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Tiling Skills Training Program in Barbados

The document provides information about a four-month tiling skills training program offered by the Barbados Vocational Training Board. The program teaches trainees to plan and install ceramic, clay, and vinyl tile floors and walls in residential buildings. Trainees will learn to lay out tile installations, cut and shape tiles, install tiles on floors and walls, and finish installations by cleaning, adding accessories, and reinstalling woodwork. The goal is for trainees to be able to independently plan and complete tile installations of varying complexity in homes.

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Tiling Skills Training Program in Barbados

The document provides information about a four-month tiling skills training program offered by the Barbados Vocational Training Board. The program teaches trainees to plan and install ceramic, clay, and vinyl tile floors and walls in residential buildings. Trainees will learn to lay out tile installations, cut and shape tiles, install tiles on floors and walls, and finish installations by cleaning, adding accessories, and reinstalling woodwork. The goal is for trainees to be able to independently plan and complete tile installations of varying complexity in homes.

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BARBADOS

VOCATIONAL
TRAINING
BOARD

SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMME


in

TILING

BARBADOS VOCATIONAL TRAINING BOARD


“Lawrence Green House”
Culloden Road
St. Michael
436-7970
TILING OCCUPATIONAL /SKILLS PROFILE—TILING
(Ceramic, Clay and Vinyl)
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Plan Tiling Installation

On completion of training, the trainee will be able to: 2. Prepare area of tiling
♦ Plan a layout for simple and complex tiling installation of a 2a. Check floor for levelness and straightness
block wall dwelling house, consisting of three bedrooms,
living, dining, kitchen and laundry rooms, patio and garage. 3. Layout tiling installation pattern
♦ Install ceramic, clay and vinyl tiles in a block dwelling 3a. Establish Tiling lines
house according to the requirements of a building plan. 3b. Establish Tiling Patterns
♦ Finish a tiling installation consisting of ceramic, clay and
vinyl tiles in accordance with the requirements of the
4. Lay Floor tiles
consumer and building plan.
4a. Lay floor guide lines (ceramic, clay. Vinyl)
The program is of four months duration and is performance based 4b. Lay adjacent/corresponding floor tiles
in nature. 4c. Cut tiles
Persons admitted to this program will receive training comprising: 4d. Shape Tiles
1. Planning tile installation 4e. Lay wall tiles
Preparing areas for tiling
Laying tiling installation 5. Finish Tiling installation
Laying floor tiles 5a. Clean tile installation
Laying wall tiles
5b. Install bathroom accessories
Finishing tiling installation
5c. Re-install woodwork
2. They will also be required to plan, layout and tile:

• A simple floor installation using ceramic, clay and vinyl


tiles in a variety of patterns
• A complex floor installation containing curved, square and
circular objects using ceramic, clay and vinyl tiles in a
variety of patterns; and
• Bathroom which includes a bathtub and vanity and a
counter top using ceramic tiles.

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