OUR 4 and 8 DAY PROFESSIONAL TILING COURSES.

We offer real value for money courses giving you all the extensive tiling knowledge you will possibly need and we will cover all the situations and problems that you will encounter out on the real paid jobs.

Our 4 day course maybe short but it is extremely Intense and straight to the point. It is very well designed to take you from scratch up to giving you all practical and background knowledge you will need in the shortest possible time, you will quickly gain the confidence to go straight out and do a quality paying tiling job for a customer. We have an enviable reputation and have many independent testimonials on the tilers forums. We have created hundreds of new businesses's.

Because so many of the people we train come to us for a total career change, we pass on our 22 years experience of how to run a tiling business from keeping accounts, marketing and taxation as well, so you will know exactly what to do when you leave our course. We teach you all the tricks on how to go in and use sales techniques to win the business from the customer and simply make the money

The sales side of tiling is vital as if you dont win the business you dont do the job

We have a free aftercare service for advice on anything after you leave the course as well for total peace of mind.

You will leave our course knowing exactly how to do, where to find the business and how to make the money.

We are always asked why we do not run longer courses,

Well the answer is all training centres are artificial environments and although you can learn your skills there and knowledge of what to do, the real practice can only come from real life jobs and that's where the real practice comes from, you will learn from every paid job you do, A longer course will show you the same techniques over and over again in the same artificial mock up rooms costing you a lot more money.

We will teach you all the tiling skills you need to know in the time we have with you to do the job properly, our methods are very efficient so you will learn the skills you need very very quickly.

We feel that we do not need to run a longer course for that reason. Our reputation on delivering quality intensive straight to the point short courses is known throughout the UK.

Remember you will be with us for around 40 hours on our course, this is a lot of quality tuition, you could learn to drive a car with 40 hours of tuition, if you think of it in a different aspect.

Courses finish about 6pm

You will gain a full understanding of all the topics below by the time you leave the course and end up with an extremely detailed information book (approximate 30 pages ) on almost every different real life situation you will encounter out on the job, it will give you all the knowledge you need to overcome that problem, the book you will end up with has been nicknamed the "bible" by past students as you will refer to it many times when you come across a problem your not sure about, It is full of the experienced tips for different situations your likely to be in. Don't forget you have our free back up service as well, should you need it.

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Our 4 Day Professional Wall and Floor Tiling course.

(Please see Fees page for prices)

Course contents ;

• Overview of the workshop and training
• Reasons for skilled labour shortage and why pay is high
• Tools you will be using throughout the week
• Tools needed to start a career in tiling and where to buy them
• Business advice on starting up
• Selling your services to the customer
• Tax, National insurance
• Health and Safety in domestic and workshop environments
• Environmental issues
• Public liability insurance
• CSCS cards
• How to use hand cutters
• How to use machine cutters
• Up to date with the latest laser levels
• Lots of practical time for hands on cutting of shapes out of tile
• Best ways to find work , most profitable jobs
• Total understanding of different adhesives
• All Backgrounds and how to prepare them
• Importance of setting out the job
• Setting out to British Standard methods, (know where every cut tile will be before yo even start)
• Tiling your own bathroom bays
• Dealing with toilets and washbasins
• Inserting various borders
• Uneven walls
• Uneven floors
• Leveling compounds
• Tanking Systems (waterproofing)
• Under Floor Heating systems
• Wet rooms
• Creating centre pieces and geometric designs
• Toweling, tile fixing and correct spacing
• How to use manual and electric cutters
• Mitres for trims around windows
• Kitchen tiling, (sockets), diamond patterns
• Floor tiling
• Radiators
• Hole cutting
• Door finishes
• Grouting bays to finish
• Different grout talk
• Silicones
• Different tiles / porcelain / ceramic / mosaic
• Customer service (very important)
• Pricing jobs in detail
• Suppliers, Tile shop trade accounts
• How to exactly measure up a job
• Certificate presentation

This 4 day course above will give you a full understanding of all the topics above, why things work and why they don't, this will help you out immensely when you are running your own tiling business. Our teaching methods are very clear and very easy to follow, You will be looked after by 3 trainers, there is always someone close to help you out, should you need any help. We are here to help you succeed. We have made our course very straight forward and easy to follow so there is no need to worry about anything.

Don't forget you have unlimited access to our after care service when you have finished should you need any further advice.

NO PRIOR TILING EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

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3 Day Extension Tiling course or Refresher Course

(Please see Fees page for prices)

This 3 day extension course can be bolted onto the back of your 4 day course.

This course is all hands on tiling and you will be facing a lot more challenging situations,

COURSE CONTENTS

• Setting out more advanced awkward jobs
• Tiling more unusual layouts
• Problem solving
• Unusual designs
• 3 way trim mitres for boxing in pipework
• Square patterns with diamond inserts
• Archways
• Creating bespoke borders and features
• Tiling to plans and drawings
• This course will produce an Accredited Advanced Certificate Award in Wall and Floor Tiling

Your knowledge, Skills and confidence should be sky high after completion, ready for the customers

You can bring your cameras along to start off your portfolio of tiling work, you will be amazed at what you make out of tile

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1 Day Natural Stone Course.

(Please see Fees page for prices)

A must if you want to put yourself ahead of the average ceramic tiler.

You will gain a full understanding of all the natural stone tiles, marble, slate, granite, porcelain, travertine, terraccotta etc. You will be fixing slate tiles to the floor and marble to the walls in this course as well as drilling holes and cutting them with diamond tipped cutting tools, you will gain an understanding of all the appropriate sealers that go with these tiles as well.

Course contents;

• IDENTIFICATION
• CLEANING AND MAINTANENCE
• KNOWLEDGE OF FIXING AND SEALING GRANITE, MARBLE, SLATE, TRAVERTINE, TERRAZZO, TERACOTTA, LIMESTONE, QUARRY TILES
• SEALING
• STAIN REMOVAL
• DIFFERENT SEALER PRODUCTS
• PRICES
• FIXING SLATE AND MARBLE TO WALL AND FLOORS
• CUTTING
• DRILLING
• USE OF WATER COOLED DIAMOND TIPPED HOLE CUTTERS
• USE OF WATER COOLED DIAMOND TIPPED MACHINE CUTTERS
• CEMENT BOARDS
• WET ROOMS
• UNDER FLOOR HEATING
• ADVANCED LAYOUT DESIGNS
• RANDOM PATTEN TILES
• SALES AND MARKETING
• DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE MONEY FROM TILING
• PRE MADE STEP BY STEP NOTES FOR YOU TO TAKE AWAY AS A REFERENCE ON HOW TO FIX EACH INDIVIDUAL TILE

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8 DAY PROFESSIONAL TILING COURSE

This is our ultimate, best and most popular tiling course for anyone seriously thinking of a career change.

This 8 day intensive course covers all of our above courses and more in one continuous course, This course can give you the best possible start for a new career in ceramic and natural stone wall and floor tiling, on this course we cover just about ever possible situation you are about to encounter and gives you the knowledge on how to earn a living and be self employed as a professional wall and floor tiler. You will leave with over 50 pages of pre made notes of the course for you to refer back to.

NO PRIOR TILING EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

TWO Aset National Wall and Floor Tiling certificates are awarded once passed this course, course price includes registration and certification.

COURSE CONTENTS :

• Everything that is on the 4 Day professional tiling course above
• Everything that is on the extension course above
• Everything that is on the Natural Stone course above
• All the business start up information.
• All the advanced sales techniques needed to go out and win the business and get repeat custom.
• All the latest product information from the tiling manufactures and suppliers.

Pleases give Tracey or Debra a ring for availability and details on

0191 4274529