Courses

EDI Tiling Level 1 Course 5 Days

EDI 5 Day Level 1 Tiling Course

Price £350 inc vat

This is our foundation tiling course and is suitable for proffesionals, other tradespersons wishing to enter the tiling industry or enthusiastic DIY'ers.

Prior knowledge of tiling is not needed to start the course as we can start straight from scratch or if you have some proir skills we cann taylor the course to suit your needs.

The certificate gained through completing this course is a Level 1 National Award in Wall Tiling Skills through the awarding body EDI.

Although the Award does say wall tiling, you will still tile a bathroom floor on the course.

Our target is to have you leave the tiling course armed with enough information and confidence to begin your new tiling career and make a success of it, as many of our former students have. Our latest effectiveness poll returned 23 out of 30 students have set up and are enjoying their new self employed tiling careers.

Our tiling courses are unique in that we provide tiling study notes at the end of each day so you are in the right frame of mind for the following day's tiling tasks. This will enable us to cover such an extensive amount of knowledge in a short space of time giving more hands on practical training.

It doesn't take the place of tutored learning but it is always there as a reference after the course. Please feel free to book a visit and have a look around the centre and chat to tiling students already on the tiling course!!

The tiling course will be conducted as if you were involved in a tiler's working week going through all the stages of conducting everyday tiling projects.

By the end of the 5 Day Level 1 Tiling Course, you will have covered the following:-

Health and Safety (tool safety and lifting technique)
Surface Preparation (Priming, Ply boarding)
Correct Tiling Adhesives and Tiling Grouts for differing situations
Tiling Setting out (tiling a wall, tiling a floor, tiling around a window, tiling a kitchen and tiling a bathroom)
Tiling on uneven walls
Tiling techniques
Use of tile trims
Use of all Tiling tools and tilers FULL tool kit explained such as different tiling trowels and tile cutters and tile saws.
Differing tile types and characteristics. (Ceramic, Porcelain)
All aspects of cutting and drilling tiles (pipe holes, curves, toilet wastes, plugs, door ways, bath sides and shower pipes)
Silicone sealing and removal
Tricks of the tiling trade throughout the tiling course
Full Measuring and In-Depth Quoting based on your full size kitchens and bathrooms. Produce a tiling quote.
Marketing Techniques for a tiling business
Business cards, logo design and how to advertise
Insurance, CIS scheme and CSCS cards
Business Start Up
NVQ Progression route - We are an NVQ centre and can advise on you rnext steps towards gaining an NVQ Level 2 in tiling.

Please feel free to arrange a visit prior to booking. Take the tour and have a chat to students actually on the course.

5 Day Level 1 Tiling Course; the week in pictures

Monday Starting with health and safety and then moving on to preparing surfaces and setting out tiling of the kitchens. Cutting the tiles with a tile cutter and a tile wet cutter. Setting out for the feature.

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Tiling the kitchen and grouting before the day is finished.

Tuesday Polishing off the previous days work and silicone sealing to complete the tiled kitchen.

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Setting out and tiling to, and around windows and tiling down to the floor on a large area.

Wednesday Finish off previous days tiling and then talks on tile adhesive and grouts for different situations. Tiling tools and tiling tool kits explained. Battening of a bathroom including preparation and setting out. Start tiling your bathroom.

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Thursday Complete tiling the bathroom ensuring cuts to the bath, bath ends and shower pipes are appropriate for customer inspection. Drilling holes in tiles. Full measuring and quoting, preparing quotes for customers

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Friday Preparing, setting out and tiling of the bathroom floor. Tiling Question sheet hand in time and answering of any further questions. Completion of hand out folders and finish with tiling course level 1 certificate presentation.

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Extra content covered on every YTA course

Tricks of the trade throughout the course
Full Measuring and In-Depth Quoting based on your full size kitchens and bathrooms.
Marketing Techniques
Business cards, logo design and how to advertise
Insurance, TAX, CIS scheme and CSCS cards
Business Start Up
Course progression and NVQ's

Please feel free to arrange a visit prior to booking. Take the tour and have a chat to students actually on the course.

Advanced Tiling Course

In addition, you can opt to spend a further 5 days with us on our advanced tiling course. This additional 5 day tiling course will cover more complex areas of tiling and this can be taken the following week of your 5 day level 1 tiling course or at a later date.

To book please phone the YTA Team on 0800 008 63 64

Or for more information please fill in the below enquiry form.

Courses are held every week Monday to Friday.

All Course Times are: 09.00am-16.00pm