We are now a preferred supplier to the career transition partnership

If you are about to leave the forces and are thinking about a career in Plastering or Wall and Floor Tiling, come and try one of our resettlement tiling or plastering courses, we can fast track a very in depth, intensive self employed plastering or Wall and Floor tiling course, all you have to do is turn up, that's it. We take care of the rest.

WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF TESTIMONIALS ON THE WEB AND TRAINED MANY FORCE LEAVERS WHO ARE SUCCESSFULLY RUNNING THEIR OWN BUSINESS NOW.

NO PRIOR TILING EXPERIENCE IS NECCESSARY FOR OUR COURSES

5 DAY RESETTLEMENT TILING COURSE

This 5 day course covers ceramic and all natural stone tiling and certainly delivers the goods, we will give you a full understanding of all the topics below, 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.

Our course will provide you with all skills required for a self employed tiling career. We have carefully structured our program to show you the whole job from start to finish, from preparation and planning your job to finishing off and cleaning up. You'll gain a good understanding of the tools, materials and processes involved with being a tiler

Topics covered:

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 you 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 / all natural stones
• Sealing, drilling, cutting of natural stone
• Customer service (very important)
• Pricing jobs in detail
• Customer quotation sheets
• Suppliers, Tile shop trade accounts
• How to exactly measure up a job

Full course costs £595 inc vat

A 2 day Bathroom Installation Course can be added onto this course

please see below for details

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8 DAY FAST TRACK SELF EMPLOYED TILING COURSE

This ultimate course includes everything on the 5 day course above just with more practical training, it also puts you in more unusual situations to tile and more difficult set outs to do, if your thinking about full self employment this course will give you the best possible start

COURSE CONTENTS

• Tools needed to start a career in tiling
• Starting up and running a business,
• Keeping books and accounts
• Tax, NI and paying your own wages explained
• Setting up trade accounts
• Trade prices for tiles and adhesives
• Health and safety in domestic and workshop environments
• Environmental issues and public liability
• Use of hand cutters / how to use
• How to use electric and flatbed tile cutters
• Lots of practical time for cutting out shapes from tile
• Best ways of finding work / advertising
• Understanding of all cement and ready mixed adhesives / where to use
• Explanation on every different background / what to do in preparation
• Advanced british standards setting out of walls, floors and kitchens
• Making and inserting borders and features
• How to deal with uneven walls
• Movement joints
• Tiling your own bathroom units
• Troweling, fixing and correct spacing of tiles
• Mitres for windows, cutting around, out of shape windows
• Creating centre pieces
• Drilling and marking holes
• CSCS cards explained, how to get them
• NVQ qualifications explained
• Kitchen tiling, sockets, diamond, brick bond patterns
• Wall and floor tiling jobs
• Dealing with radiators, washbasins and toilets
• Tanking systems
• Wet room installation
• Under floor heating system installation
• Door finishes
• Grouting and different grout explanations
• Silicones and movement joints
• Customer service
• Measuring and pricing in detail
• All natural stone tiles fixed, explained and demonstrated
• Slate, Travertine, Marble, Porcelain, Limestone, Terraccotta
• All sealers explained, what and where to use
• Stain removal for natural stone
• Drilling cutting and shaping of natural stone
• Cement boards explained
• Primers
• Advanced room layouts and designs
• Sales and marketing
• Boxing in pipework
• Latest products from tiling companies
• Random pattern tiles
• 3 Way mite trim cuts
• Archways
• Understanding site drawings
• Level two certificate

FULL COURSE COSTS £895 inc vat

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5 Day Plastering Course

This intensive plastering courses will enable you to prepare any surface and simply do a paying customers full ceiling or wall plastering job to a quality standard.

