NOCN Cskills 10 day level 1 Accredited Wall And Floor Tiling Course

Take Your Tiling Ambition Further with Assessed Training

If you are thinking seriously about a future in tiling, give yourself time to learn the practical skills and the opportunity to have them assessed. You may want to change career, add tiling to an existing trade or begin building towards a business of your own.

YTA’s 10 Day Level 1 Wall and Floor Tiling Course combines foundation and advanced workshop training with assessment towards NOCN Cskills Level 1 unit accreditation in Skills for Tiling.

Start with preparation, setting out and cutting, then progress into decorative features, wet room tiling, natural stone and more demanding kitchen, bathroom and floor projects. Complete beginners are welcome.

Prices shown apply to course starts from October 2026.

Training location: YTA Training, Unit 12a, Factory Street, Dudley Hill, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 9NW.

Why Choose the Level 1 Tiling Route?

When you invest in learning a trade, it helps to have a clear record of what you have achieved. This route gives you foundation and advanced practical training, together with the opportunity to demonstrate your skills against NOCN assessment requirements.

Successful completion gives you formal evidence of assessed achievement that you can discuss with prospective employers or customers as you build your experience.

The Level 1 route costs £400 more than the £1,500 standard ten-day course. The difference adds assessment towards unit accreditation within the ten-day programme.

What Is the NOCN Cskills Accreditation?

You work towards the Skills for Tiling unit at Level 1, worth six credits. Assessment uses two practical tasks and associated knowledge questions.

• Wall tiling: practical work involving decorative features.
• Floor tiling: practical work involving obstacles.
• Knowledge: questions supporting the practical skills and understanding covered by the unit.

Your instructor will explain the requirements and prepare you through the practical training. Accreditation is awarded after you successfully meet the assessment requirements.

An Awarding Organisation Regulated by Ofqual

NOCN is an awarding organisation regulated by Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation, in England. The Skills for Tiling unit has defined learning outcomes, assessment requirements, and internal and external quality assurance.

Your certificate records achievement of the six-credit unit. Full qualifications, such as a Level 1 Award or an NVQ, have additional requirements.

Read more about NOCN and its Skills for Tiling unit.

Who Is This Course For?

• Career changers who want practical training with assessed achievement.
• People working towards self-employment who want to develop tiling skills and learn about measuring and quoting.
• Plumbers, bathroom fitters and kitchen fitters who want to add tiling to their services.
• Property renovators and committed DIY learners who want more extensive training and formal assessment.

You can begin without previous tiling experience. The first week introduces the core techniques before the second week develops more demanding work and includes the Level 1 assessments.

Week One: Learn the Foundations of Wall and Floor Tiling

The foundation week is included in your booking. You will work through practical projects using tiling tools, tiles, adhesives and grouts, with guidance on preparation and finishing.

Kitchen Tiling and Setting Out

Begin with health and safety, preparing surfaces and planning a kitchen layout. Practise using manual and wet tile cutters, applying tiles, grouting and silicone finishing.

Develop your setting out around a window and across a larger wall area, working on the cuts and alignment needed to bring the layout together.

Bathroom Walls and Cutting Around Obstacles

Prepare, batten and set out a bathroom training area. Explore adhesives and grouts for different situations, then work on cuts around waste pipes, basin pedestals, corners and door profiles.

Continue around baths, bath ends and shower pipes, including drilling holes through tiles. The projects give you the opportunity to ask questions as you work through the details.

Floor Tiling, Measuring and Quoting

Prepare, set out and tile a bathroom floor. You will also practise measuring projects and preparing customer quotations, using the kitchen and bathroom training areas.

Complete your supporting tiling information and review the foundation work before progressing into the advanced week.

Week Two: Advanced Tiling and Level 1 Assessment

Your second week builds on the foundations through decorative work, specialist cutting and more involved layouts. You also undertake the practical assessments and associated knowledge questions required for the Skills for Tiling unit.

Decorative Features and Detailed Layouts

Work on diamond splashbacks and decorative inserts, developing the setting-out and cutting skills needed for a more detailed design.

Windows, Reveals and Finishing Details

Develop a layout around a full window, including its reveals and surrounding wall. Work through the corners, cuts and finishing details, with further advanced practice including mosaic techniques.

Wet Rooms, Natural Stone and Specialist Cuts

Cover wet room tiling, including sloping floor layouts and tanking preparation. Explore cutting and sealing natural stone, plunge cutting and diamond drilling around waste and supply pipes.

Work on a larger bathroom area and include a decorative feature, developing your approach to planning and finishing a more involved project.

Underfloor Heating and Floor Tiling

Work on laying underfloor heating within the floor project and tiling over it, focusing on preparation and the tiling stages. Review your work and discuss questions about techniques and future practice.

Your instructor will explain how the training projects and assessment tasks fit into the programme. The unit accreditation certificate follows successful completion of the assessment requirements.

