Housing prices are slowly recovering and Britain pulls out of recession. The signs are good for the construction industry and reassures all those learning trade skills or looking to begin training, that future work prospects are much improved now with many Government and private development schemes around the country being recently announced.But recovery will take time and many homeowners will choose to wait and spend money on refurbishments to help maintain both the look and value of their properties until the price of general housing stock significantly shows better figures.This means more work for skilled tradesmen, especially in those larger home improvements that enthusiastic DIY'ers might not attempt, although there will always be someone you know who would have attempted tiling their own bathroom or kitchen - it has become, like running a mile for charity - almost the universal 'must have a go' challenge!Yet as soon as they start to lay out the tiles, they realise they have not really understood those little 'how-to' tips and that's when unforeseen problems start to rear their head and another DIY disaster looms!For many reading this who have a solid background in related practical trades or whose work patterns have been seriously affected by industry cutbacks, career switching and retraining represents an attractive option. To embark by gaining a City & Guilds NVQ Tiling qualification in a relatively straightforward skills retrain can make sound sense. Courses are devised to cater for all types of time schedule requirements, so you may decide to set aside say two consecutive weekend tiling training sessions that condenses an entire course of weekdays into one.Also available are three week full NVQ fulltime courses which are strongly advised for obtaining a complete understanding and practical skillsets for most tiling jobs required in both domestic and commercial applications. This will invariably cover such basic skills as correct spacing, lining up the patterning or working neatly over or around a corner, step, or column, applying a screed and surface preparation before beginning the tiling itself.More specialised courses are on offer to know how to work with expensive natural products like Granite, Marble, Limestone and Slate, which are increasingly popular.Within a short space of time, you can be fully trained and qualified to approved competency in order to go out, get some valuable experience under the belt and help those homeowners to retile their bathrooms, shower units or kitchens whilst they wait for better house prices to come.