Apprenticeship training course
Wall and floor tiler (level 2)
Tiling walls and floors.
- Qualification level
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2
Equivalent to GCSE. - Typical duration
- 30 months
- Apprenticeship category
- Construction and the built environment
- Maximum funding
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£14,000
Maximum amount government will fund
for apprenticeship training. - Also known as
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- Tiler
- Wall and floor tiler
- Skills
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Skills an apprentice will learn
- Follow procedures and comply with health and safety regulations, standards, and statutory guidance.
- Identify and use personal protective equipment (PPE), respiratory protective equipment (RPE) and dust suppression.
- Comply with risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work.
- Use access and work at height equipment, for example step ladders, podium steps, hop up safety platforms.
- Plan order of works and carry out pre-installation checks.
- Protect work area and adjacent finishes.
- Prepare and maintain working area.
- Select and use wall and floor tiles such as ceramic, porcelain, natural stone, agglomerate and mosaics tiles.
- Calculate required amounts of tiles, materials, and resources for the work requirements.
- Select and use substrate primer.
- Set out for tiling wall and floor areas.
- Measure, mark and cut tiles including cutting around obstacles and using laser levels.
- Fix wall and floor tiles.
- Install electric under-tile heating.
- Install decoupling membranes.
- Install tanking systems.
- Apply adhesives in preparation to fix tiles to wall and floor surfaces.
- Grout and finish tiles that are fixed to wall or floor areas.
- Complete final inspections and workplace documentation.
- Complete a customer or site manager handover.
- Select, check, and use hand, power, cutting tools and measuring equipment.
- Move and store hand, power and cutting tools, measuring equipment and materials.
- Read and interpret information from manufacturers guidance and other sources, for example from drawings, specifications, digital documents, or work instructions.
- Follow procedures in line with environmental and sustainability regulations. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Ensure materials are used efficiently and sustainably.
- Apply team working principles.
- Communicate with others verbally for example, colleagues and stakeholders.
- Remove wall and floor tiles.
- Carry out and record learning and development activities.
- Identity substrates and prepare for tiling using renders, levelling compounds and screeds.
- Rectifies defects and damages.
Full information on Wall and floor tiler (level 2) is available from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.