You will be working in your own room sized bay and have to complete a full plaster job from the boarding out of walls and ceilings to the final skim coat, We keep the numbers down to a minimum so we can give more individual attention. As well as learning all the tricks of the trade in plastering to get you up to speed quickly, you will be taken through a full understanding of running a self employed plastering business from tools to pricing jobs and dealing with customers, a full detailed information handout book will be given to all students, this valuable book will detail all the different surface preparation and different situations that you are likely to come across when plastering for a living out in the real world, plasterers alone can earn up to £250 per day

Its suitable for anyone wanting to learn how to plaster or someone who wants a full career change.

• Topics covered:
  

Plastering tools explained
• Running a self employed plastering business
• How to successfully make money from plastering
• Keeping accounts
• Tax and National Insurance
• All background preparation explained in detail
• Full hand out on what to do and where
• Prepare walls and ceilings prior to fixing boards
• How to cut and shape plasterboard
• Repairing walls after tile removal
• Bonding coats and sand and cement render coats
• Dry lining
• Dot and dab plaster boarding
• Repair work to existing walls
• Correct mixing of plaster materials
• Fixing angle beads on corners
• Dealing with windows and boxing-in
• Scrim and taping of joints
• Application of finishing plaster
• How to achieve a flat perfect finish
• Boarding out walls ready for coving to ceiling
• mixing adhesives
• cutting mitres in coving
• fixing coving
• artexing
• Covering Artex to a smooth finish
• Pricing and manual

Full Course Costs £595 inc vat

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8 DAY FAST TRACK

SELF EMPLOYED

PLASTERING COURSES

This ultimate plastering course is designed to give you as much knowledge as we can to help you succeed in running your own plastering business, on this course we cover all the details that you will cover on the 5 day course along with a lot more challenging situations and with much more practical time for learning and going over different situations you are likely to find yourself in when out in the real world plastering for a living, a must if your seriously thinking about changing career in this lucrative trade, good quality plasterers are always in demand. A full detailed information handout will be given to back up the course that you can refer to when facing different situations when you leave.

Its suitable for anyone with an interest in plastering who wants a full career change. We accept anyone willing to learn!

Course Contents

• Plastering Tools explained
• Running a self employed plastering business
• How to successfully make money from plastering
• Keeping accounts
• Tax and National insurance
• All background preparation explained
• Full back up handout on what to do and where
• Prepare walls and ceilings prior to fixing boards
• How to cut and fix plasterboard
• Repairing walls and ceilings
• Repairing walls after tile removal
• Bonding coats and sand and cement render coats
• Dry Lining
• Dot and Dab plaster boarding
• Correct mixing of plaster
• Fixing of angle beads
• Dealing with windows and boxing in
• Scrim and taping of joints
• Coving
• Application of finishing plaster
• How to achieve a perfect flat finish
• Pricing rooms
• Measuring up for materials
• Dealing with customers
• Winning quotes
• Customer service

Full Course Costs £895 inc vat

A 2 day Bathroom Installation Course can be added to this course

The above courses can be split as a 4 day tiling and 4 day plastering to make one 8 day course if preferred

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2 DAY BATHROOM INSTALLATION COURSE

Course Contents

• Understanding Plumbing tools
• Explanation of all push fittings
• Explanation of all compression fittings
• Explanation of all trap waste fittings
• Removal of sanitary ware
• Understanding of heating systems
• How to turn off water and drain down system
• Repairs to leaking taps
• Dealing with radiators
• Install taps on washbasin / bath
• Install pipe fittings
• Re Route pipework
• Dealing with toilet soil waste pipes
• Connect flexi hose waste pipes
• Manual of real life situations

Full Course Costs £250 inc vat

All the above courses include a massive detailed handout of information to back up your course knowledge that you will have received during your training, this includes setting up as self employed and running a business

We have an enviable reputation throughout the UK for the courses we run.

There are many practical exercises to be done during your course to give you as much experience as possible so you can go out with confidence and face your customers.

You will have our full back up service after you leave us should you need any assistance at any time

COURSES RUNNING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR:

Please phone Debra for course costs, details and availability