5 Day Intensive Wall and Floor Tiling Course

Build Practical Wall and Floor Tiling Skills in Five Days

Course price: £700 including VAT

Courses starting from October 2026: £750 including VAT due to increased material costs.

• Duration: Five days, Monday to Friday
• Course times: 9:00am–4:00pm
• Experience required: None
• Class size: No more than six tiling students per instructor
• Location: YTA Training, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 9NW
• Training style: Intensive, practical and hands-on
• Qualification: Non-accredited with certificate of attendance. For a career-focused qualification route, see our 10 Day NOCN Cskills Level 1 Tiling Course.

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The 5 Day Intensive Wall and Floor Tiling Course is designed for complete beginners who want to develop genuine practical tiling skills in one focused working week.

You will spend the course working with professional tiling tools, tiles, adhesives, grouts and trims in realistic kitchen and bathroom training areas. You will learn the complete process, from preparation and setting out through to cutting, tiling, grouting and silicone finishing.

You may want to renovate your own property, add tiling to an existing trade or begin developing a skill that could eventually create additional income.

Some students continue in their existing jobs while taking on suitable tiling work during evenings and weekends. Others build their confidence and experience with the longer-term aim of becoming self-employed or working within bathroom fitting, property maintenance or construction.

Five days will not make you an experienced tiler—but it can move you from thinking about change to developing the practical skills behind it.

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Could Tiling Become More Than Just a DIY Skill?

Many people attend YTA because they want something to change.

You may be tired of your current work, concerned about job security or interested in developing a practical skill that could create more control over your future.

You might want to remain in your present job while gradually building additional weekend income. You could add tiling to plumbing, bathroom fitting, property maintenance, kitchen fitting or general building services. With continued experience, you may eventually decide to establish a tiling business of your own.

Other students prefer an employed route and use their training as the first step towards approaching bathroom companies, builders, property-maintenance businesses, housing contractors or experienced tilers looking for assistance.

The course does not guarantee employment, customers or income. Those outcomes require continued practice, experience, reliability and good-quality work.

What the course can provide is a concentrated practical foundation and a much clearer understanding of the trade.

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Who Is the Five-Day Tiling Course For?

This course is suitable for:

• Complete beginners wanting to learn wall and floor tiling
• Career changers wanting a practical introduction to the trade
• People hoping to develop towards self-employment
• People wanting to earn additional income alongside their existing job
• Plumbers and bathroom fitters wanting to add tiling to their services
• Kitchen fitters and property-maintenance workers
• Existing tradespeople wanting to become more multi-skilled
• Homeowners undertaking kitchen or bathroom projects
• Landlords and property developers
• DIY renovators wanting to avoid costly mistakes
• Students considering progressing to a ten-day or Level 1 course

No previous tiling or construction experience is required. Training starts from the beginning and can be adjusted if you already have some practical experience.

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Five Days of Intensive Hands-On Training

Tiling cannot be learned properly by watching videos alone. You need to handle the tools, spread adhesive, position tiles, make cuts and understand how preparation and setting out affect the finished result.

Throughout the week, you will work through realistic tiling tasks in YTA’s dedicated training facilities.

With no more than six tiling students per instructor, you can ask questions, receive practical support and spend the majority of the course developing skills in your training area.

If you learn quickly, the instructor may be able to introduce more challenging techniques. If you need additional practice with a particular task, the small-group environment provides greater opportunity to revisit it.

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Your Five-Day Tiling Course: The Week Explained

Monday: Preparation, Setting Out and Kitchen Tiling

The course begins with health and safety, tools and an introduction to the materials used in wall and floor tiling.

You will then move into practical surface preparation and setting out for a kitchen-style training area. You will learn to use manual and electric tile-cutting equipment under instruction before beginning to tile the kitchen area.

