have to tile breeze block too tfs LOL

I remember cutting tiles with a scribe and my rubi sitting in the van in the carpark

Only time we tiled on blocks was when we some steps that the bricky trainees had built for us, other than that it was plywood bays or plasterboard that we had dot and dabbed around windows etc. We wet layed onto sand and lime mix when learniong to screed.

[Phil Hobson]

Only negative thing about college tiling course is the imature youngsters who dont realy show any ambition to learn. My training allowed me to attain various accredited untis which are part of the NVQ, in addition to this they offer CSCS training and certification and allowed students to undertake PASMA training. I didnt take part in the CSCS or PASMA part as I had already aquired these prior to attending college at the time.

Most interesting parts for me was learning the basics of sand and cement screeding on floors and walls and the setting out around windows, arches and stairways etc was usefull also. Oh, and the unlimted amount of tiles to practrice with. Unfortunatly, we were not allowed to use cutters etc for the first 3 months and everything was done by hand we were even taught to cut quarry tiles with a scribe and straight pein hammer.

Hope you enjoy the course mate, good luck

Now that sounds like a good course to me, old skills should not be allowed to die imo

[mikethetile]

we were given a breeze block which we had to do 3 way cuts on the trim and then tile all four edges and the top . then grout it, it was good practice on cutting trims but you can imagine the look on my face when he told us to go get a breeze block and tile it LOL

[suave]

Only negative thing about college tiling course is the imature youngsters who dont realy show any ambition to learn. My training allowed me to attain various accredited untis which are part of the NVQ, in addition to this they offer CSCS training and certification and allowed students to undertake PASMA training. I didnt take part in the CSCS or PASMA part as I had already aquired these prior to attending college at the time.

Most interesting parts for me was learning the basics of sand and cement screeding on floors and walls and the setting out around windows, arches and stairways etc was usefull also. Oh, and the unlimted amount of tiles to practrice with. Unfortunatly, we were not allowed to use cutters etc for the first 3 months and everything was done by hand we were even taught to cut quarry tiles with a scribe and straight pein hammer.

Hope you enjoy the course mate, good luck

yer right m8 the class is full a 16yr olds,with only abot 5/6 old sweats like myself
they expect half to sack it in the first couple of weeks,looking forward to the screeding
part theres 4 weeks on that,and have no experience whatsoever,a think once uve mastered
that your half way there

[TF Ed]

hi suave
floor screeding doesnt take long to pick up, you'll be a competant in no time mate ...
if you want some extra practice, go to you builders merchants and buy a few bags of sharp sand..

1.practice forming/laying out a screed, about 6ft long and about 2ft wide and anything from 40-100mm deep
2. get a straight edge to tamp it down , and then run it towards you in a sawing action, flattening as you go
3. fill in any voids and then go over the area again, till flat and level...use a plastic devil float to rub up smooth for practice .

you will be doing them free hand in no time, no need for battens as guides. the sand will rub up fine, so dont add cement in..
in effect, you will be simply forming a nice, flat smooth length of screed at 6ft...if you can do 6ft perfectly after a couple of weeks practice, you can do 600ft, same principle, just more dots to work between

any queries, just shout out on here as norm ;0)
ed

[tfs]

mate, the screeding is good to learn but you will be sick of it after one week. I did a good few weeks of this also, I thought it was just down to the tutor lacking enuthusiasm but, perhaps its the norm to spend so long on that part. They will probs cover screeding to a fall too, that was a handy thing.