The high-quality tiling of spaces such as bathrooms, kitchens, shops, and restaurants will always be required. Sure enough, the popularity and demand for wall and floor tiling skills has remained durable down the years.
So, when you are looking for a “safe bet” in your chosen career, you could hardly do better than training to become a tiler. That still leaves the question, though, of what tiling courses would best suit your needs and ambitions.
In today’s blog post, we’re showing that you don’t necessarily need to book just one beginner’s tiling course, when you could have two courses in one go!
We are, of course, referring to the NOCN Cskills 10-day Level 1 Accredited Wall and Floor Tiling Course.
What do we mean by “two courses in one”?
As our “range-topping” wall and floor tiling course here at YTA, this 10-day accredited course effectively combines our five-day intensive tiling course in the first week, with our advanced tiling course in the second week.
Given that the aforementioned intensive tiling course is suitable for people with no prior tiling experience at all, much the same can be said for this complete 10-day course.
However, a crucial thing to know about the “full” 10-day course, is that it incorporates Cskills assessments. Specifically, those who enrol on this course will be trained and assessed in two Cskills Level 1 assessment units: Tiling A Wall with Decorative Features (Square Tiles), and Tiling A Floor with Obstacles.
Achieving both these units will give you six credits at Level 1. This means you would be awarded a ‘Skills for Tiling’ unit accreditation certificate from the highly respected construction NVQ awarding body, NOCN Cskills – a demonstration of your tiling competence to potential employers or customers.
You could hardly hope for a better foundation for your future tiling career, as you leave our course to gain more experience and look towards NVQ Level 2 training.
So, what is involved in this tiling course?
As we stated above, this 10-day course can be effectively seen as two five-day courses combined. So, let’s quickly take you through what you can expect over those two weeks:
- The first week will begin with coverage of health and safety matters, before you proceed to the preparation of surfaces and setting out tiling for kitchens. You will go on to learn about such aspects as the cutting of tiles, grouting, silicone sealing, marking and cutting tiles around obstacles, drilling holes in tiles, and full measuring and quoting.
- The second week will see you tiling a kitchen that has a diamond splashback going up to the funnel. You will also spend this week setting out with windows, diamond drilling around waste and supply pipes, and tiling in the bathroom on the floor. You will even, on the final day, install underfloor heating before tiling on it. Final questions will be answered, and certificates will be presented.
To learn more about what is covered in this course, please feel free to check out the relevant page of our website. Alternatively, you may be interested in browsing our wider range of acclaimed tiling courses.
You are also welcome to reach out to us to arrange a visit to our West Yorkshire training centre, prior to booking this course. Simply give us a call now on 01274 682199, or enquire via email.