so many narrow minded people about .
the courses are there to teach you the methods,and some of the skills that tilers use in there everyday job and as much other info in thats small space of time as possible....dont think any of them are saying that you will learn everything in 2 or 4 weeks but everyone has to start somewhere and they do give you a starting block.
many people use the courses......soldiers coming out the army is one would you rather they sat at home doing nothing and learning no new skills? kitchen fitters use the courses to add tiling to there skills,diyers use them to do home projects allsorts of people use them
not every guy/girl that goes in leaves and becomes a succesful tiler infact i would imagine it may be as low as 1 in ten stay long term as the reality as many have said is tough going,you will come up against different scenarios every day that you didnt face on the course and many wont cope with trying to find work,do the work,learn the work and out pricing jobs at night etc etc
the ones who are no good and do bad jobs will not last and are no threat to good quality tradesman long term imo,however some do come through and will learn but you get just as many bad apples who are apprentice trained believe that because i have dealt with them and see it more regularly than you would think. so its not all just course trained guys that are poor at there jobs
i started my business right at the beginning of the recession which was a nightmare,im still here and busier than ever yes i have made mistakes along the way but we all do and that was on the back of a 2 week course followed up by another half dozen courses and a constant search on this good site for theory to put into practice.
it can be done if you apply yourself and have the skills but it doesnt happen overnight
