Become a tiler - Start a City & Guilds Course
A tilers job is to fit walls and floors with tiles, the work can range from tiling bathrooms and kitchens in domestic houses to commercial scale projects in shops, offices and other types of buildings.
Some also specialze on particual projects for example on swimming pools etc.
Tilers can work as part of a small team or on their own depending on the size of the job. Typical tiling work may fall into any of the following areas:
- marking out an area to estimate the amount of material (tiles and adhesive) needed
- cutting tiles to size and shape with hand-cutters or other tools
- preparing surfaces by levelling off with plaster, sand or cement
- fixing tiles to the wall or floor and applying the grout before finishing off
When you are a tiler you might be employed or self employed and your work may vary from large commercial projects or small scale domestic house jobs.