Topics can include:

• Health and safety
• Understanding the training area
• Surface preparation
• Priming suitable backgrounds
• Planning and setting out the kitchen
• Using a manual tile cutter
• Using a wet tile cutter
• Applying tile adhesive
• Positioning and spacing tiles
• Creating a simple tiled feature
• Grouting the completed area

Tuesday: Finishing the Kitchen and Tiling Around a Window

You will finish the previous day’s project, including cleaning, polishing and silicone sealing.

You will then develop your setting-out skills on a larger wall area containing a window. This introduces the additional planning and cutting needed to maintain a balanced layout around openings.

Topics can include:

• Cleaning and polishing completed tiling
• Removing and applying silicone sealant
• Setting out around a window
• Planning internal and external window cuts
• Using tile trims
• Maintaining level and alignment across a larger area
• Tiling down towards floor level

Wednesday: Complex Cuts and Starting the Bathroom

You will continue developing your understanding of adhesives, grouts, tile types and professional tool kits.

The practical work progresses into measuring and cutting tiles around the obstacles commonly found in kitchens and bathrooms.

You will then begin preparing, battening and setting out a realistic bathroom training area.

Topics can include:

• Selecting adhesives for different situations
• Understanding grout types and uses
• Reviewing professional tiling tools
• Cutting around waste pipes
• Cutting around basin pedestals
• Working with awkward corners and angles
• Cutting around door architraves
• Drilling suitable holes through tiles
• Preparing and battening a bathroom area
• Setting out and beginning the bathroom project

Thursday: Completing the Bathroom and Quoting Work

You will continue tiling the bathroom, working around baths, bath ends, shower pipes and other common obstacles.

The day also introduces the commercial side of tiling by explaining how to measure a project and prepare a quotation.

Topics can include:

• Continuing and completing bathroom wall tiling
• Making accurate cuts to baths and bath ends
• Cutting around shower and supply pipes
• Drilling holes in tiles
• Checking the quality of the finished work
• Measuring a realistic kitchen or bathroom
• Calculating tile quantities
• Considering materials and labour
• Preparing a sample customer quotation

Friday: Bathroom Floor, Questions and Next Steps

The final day includes preparing, setting out and tiling the bathroom floor.

You will also have the opportunity to consolidate the week’s learning, complete your supporting information and ask questions about tools, materials, future practice and course progression.

Topics can include:

• Preparing the bathroom floor
• Setting out a floor-tile layout
• Planning cuts around bathroom features
• Applying adhesive and laying floor tiles
• Reviewing the week’s practical work
• Completing course questions
• Discussing tools and recommended future practice
• Receiving your supporting information and certificate of attendance

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Wall and Floor Tiling Skills Covered

By the end of the course, you will have been introduced to a broad range of practical tiling skills, including:

• Health and safety for tiling work
• Safe tool use and lifting techniques
• Surface assessment and preparation
• Priming suitable backgrounds
• Boarding and preparation principles
• Understanding different tile adhesives and grouts
• Setting out walls and floors
• Setting out kitchens and bathrooms
• Setting out around windows and obstacles
• Working with walls that may not be perfectly even
• Applying tile adhesive correctly
• Using appropriate notched trowels
• Using tile trims
• Using manual and electric tile-cutting equipment
• Cutting around pipes, curves and toilet wastes
• Cutting around plugs, doorways and bathroom features
• Drilling suitable holes through tiles
• Understanding ceramic and porcelain tile characteristics
• Grouting tiled areas
• Removing and applying silicone sealant
• Cleaning and finishing completed tiling
• Practical tips and techniques used within the trade

Natural stone, wet rooms, tanking, underfloor heating and other advanced subjects are covered more extensively during the second week of YTA’s ten-day tiling courses.

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Measuring, Quoting and Starting a Tiling Business

Practical tiling ability is essential, but anybody considering paid work must also understand how to measure projects, calculate requirements and present a quotation.

