New Career (hopefully!!)

[Jaclyn Fiddyment]

Hi, I've recently been on a two weekend tiling course to learn some basics and really enjoyed it,so thought it would be a great career to get into. Does anyone have any suggestions on how this is made possible and is it harder for females to have a career in tiling??? Plus any advice would be welcome. Thanks.

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

Hi Jaclyn welcome to the tf, i think theres a real opportunity for lady tradesmen.
Market yourself right and youll get tons of female customers. Theres loads of experienced tilers who‘ll help you on here.
Good luck.

 

[Ian]

Welcome along to TF

 

[Old Mod]

Hi and welcome to the forum Jaclyn!

 

[Italy]

Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what they happen to.

forrest gump.
Good luck and welcome to the forum. jaclin

if you want to come to Italy to work call me😉

 

[One Day]

Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what they happen to.

forrest gump.
Good luck and welcome to the forum. jaclin

if you want to come to Italy to work call me😉

I want to come to Italy please Antonio - I would prefer the Amalfi coast! 🙂

 

[Italy]

I want to come to Italy please Antonio - I would prefer the Amalfi coast! 🙂

and then ?
need anything else? lol

 

[One Day]

un nuovo inizio!

 

[Italy]

un nuovo inizio!

if you come to Italy to work .......
it's the end !!!!

 

[One Day]

I had a nice offer of 2 weeks tiling displays in Venice recently. I said no.
My wife would kill me. 2 weeks in Venice alone!

 

[Italy]

I had a nice offer of 2 weeks tiling displays in Venice recently. I said no.
My wife would kill me. 2 weeks in Venice alone!

ops ops ops!!!!!!!!
I think your wife be right.
Venice is dangerous,
for just one man 😉

 

[One Day]

Sorry Jaclyn to hijack your thread!
I would strongly suggest you try and get some experience alongside experienced tilers. A very fast way to learn.

Also - the single best piece of advice given to me when I started out:
Forget making money at first. Concentrate solely on doing an A1 job - regardless of how long it takes you.
If you ALWAYS return great work, you will build a reputation which will keep you busy - no need to advertise.

Speed and profit come in time. View your 1st couple of years as "learning while earning".

 

[Italy]

Sorry Jaclyn to hijack your thread!
I would strongly suggest you try and get some experience alongside experienced tilers. A very fast way to learn.

Also - the single best piece of advice given to me when I started out:
Forget making money at first. Concentrate solely on doing an A1 job - regardless of how long it takes you.
If you ALWAYS return great work, you will build a reputation which will keep you busy - no need to advertise.

Speed and profit come in time. View your 1st couple of years as "learning while earning".

Forget making money at first........
I remained first moment then it ......

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome...

 

[Jaclyn Fiddyment]

Sorry Jaclyn to hijack your thread!
I would strongly suggest you try and get some experience alongside experienced tilers. A very fast way to learn.

Also - the single best piece of advice given to me when I started out:
Forget making money at first. Concentrate solely on doing an A1 job - regardless of how long it takes you.
If you ALWAYS return great work, you will build a reputation which will keep you busy - no need to advertise.

Speed and profit come in time. View your 1st couple of years as "learning while earning".

Do many tilers take on trainees?

 

[One Day]

Do many tilers take on trainees?

no but most are pretty friendly and willing to pass on some skills in exchange for a bit of fetching and carrying!

 

[Jaclyn Fiddyment]

Haha ok I'll write off to some companies & see what happens.

 

[J Sid]

Hi and welcome Jaclyn, just be careful who you go with.....don't want you picking up bad habits so early in your career 😉

 

[Jaclyn Fiddyment]

Hi and welcome Jaclyn, just be careful who you go with.....don't want you picking up bad habits so early in your career 😉

Thank you & any tips for who to avoid?

 

[One Day]

Also well worth while taking up as much training (sometimes free is you ask nicely) as you can manage.
I'd suggest BAL as a starter... Tiling Training - Book Now | BAL Adhesives

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

Also well worth while taking up as much training (sometimes free is you ask nicely) as you can manage.
I'd suggest BAL as a starter... Tiling Training - Book Now | BAL Adhesives

ThatS top info, I was going to post asking about wet room training, top stuff @impish
Cheers

D

 

[Tile Shop]

ThatS top info, I was going to post asking about wet room training, top stuff @impish
Cheers

D

For wet rooms, probably your best bet would be Schluter: Training | Schlüter-Systems

 

[One Day]

For wet rooms, probably your best bet would be Schluter: Training | Schlüter-Systems

And Wedi. Both great systems and worthwhile time spent learning.

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

And Wedi. Both great systems and worthwhile time spent learning.

For wet rooms, probably your best bet would be Schluter: Training | Schlüter-Systems

Cheers for the info guys.

 

[Italy]

I also recommend a course in psychology.
to tackle customers 🙂

 

[bcd-87]

Also well worth while taking up as much training (sometimes free is you ask nicely) as you can manage.
I'd suggest BAL as a starter... Tiling Training - Book Now | BAL Adhesives

Hi Jaclyn

Welcome to TF

You will find great advice here, all of the above is spot on.. just reading through all the posts i've learnt heaps and i've been tiling for 11 years..

Stay away from builders always go with your gut feeling

 

[Unused Account 1]

Im in your area jaclyn,its best to do jobs for family and friends,friends of friends,thats how you build it up ,but best to go with a local tiler to get experience,a couple of days a week for free,thats what i did while i was at college ,went with the best guy about for free ,the best thing i did ,good luck

 

[Jaclyn Fiddyment]

Im in your area jaclyn,its best to do jobs for family and friends,friends of friends,thats how you build it up ,but best to go with a local tiler to get experience,a couple of days a week for free,thats what i did while i was at college ,went with the best guy about for free ,the best thing i did ,good luck

I haven't purchased any tools yet,didn't know whether it was best to wait until I got some experience?

 

[White Room]

Perhaps get yourself a basic kit and refrain from over spending like what blokes do🙂

 

[Jaclyn Fiddyment]

Perhaps get yourself a basic kit and refrain from over spending like what blokes do🙂

Haha great advice.

 

[Jaclyn Fiddyment]

Haha great advice.

Also can you just clarify what you would class as basic kit? Cheers