Build Towards the Work You Want to Do

You may picture yourself completing a customer’s bathroom, offering tiling alongside another trade or gradually building a business around practical work you enjoy. This course gives you a structured starting point for those plans.

Alongside practical training, you can discuss measuring and quoting, business start-up, marketing, business cards and advertising. Supporting tiling information gives you a reference to take away.

Continue developing your experience after training, working on suitable projects and building the consistency and finish your customers will expect. As your experience grows, YTA can discuss NVQ Level 2 assessment options and the requirements for progressing.

Learn with Practical Support at YTA

YTA has provided practical construction training since 2006. At our Bradford centre, you will work in realistic kitchen and bathroom training areas, with small groups and experienced instructors.

Tools and training materials are supplied for use during the course. Ask questions as you work, receive guidance on the practical techniques and use the two weeks to develop your understanding.

Read YTA student reviews or arrange a visit before booking to see the centre and discuss your course.

Choose Your Level 1 Tiling Course Date

Plan Your Two Training Weeks

Complete the course across two consecutive weeks where available, or split the weeks at no extra course cost. The foundation week must come before the advanced and assessment week.

You can book a listed split-week option online. If you need a different combination of dates, call 01274 682199 or email info@ytatraining.com before booking so the team can confirm both weeks.

Course teaching: Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm.
Centre opening hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm.

Training takes place at YTA Training, Unit 12a, Factory Street, Dudley Hill, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 9NW. See our travel information and local accommodation guide.

Include Level 1 Tiling in a Five-Week Programme

This course counts as two paid weeks towards our current five-weeks-for-four offer. Pay in full for four eligible weeks, then arrange a fifth standard week worth £750 free.

A programme for someone working towards bathroom replacement projects could include:

• 10 Day Level 1 Tiling Course: £1,900, including assessment.
• 10 Day Plumbing Course: £1,500 for the standard practical option.
• 5 Day Plastering Course: FREE under the offer, usually £750.

25 training days for £3,400 including VAT. Usual combined price £4,150. Save £750. The tiling assessment addition is already included in this total.

The standard plumbing and plastering courses in this example are Non-accredited with certificate of attendance.

How to Book and Claim Your Free Week

1. Choose four paid weeks using the dates and Add to Cart options at the bottom of the individual course pages. Two ten-day courses meet this requirement.
2. Check both weeks of each course and pay in full. Make sure the dates do not overlap.
3. Leave the free week out of your cart. Email or call YTA when you book, or immediately after paying.
4. Give your name, telephone number, paid booking details, chosen free course and preferred available start date. YTA checks availability, manually books the bonus week and confirms it with you.

Contact info@ytatraining.com or 01274 682199. Your free week is not automatically reserved at checkout.

Take your bonus week within six months of your first course start date and follow the full offer terms. Dates are subject to availability. Assessment additions do not count as extra training weeks.

If you choose 5 Day Kitchen Fitting as your bonus week, the offer covers £750 of its £825 price. The team arranges the remaining £75 supplement.

Explore the 4 Week Multi-Skill Course and 9 Week Ultimate Multi-Skill Course for other combinations.

Level 1 Tiling Course Questions

Can a complete beginner take this course?

Yes. The first week introduces the core wall and floor tiling skills before you progress to the advanced work and assessments.

What accreditation can I achieve?

Successful assessment leads to NOCN Cskills Level 1 unit accreditation in Skills for Tiling, worth six Level 1 credits. You receive a unit accreditation certificate.

Is the £400 assessment addition included?

Yes. The £1,900 total includes the £400 assessment addition. Book this Level 1 course once; you do not need to buy the standard ten-day course separately.

What is the difference from the standard ten-day course?

Both routes include foundation and advanced practical training. This Level 1 route adds assessment towards NOCN Cskills unit accreditation. The £1,500 standard course is Non-accredited with certificate of attendance.

Can I split the two weeks?

Yes, at no extra course cost. Choose a listed split-week option online, or contact YTA before booking if you need a different combination of weeks.

Is this an NVQ Level 2?

This course provides Level 1 unit accreditation. An NVQ Level 2 is a separate qualification with its own experience and assessment requirements. YTA can discuss that route as you develop your tiling experience.

Can I upgrade after starting a standard course?

Speak to YTA early in your first week so the team can discuss the full ten-day route and plan the assessment requirements with you.

Related Tiling Courses and Useful Information

• Compare all YTA tiling courses
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• 2 Day Floor Tiling Course
• 3 Day Bathroom Tiling Course
• 5 Day Intensive Tiling Course
• 5 Day Advanced Tiling Course
• 10 Day Intensive Tiling Course

You can also explore plumbing, plastering, carpentry and joinery, kitchen fitting and multi-skill courses.

Read our course and qualification guide, frequently asked questions and booking terms and conditions, or contact YTA for help choosing.