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Is a 13 day course enough to give you a base to go self employed as a tiler it doesnt seem very long
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in a word, no. it may be enough to let you do simple jobs to a reasonable standard but that's about it imo
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sean3062
Thats what i thought but when you read the feedback from the courses it doesnt paint that picture
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LM
That's obviously because there trying to sell themselves, you'll only learn the basics which won't be enough to enable you to come straight out of the traps and earn a steady living. Doing a course won't be a bad thing to give you basic understanding of the fundamentals, but nothing is going to beat working alongside a proper pro tiler for long enough until you have the ability, skill and confidence to be able to earn your own living. It might be enough to get you a start with a proper tiling company as part of a squad as an apprentice, which would be very valuable experience. How old are you?
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The younger you are the more options you have.
Due to redundancy I did a four week course, I was in my 40s with a mortgage to pay etc. so didnt have the luxury of being able to do an apprenticeship or finding someone to work along side etc.
Although my first job I helped out another tiler and he ripped me off and didnt pay me.
If you want to do a course do at least 4 weeks.
sharon
Due to redundancy I did a four week course, I was in my 40s with a mortgage to pay etc. so didnt have the luxury of being able to do an apprenticeship or finding someone to work along side etc.
Although my first job I helped out another tiler and he ripped me off and didnt pay me.
If you want to do a course do at least 4 weeks.
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if you have no experience whatsoever in tiling, basic DIY or another area of construction, then 13 days isn't enough experience to go out and work on peoples properties or be classed as 'self employed'
I'd say you should wait 3-6 months before you enter self employment if you fall into the above category ie no prior experience whatsoever and that depends on the ability of the individual as well??
in fact, i think the whole forum and the tiling world in general needs to stop saying 'they were' taught to tile by a course because they were not.
if you did 1 week, then you got a weeks worth of experience
if you did 13 days, then you got 13 days experience
if you did 4 weeks, then? you got 4 weeks experience.
what happened was, you did a period of time in a simulated setting, learned the basics THEN, came on here, worked with other tilers, read books, watched youtube vids, went on further trade related courses, maybe attended college, spent a few months/years practicing and improving and possibly done your NVQ's AND THEN you became a tiler...Surely, you have to be proficient before you go self employed and 13 days is not enough.
Nobody should ever give a tiling course the credit or the acknowledgment that they taught you to tile UNLESS you did a course and went straight out there and only ever used the methods they gave you and I doubt very much that's the case...A course is a starting point or addition of knowledge and course owners should not be telling people they are tilers or ready for self employment after 13 days with no other prior development.
this is not an attack on tiling courses, this is plain common sense that anybody can surely understand. if you are desperate/vulnerable or naive, people will always tell you what you want to hear won't they
I'd say you should wait 3-6 months before you enter self employment if you fall into the above category ie no prior experience whatsoever and that depends on the ability of the individual as well??
in fact, i think the whole forum and the tiling world in general needs to stop saying 'they were' taught to tile by a course because they were not.
if you did 1 week, then you got a weeks worth of experience
if you did 13 days, then you got 13 days experience
if you did 4 weeks, then? you got 4 weeks experience.
what happened was, you did a period of time in a simulated setting, learned the basics THEN, came on here, worked with other tilers, read books, watched youtube vids, went on further trade related courses, maybe attended college, spent a few months/years practicing and improving and possibly done your NVQ's AND THEN you became a tiler...Surely, you have to be proficient before you go self employed and 13 days is not enough.
Nobody should ever give a tiling course the credit or the acknowledgment that they taught you to tile UNLESS you did a course and went straight out there and only ever used the methods they gave you and I doubt very much that's the case...A course is a starting point or addition of knowledge and course owners should not be telling people they are tilers or ready for self employment after 13 days with no other prior development.
this is not an attack on tiling courses, this is plain common sense that anybody can surely understand. if you are desperate/vulnerable or naive, people will always tell you what you want to hear won't they
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