Where to go to learn?? - TilersForums.com

[Scottyboi]

Hi Guys and Gals, I am new to the forum and currently looking for a training course , preferably 4 weeks because i would like to make a living from tiling.
I live in Scotland and have noticed the centres in Edinburgh Tiler Training School, and one at Grangemouth .
I am trying to compare these to the likes of specialist training courses in Warrington and nett in newcastle. A bit confused really , i dont mind travelling if a centre further afield is better.:huh2: Any help gratefully appreciated. Regards Scott.

 

[DHTiling]

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[brian c]

i would recommend Nett but the one in Grangemouth doesnt get good feedback,the one in Edinburgh has had some good reviews aswell.

 

[mutley]

Scottyboi,
Not a pro tiler but do jobs for friends and family including the plastering before and the plumbing after :mad2:

Went down to Nett last christmas but only for the week, learnt the basics, the correct way ! Learnt loads. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Fast forward a year, doing more and more "little jobs", have visited the centre in Edinburgh, seen their work and met Antony the owner. Soon as I've got the spare cash thats where i'm going next to continue my learning curve

Not a criticism of Nett at all, just no need for me to travel south of the border now for what looks like quality training when its on my doorstep.

Hope this helps

Mutley

 

[charlie1]

Hi Scotty,

Do not be foole in to thinking you will learn a great deal more if you do a 4 week course compaired to a 1 week course, You will still have no experience in the real world and that my friend is when you realy styart to learn.

I done the course at NETT and the amount of knowllage that Darren passes on is remarkabile, he tryies to tell you how it will be in the real world to better prepaire you for when you go it alone and let me tell you he fully expects you to become a real tiler after the course and takes a great deal of pleasure in that. However he can only provide the foundation , the rest is up to you.

I have had No regrets in doing his course infact its honestly the best thing I ever done.

But as I say do not be fooled in to thinking you will be a pro tiler if you do the 4 week course. Good luck.

 

[monty]

I too done the NETT course and repeat the exact words as Charlie1

 

[UKTT Darren]

I say this all the time, a training centre is artificial, all you can do there is learn how things should be done, you will never get real life experience in a training centre, so spending 2 grand there in my opinion is a questionable, as said above you need to learn how things are done properly then get yourself out in the real world, take it easy and learn there, If you need more practice stick some boards in your garage and get some tiles and make your own problems to deal with
once you have the knowledge to fix 3 or 4 square metres of tiles on a wall or floor , what you gonna learn in the same training centre by putting another 10 metres on the same walls and floors, and once you have been taught correctly to shape tiles into any shape you want, what you gonna learn extra by cutting arround a circle then cutting arround a oval then cutting around a square, the same priciples of cutting applys to them all
Mutly above, what could you not do now in tiling, after the five days on the course and 12 months later, you should know how to tile any situation, find it strange that you want to go and do more tiling training, its a first.
Regards
Darren

 

[mutley]

Darren,
please dont think this is a criticism of the course, its not.

Unlike the bulk of folk here i'm not tiling day in and out, more like a job a month, because of this i'm not being exposed to the number of different situations like others.

I fully understand, appreciate and agree that the "real learning" is done outside the training centre. Every job i've done has taught me something else and each one has had me thinking "how can i sort this out ".

Personally I'd like to gain a little bit more experience in a training enviroment,not necessarily weeks but a day here and there, say for stone work etc. I would never shy away from work because it was somehting new to me, however, sometimes its nice not to learn at the customers (for me friends and family)expense. Maybe its a confidence thing, maybe its just me, when its all done all I want is to produce a good result that i'm happy to walk away from.

Mutley

 

[UKTT Darren]

Hi Mate
As you know the course you done was far from the basics, the 40 pages of info you take away tries to cover the situations relating to problems when you get out there on top of all the practical cutting and shaping of the tiles you done it should give you the best possible grounding to get started
You have to learn on the job, its great to start of with family and friends if you can, if you cant you just have to take on jobs that you are confident enough to do, take your time and do the best you can, there is no tradesman out there that can say hes never made a mistake as everyone has and thats the only way to learn unfortunatly, it called experience, if you take your time on a job you should be to work the situation out so it looks good, the next time your in that same situation its a lot easier as youve done it before, you have my personal email or the forums to back you up on any situation that your not sure of, so its a bit of a confidence booster to know that.
Any help needed just ask away
Regards
Darren

 

[a1tiler]

i agree with darren and charlie on this one !