Weekend Tiling Courses

Welcome to Able Skills Various Weekend Tiling Courses

At Able Skills we enjoy the luxury of being able to be open for 7 days every week which in turn allows us to be able to provide everybody with the opportunity to learn a new skill. Those of you who are unavailable to train through the week are given the opportunity to train at weekends to learn any aspect of tiling.

Available over 2 consecutive weekends of training, we offer you the opportunity to learn tiling at various different levels. We have:

•    Intensive Tiling
•    Advanced Tiling
•    City & Guilds Assessment
•    Natural Stone
•    Tanking & Floor Screeding
•    Tiling with Mosaics (1 Weekend only)

You can choose individual Tiling courses or build Tiling packages to suit your requirements, safe in the knowledge that everything you choose is available every weekend.

Our Tiling Centre is a fantastic facility which mirrors real life and you will never be disappointed at what we have on offer here. Our dedicated team of tiling instructors are passionate about what they teach and we guarantee the same level of excellent tuition to everyone, even if you are only here for 1 weekend!!!

These are hands-on, practical courses and you will be involved at every stage and will be participating throughout the course. It is therefore recommended you bring suitable clothing and for your own safety, steel capped footwear is essential. All tools and materials will be provided throughout your training period.

Weekend Intensive Tiling: £349.00
Weekend Advanced Tiling: £375.00
Weekend City & Guilds Tiling Assessment:  £495.00
Weekend Natural Stone Tiling: £495.00
Weekend Tanking & Screeding : £395.00
Weekend Mosaic Tiling Course – 1 Weekend Only: £300.00

Weekend Intensive Tiling Course

Teaching you basic tiling principles from scratch to ensure that you have a solid understanding of how to commence and complete your tiling jobs.

•    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.

Weekend Advanced Tiling Course

Teaching you more advanced tiling techniques, understanding how to tile difficult areas, how to cut around obstacles and using more complex tiling materials.

•    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
•    Working on speed and precision incorporating different materials and patterns
•    You will be taught the correct procedure to remove and replace damaged existing tiles with new tiles
•    You will also learn how to estimate tile quantities required for each individual job
•    Explain and demonstrate how to lay and fit under-floor heating

Weekend City & Guilds Assessment

An assessment process which gives you the opportunity to work to time constraints, confirm your skill level, and build a portfolio

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.

This particular set of weekend training will provide the successful candidate with a City & Guilds Certificate reflecting Unit Accreditation.

Weekend Natural Stone Course

Teaching you how to tile and enhance the natural features of Tumbled Marble and Slate.

•    Prepare the wall and floor areas to receive natural stone products
•    Measure areas to calculate quantities required
•    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

Weekend Tanking and Screeding Course

Having learned to tile, it is also important to understand the different preparation systems in place for various different surfaces.

Tanking

Tiling in wet areas such as shower cubicles can often be a problem as there is always an element of doubt that if you apply your tiles onto plasterboard or marine ply board in wet areas, that you could encounter a failed tiled installation, in other words, the tiles may fall off after a short period of time costing you financially for the repair.

This Tanking course will show you

•    How to eliminate this problem.
•    How to apply specified tanking systems to these wet areas (prior to tiling)
•    Extinguish any doubts you may have about tiles falling off.
•    Ensure a tiled installation which will not fail.

As you will be tiling the area after having completed the tanking system, we require that you have some tiling background or have attended a tiling training course at Able Skills.

Floor Screeding

Not all areas are always instantly ready to receive tiles and you may on occasion come across floors which may need levelling. Floor screeding is set with the sole purpose of producing a true, flat, hard wearing surface which has the ability to be the base for additional coverings, such as tiles.

•    Calculate the quantities of materials required
•    Gauge and mix screeding materials
•    Transfer datum levels
•    Prepare background areas, brush and bond
•    Position screeding battens/screeds
•    Lay and finish floor screeds level and to falls
•    Incorporate drainage inlets

Weekend Mosaic Tiling Course (1 weekend only)

Teaching you how a wide range of types, sizing and finishing of Mosaics tiles can add a new look to a home. This intricate tiling system can produce a beautiful finish once you have learned all of the techniques associated with Mosaic tiling.

•    Prepare your surfaces
•    Calculate tile quantities
•    Cut the Mosaics
•    Fix the Mosaics with the correct adhesives according to your tile material
•    Grout the tiled area.

Summary

If you would like to tile for a living or just simply for the benefit of yourself and your home, Able Skills can provide you with the option to gain these skills at weekends. You now have the opportunity to gain the skills which will enable you to embark on a different career without giving up your existing job or other commitments.

Progression at Able Skills is very important to us so if you are planning a career long term, are looking to start a Tiling business or are maybe considering a route to NVQ, Able Skills also offers comprehensive training packages which cover 6 or 8 different aspects of tiling, all of which are available using weekend training.

These longer training plans delve that much deeper into tiling and give you the opportunity to use various different products: Porcelain, Ceramics, Slate, Marble, Mosaics etc and at Able Skills, we have managed to establish a regular supply of different sized and shaped products to give you the opportunity to sample a much broader range of tile.

The more time you spend with us learning to tile, the more you can establish your own technique, build speed and gain confidence; covering additional specialist tiling and other tiling related areas will ensure that tiling for a living will come easy to you.

Weekend Intensive Tiling: £349.00
Weekend Advanced Tiling: £375.00
Weekend City & Guilds Tiling Assessment:  £495.00
Weekend Natural Stone Tiling: £495.00
Weekend Tanking & Screeding : £395.00
Weekend Mosaic Tiling Course – 1 Weekend Only: £300.00

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