Dan

I don't think it's quite like that.

You will have 90% of your "portfolio" already made up. So it'll be a case of questions and answers I think. And with your experience you should fly though it.

You have to understand the advantages to this. It'll help get the UK tilers work. It'll help get customers jobs to a set standard. It'll help put some tilers a league ahead of those not bothering.

It's still an interesting debatable subject - but I think it's a very good thing.

Just give some of the centre's a call and have a chat, I think you'll find you'll get it quite easy with your experience.

www.tilingcoursescompanies.co.uk for some numbers to call.

Dan

tkm18

TBF my post last night was a bit harsh, i do agree there should be regulations etc.

I can see the point of the safety one btw.

But going by the posts already made, is it going o to cost me £1k to get work?


Will have to look into it via the link.

rhyd4

surely training centers not offering nvq's will have to change there ways,and people that dont advitise that get all the work from recomendations wont need and nvq

deanotile

Is your card a trade specific or is it a labourer’s card eg is it blue or green

deanotile

At the moment it is very hard for a privet centre to get accreditation to deliver NVQ. Ask chase tiling academy about the hoops they had to jump thru. The CSCS card will not affect privet work YET.

Dan

Both interesting comments there, and both very right. Training centre's are fidning it hard to get the right accreditation. You'll find most of the good ones have some backing from a governing body.

So just make sure you're calling the right training centre's when looking.

I think in many cases there is funding available.

Dan

dannyr737

most of the work i do is site work and i only have a basic skills cscs card,and if this nvq thing is true its the first i have heard of it,i lay terrazzo for a big company and can honestly say that i have never met a terrazzo tiler or ceramic tiler on a big supermarket job that was qualified in any way shape or form

deanotile

You state in your post “You'll find most of the good ones have some backing from a governing body”. Inferring that the ones without accreditation are no good.
Although I think it is good for private centres to be accredited for NVQ or the ICA/ACA, do not make the mistake of thinking that the training in a centre that dose not offer NVQ or ICA/ACA is some how inferior. In fact it can sometimes mean the opposite. Where a non-accredited centre is free to cover the things they think a tiler needs to no and are not swamped with a mountain of paper work. Meaning that the trainers have more time to spend on the students instead of cutting there way thorough all the red tape. This is not true however of an accredited centre though I am not in any way putting down the centres that are accredited. On the contrary they have worked very hard to gain accreditation and as I said they have had to jump through a lot of hoops but the fact is that they have to answer to the governing body and this can sometimes be a hindrance rather than a help.
Just in case there is any confusion as to where I stand. I am in favour of a competent and qualified work force but do still see a place for training centres that offer just the practical training.
By the way it is grate to have a place to debate these issue

Captain Slow

Hmmm..
It's white and on the back it says that I am a "Specialist Wall Tiler ONLY"

Have I got a duff one????

deanotile

No its not duff but you are only covered for wall tiling. It depends on the site agent as to whether he pulls you on it. I suspect at the moment no one will be to bothered but as we get closer to 2010 it will become much stricter and if your card is not the one for the job you are doing then you will not be allowed to work.
They have changed the rules since you did the test for the card you have.
When you go to get the wall and floor tiling card it will only be valid for one year. In that year you have to achieve the NVQ or they will not renew it.

Captain Slow

Thanks Deano,

That clears things up for me.
I've never done site work and don't really want to but, I got a CSCS just in case things didn't go to plan.

deanotile

Back in the day when I started tiling there was a roumor going around that you were going to have to where safety boots hard hats and high vis vests. No way! I said. That will never happen but look at us now.
You show me a site that lets you on with out your PPE and I will show you a cowboy outfit.