During the course, you can be introduced to:

• Measuring realistic kitchens and bathrooms
• Calculating approximate tile quantities
• Allowing for cuts and wastage
• Considering adhesives, grouts and trims
• Thinking about labour time
• Preparing a sample customer quotation
• Marketing techniques for a new tiling service
• Business cards, logos and advertising
• Insurance considerations
• Tax and the Construction Industry Scheme
• CSCS cards and future qualification routes
• Basic business start-up considerations

This guidance is introductory. Establishing a successful tiling business also requires continued experience, good customer service, suitable insurance, accurate pricing and consistently high-quality work.

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Your YTA Tiling Reference Pack

Students receive supporting tiling information developed from YTA’s experience of delivering practical trade training.

The information is designed to provide a useful reference after the course and can include guidance on:

• Setting out different rooms and obstacles
• Tile adhesives and primers
• Surface preparation
• Tools and materials
• Grouting and silicone
• Measuring and quoting
• Business and progression considerations

The supporting information does not replace practical instruction or continued experience, but it gives you something useful to refer back to after leaving the training centre.

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What Could You Do After the Course?

Your next step will depend on your existing experience, confidence and long-term aims.

Some students use the skills to improve their own homes or renovate properties. Existing tradespeople may begin incorporating selected tiling tasks into plumbing, bathroom fitting, kitchen fitting or property-maintenance work.

Career changers may choose to:

• Continue practising within training areas or personal projects
• Work alongside an experienced tiler
• Approach bathroom-fitting or property-maintenance companies
• Begin with carefully selected smaller projects
• Continue their current employment while gaining experience
• Progress to YTA’s ten-day advanced course
• Complete the ten-day NOCN Cskills Level 1 route
• Build towards eventual self-employment

You should only accept work that is within your competence and ensure you have suitable tools, insurance and business arrangements.

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Is Five Days Enough to Start a Tiling Career?

Five intensive days can provide a valuable practical foundation and introduce you to the complete process behind several common domestic tiling projects.

It does not provide the speed, wider experience and occupational competence of an established tiler. Those qualities develop through continued practice and real work.

If five days is the training you can currently afford or fit around your existing commitments, it can still be a meaningful first step. Many students use the course to begin building skills before gradually developing their experience.

If you are able to invest in ten days, the longer course provides more practice alongside advanced techniques including natural stone, wet rooms, tanking, underfloor heating and more complex projects.

For students serious about a career, employment or future qualifications, the 10 Day NOCN Cskills Level 1 Tiling Course is YTA’s strongest starting route.

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Five-Day, Ten-Day or Level 1 Tiling Course?

From October 2026, the respective prices will be £750, £1,500 and £1,900 including VAT.

Choose the Five-Day Course If:

• You want practical wall and floor tiling skills in one week
• You are learning for renovation or property maintenance
• You want to add tiling to another trade
• You want a practical starting point for possible paid work
• You need to fit training around work or financial commitments

Choose the Ten-Day Course If:

• You are serious about tiling as a possible career
• You want more practice and instructor support
• You want to cover advanced materials and techniques
• You want to develop greater accuracy and confidence
• You want broader preparation for self-employment

Choose the Ten-Day Level 1 Course If:

• You want the same core and advanced practical training
• You want recognised NOCN Cskills Level 1 assessed units
• You want evidence of your initial training for employers or customers
• You may eventually progress towards an NVQ Level 2
• You want YTA’s strongest starting route for a tiling career

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Why Choose YTA Training?

YTA Training has delivered practical construction training since 2006 and specialises in helping adults, complete beginners and career changers develop hands-on trade skills.

Students attending the five-day tiling course benefit from:

• No more than six tiling students per instructor
• Five days of intensive hands-on training
• Realistic kitchen and bathroom training areas
• Professional tools, tiles, adhesives and materials
• Experienced tiling trainers and assessors
• Beginner-friendly instruction
• Wall and floor tiling practice
• Supporting tiling reference information
• Measuring, quoting and business guidance
• Five-day, ten-day and Level 1 routes
• NVQ Level 2 assessment routes for experienced tilers
• Hundreds of independent five-star student reviews
• Training at our Bradford centre in West Yorkshire

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do I Need Previous Tiling Experience?

