Recommended for anyone with an interest in becoming a professional in this very rewarding trade. The course gives you all the knowledge you require in becoming an expert in wall and floor tiling, using the correct tools, cutting, adhesives and application of tiles. Much of the course will be hands on with students working within their own bays applying tiles to walls and floors in a kitchen and bathroom environment.
The 10 day course details are as follows:
Getting Started
• Introduction to TTC
• Employment advice
• Public liability insurance
• Health and safety,
• Obtaining your CSCS cards
• Marketing your business
• Business stationery
• Building a website
• Work wear
• Procedures on site
How To Quote
• How to measure walls and floors
• Laying out your quotation
• How to price a job
• General quoting advice
Tools
• What tools you require for the job
• Cost of tools
• Cleaning and looking after your tools
• Where to purchase your tools
Adhesives
• Selecting the correct adhesive for a specific surface
• Wall and floor adhesives
• Preparing the adhesive
• How much adhesive to use (coverage)
Setting Out
• Bathroom and kitchen walls
• Bathrooms allowing for pipes, toilets and sink units etc
• Large and small floors
• Running through from room-to-room
• How to grout
• Which grouts to use
• Removing and replacing old grout
Theory Sessions
These sessions will be carried out by our instructors, where students will observe various demonstrations covering most aspects of tiling. You will be shown techniques in nipping, cutting, applying patterns, marking out, mixing adhesives, grouting, general do’s and donts, removing tiles and helpful hints and tips.
Nicobond Discussion Session
Nicobond are a national manufacturer and supplier of adhesives, grouts, trims and general tile materials. A representative from Nicobond will visit the course during your 2 week training and give advice on using the correct adhesives for wood floors, concrete floors, plasterboard walls, chipboard walls and various surfaces. The representative will be on hand to answer any questions you may have regarding trims, grouts and tiling materials in general.
Working In Your Own Bay
A large part of the course will be hands on experience, every student will be allocated their own bathroom & kitchen bay where they will learn how tile both floors and walls working around various obstacles such as toilets, basins, pipes, plugs and switches. Our instructors will be on hand to help out with any problems or queries students may come across throughout the bay work.
Course Overview
The final day will be spent going over the course and touching on any issues or questions students may have, additional demonstrations will be carried out by instructors if required to recap on any previous lessons.
