NVQ 6 Week Tiling Course

Have you considered that after just 6 weeks of tiling training you could be in employment or self employed to the standard of a Professional Tiler, enabling you to have the confidence to move on to gaining an NVQ.

Able Skills has devised a 6 week professional tiling course which differs from any other Tiling Training Centre in the UK

Able Skills can offer you reality like no other Centre can!

Able Skills is an NVQ Assessment Centre

Able Skills dedicated Tiling Centre has all of the facilities you will find once you are working within the Tiling industry. We do have standard perfect bays like other Centres although ours are a lot bigger! We use these to start you off with and take you through your first steps in learning to tile.

In addition, we also have fully fitted bathroom and kitchen areas within our Tiling Centre which will allow you to deal with reality as you become more confident and progress through the weeks on this Tiling course.

We also have shower cubicles, columns, steps, arches and much more. Able Skills facilities are second to none; we have the largest Tiling Training Centre in the UK and have designed it to cater for every kind of Tiler, whether you want a 5 day course or if you want a professional Tilers course or even qualifications, Able Skills can cater for everyone.

Warning

We are aware that there are many training providers who are advertising that you can achieve NVQs within 10 or 15 days, this simply isn’t possible. You cannot expect to be close to being competent enough in just 10 or 15 days and to believe that you would be is just setting yourself up for disappointment. Please choose your Training Provider carefully

In addition, we have the staff and processes in place to move you forward to gain an NVQ. At the end of your 6 weeks training if you choose, you can register with Able Skills and immediately be working towards gaining your NVQ. We feel that this is the recommended minimum training time required to enable you to be a proficient tiler and a suitable NVQ candidate.

Training required to complete this Professional Tiling course will take place in full at Able Skills dedicated Tiling Centre. As an approved training provider, you can be assured that all facilities in place meet industry standards and adhere to City & Guilds and Construction Awards Alliance requirements.

Our full time Tiling Instructors at Able Skills are all time served tradesmen, qualified to NVQ levels and additionally, have teaching and assessing qualifications as well as the required qualification for the purposes of internal verification.

Throughout the 6 weeks of tiling training, we will also cover health and safety, which tools are essentially required, which tool to use for each job, how much they cost, general maintenance and how often they need replacing etc.

We are keen to ensure that once you have finished your tiling training that you have a comprehensive understanding of what tools and other items you will need to be fully equipped to start your tiling work.

Week 1

Week 1 will teach you tiling basics, starting from scratch you will learn how to tile both wall and floor areas and gain a complete understanding of the requirements for any area you are planning to tile.

•    Setting out your tiling work.
•    Explaining all the different adhesives used for different surfaces.
•    Demonstrating all the tools required.
•    Cutting tiles using wet tile cutters, dry tile cutters, tile scribes, tile snips and tile saws.
•    Explaining tiling involving Borders, Diamonds and Patterns.
•    How to cut around windows and reveals.
•    How to cope with tiling difficult areas such as uneven walls.
•    How to tile angled ceilings and socket areas.
•    How to tile splash-backs.
•    How to tile around boxed in pipes.

You will work in an area equipped with sanitary ware so you will learn how to cut around obstacles such as WCs and pedestals using quality tools such as RUBI cutters. You will also be shown how to grout and finish to a high standard and how to use silicone sealants.

Week 2

Week 2 is an advanced training week, providing you with the skills to tackle more complex areas and giving you the opportunity to build on your speed, technique and confidence.

•    How to prepare a quote
•    How to cope with more difficult obstacles such as pipes for shower attachments and toilet wastes
•    Tiling behind existing sink pedestals
•    Behind radiators
•    Tiling around sockets
•    Building speed and precision
•    Incorporating different materials including mosaics
•    Patterns including diamond pattern
•    Correct procedure to remove and replace damaged existing tiles with new tiles
•    Estimate tile quantities required for each individual job
•    Explain and demonstrate how to lay and fit under-floor heating

Week 3

Week 3 is an assessment of your skills for which successful candidates will receive a City & Guilds certificate and portfolio detailing the work done. This can be very useful to show prospective clients when you are providing quotes or tenders.

Practical activities will enable the candidate to:

•    Prepare floor and wall to receive tiles.
•    Fix Straight edge and check for level.
•    Apply adhesives.
•    Fix tiles.
•    Apply Grouting.
•    Clean tools, equipment.

Underpinning knowledge will enable the candidate to:

•    State the health & safety implications of using powdered materials and ready mixed adhesives.
•    State the need for use of PPE and SSOW
•    Give reasons for levels and straight edges.
•    Identify types of tiles.
•    Give reasons for grouting.
•    Give reasons for gaps when applying tiles.
•    State the need for a clean and tidy work area.

Week 4

This week of tiling training will teach you how to tile with 4” x 4” Natural Tumbled Marble and 12” x 12” Natural Slate. You will learn how to seal natural stone, understand required adhesives and be aware of how to enhance the stones natural features.

During this course we will cover:

•    How to prepare the wall and floor areas to receive natural stone products
•    Measure areas to calculate quantities required
•    Prep areas
•    Select and grade natural stone products
•    How to overcome the uneven thickness of the tile when laying it onto a floor.
•    Mix appropriate adhesives
•    Cutting the stone where necessary
•    Ensuring (with your instructors help) that you are working to a domestic and commercial standard of finish whilst also working clean and safe.
•    Receive a demonstration on how and why you need to seal the products prior to grouting
•    Seal the tiled area
•    Grout your completed installation
•    Clean as necessary prior to applying a necessary 2nd coat of seal

Week 5

Week 5 takes you briefly away from tiling to concentrate on aspects of preparation. We will cover Waterproofing requirements for Wet rooms etc and Floor Screeding so that even the most uneven of floors can be prepared to receive tiles.

Floor Screeding

We will take you through floor screeding on new or alteration contracts to include:

•    Calculating the quantities of materials required
•    Gauging and mixing of screeding materials
•    Transferring datum levels
•    Preparing background areas, brushed and bonded
•    Positioning screeding battens/screeds
•    Laying and finishing floor screeds level and to falls
•    Incorporating drainage inlets

Waterproofing / Tanking

We will show you how to apply specified tanking systems to these wet areas (prior to tiling) which will extinguish any doubt and ensure a tiled installation which will not fail.

We will go through the procedure of applying tanking systems from start to finish so that when you have completed your course at Able Skills you will be capable of tiling in wet areas with confidence.

You will also tile the area after having completed the tanking system so that you can see the finished article.

Week 6

Finally………….

In your final week you will work to a specification in a fully fitted kitchen or bathroom area. You will come across all of the problems a professional Tiler comes across when undertaking various jobs.

You will be expected to complete the project with little supervision, demonstrating everything you have learned in the previous 5 weeks. You will be assessed on your completed work and the assessment will also be based upon your ability to:

•    calculate materials required to complete the job,
•    the attention paid to working cleanly,
•    working methodically and
•    your awareness of health and safety.

We will be looking to ensure that you have produced a finished product that any paying customer would be happy with.

We have devised this tiling programme to reflect reality in the best way possible, we will attempt to cover every eventuality to the best of our ability to ensure that once you start working as a Tiler, nothing comes as too much of a surprise.

With the knowledge and skills achieved by attending Able Skills tiling courses, we believe that you will start out as a competent Tiler and become better skilled as years progress and you spend time on the jobs you undertake.

All of our Tiling courses are entirely hands on with excellent support and tuition provided throughout the entire time spent with us.

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