No. The course is suitable for complete beginners. Training begins with preparation, tools and setting out before progressing into practical kitchen, bathroom and floor projects.

Is the Course Mainly Practical?

Yes. The course is delivered through practical workshop training using professional tools, tiles, adhesives, grouts and realistic training areas.

Will I Learn Both Wall and Floor Tiling?

Yes. The course covers wall tiling within kitchen and bathroom-style areas and introduces preparing, setting out and tiling a bathroom floor.

Will I Learn to Cut Around Pipes and Obstacles?

Yes. Practical work can include cutting and drilling tiles around waste pipes, supply pipes, corners, door profiles, bath areas and other common obstacles.

Does the Course Include Measuring and Quoting?

Yes. Students are introduced to measuring realistic areas, calculating requirements and producing a sample tiling quotation.

Does the Course Include Business Guidance?

Yes. The course includes introductory information about marketing, advertising, insurance, tax, the Construction Industry Scheme, CSCS cards and business start-up considerations.

Will I Receive a Certificate?

Yes. This course is non-accredited with a certificate of attendance.

Will I Be a Qualified Tiler After Five Days?

No. The certificate confirms attendance and is not an accredited trade qualification. The course provides practical foundation skills that need to be developed through continued practice and experience.

Can I Begin Self-Employment After the Course?

The course can provide an important starting point, but successful self-employment also requires experience, suitable tools, insurance, customer service, accurate pricing and consistently competent work.

What Is Covered on the Ten-Day Course That Is Not Covered Here?

The second week provides more practice and advanced techniques, which can include natural stone, wet rooms, tanking, underfloor heating and more challenging tiling projects.

Can I Complete a Level 1 Qualification?

YTA offers a ten-day NOCN Cskills Level 1 Tiling Course containing assessed wall and floor tiling units. It is YTA’s strongest initial route for students serious about a tiling career.

Where Is the Course Held?

The course is held at YTA Training, Unit 12a, Spencer Business Centre, Factory Street, Dudley Hill, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD4 9NW.

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Ready to Turn an Interest in Tiling into Practical Skills?

You may want to tile your own property, add another service to your existing work or begin developing a practical skill that could create future opportunities.

Over five focused days, you can work with professional tools and materials, complete realistic tiling projects and gain a much clearer understanding of how wall and floor tiling should be approached.

The course will not instantly make you an experienced tiler, but it can provide the foundation, confidence and direction needed to begin.

If there is one question or concern stopping you from booking, call YTA Training on 01274 682199 or contact us through WhatsApp. We will give you honest advice about whether the five-day, ten-day or Level 1 course is best suited to your goals.

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Learn Practical Tiling Skills In Just 5 Days

Both courses are practical and workshop-based. The main difference is the amount of training time, advanced tiling techniques and the qualification route.

The 5 day intensive tiling course is £700 including vat.

YTA is the UK’s premier training centre for construction training and assessment backed up by outstanding independent customer reviews on www.reviews.co.uk (5 out of 5!)

Ready To Start Learning Tiling?

If you are ready to build practical tiling confidence, the 5 Day Intensive Tiling Course is a focused, hands-on way to get started.

You will spend the week working with real tools, materials and in your own training bay, covering the key skills used in wall and floor tiling.

Book your place online, call YTA Training on 01274 682199, or contact us if you would like to discuss whether the 5 day or 10 day tiling route is best for your goals.

Unit 12a Factory Street, Dudley Hill, Bradford, BD4 9NW, West Yorkshire.

Tel: 01274682199

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Courses are held every week Monday to Friday.

All Course Times are: 9.00am – 16.00pm