Able Skills has devised a five-week professional tiling course which differs from any other Tiling Training Centre in the UK because it has been recognised by City & Guilds and accredited with a 6219-08 Certificate. This course will not only teach you to tile to a very comprehensive level, but it will also test your tiling knowledge by way of City & Guilds assessments. Able Skills dedicated Tiling Centre has all of the facilities that you will come across once you are working within the Tiling industry.
The course will cover:
Week 1 - Introductory Tiling
This week will teach you tiling basics, starting from scratch you will learn how to tile both wall and floor areas and gain a complete understanding of the requirements for any area you are planning to tile:
- Prime areas to receive tiling
- Setting out your tiling work
- Have a broad understanding of varied adhesives used for different surfaces
- Understanding and ability to use all the tools required
- Cutting tiles using wet tile cutters, dry tile cutters and tile snips
- How to cut around windows and reveals
- How to cope with tiling difficult areas such as uneven walls
- How to tile to angled ceilings and socket areas
- How to tile splash-backs
- How to mix and apply grouts
- How to cut to curved objects.
Week 2 - Advanced Tiling
Week two is an advanced training week, providing you with the skills to tackle more complex areas and giving you the opportunity to build on your speed, technique and confidence. Reinforcing skills acquired from module one you will now be able:
- Plan sequence of work
- Prime areas to receive tiling
- Build speed, confidence and precision
- Install tiles to diamond pattern to wall and floor areas
- Estimate tile quantities required for each individual job
- Use of washboys
- Use of laser lines/levels
- Discuss tiling on underfloor heating systems and, time allowing, discuss uncoupling membranes
Week 3 – Assessment Week.
This is is when the assessment of your skills starts. You will be assessed on:
- Unit 004: Tiling a Plain Wall
- Unit 116: Cutting and Fixing Tiles to Wet Areas
- Unit 101: Introduction to Health and Safety
During this week, we will also provide additional training (time permitting) to plan and install wall or floor area for brick effect installation.
Week 4 - Complex pattern work
This program of learning will teach you how to plan and tile in complex pattens (usually herringbone patten). You will be presented with a choice of pattens which you can select from, allocated an area to install/fix and produce a product of work.
What you will learn:
- Prepare the surface to receive tiles
- Measure areas to calculate quantities required
- Select material
- Mix appropriate adhesives
- Install to desired patten
- Ensuring (with your instructors help) that you are working to a domestic and commercial standard of finish whilst also working clean and safe
- Grout your completed installation
Week 5- Assessment Week
This is when you will undertake additional assessments. You will be assessed on:
- Unit 115: Cutting and Fixing Decorative Panels
- Unit 117: Tiling Floors with a Border
Also in Week five, we will provide additional training listed below (only if time permits and this is dependent on learner progress) We will look to cover Waterproofing requirements for Wet rooms etc and Floor levelling systems so that even the most uneven of floors can be prepared to receive tiles.
Waterproofing / Tanking
We will explain to you how to apply specified tanking systems to wet areas such as a shower cubicle (prior to tiling) which will extinguish any doubt and ensure a tiled installation which should not fail
Floor levelling systems
- Gauging and mixing of materials
- Preparing background areas
- Installation of self-levelling system.
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