Overview
An apprenticeship program is a training program that consists of paid On-The-Job training and mandatory classroom instruction. Workers who join these programs are called apprentices. Throughout the three years of the Tile Layer and the two years of the Tile Finisher apprenticeship, the apprentice will be receiving instructions and experience in all branches of the trade that are necessary for the development of a skilled Tile Layer or Tile Finisher. The apprentice will perform other duties that are commonly related to this apprenticeship.
Tile Layers are also called Tile Setters. They install ceramic or stone tile that you see in showers and tubs, on kitchen countertops, floors, stairs, building exteriors and many other areas. Many times they install a thick mortar base of sand, cement and lime to create a flat or curved surface for the tile installation. They may work in residential construction or on large commercial projects. Work is both indoors and outdoors and may involve scaffolding.
The Tile Layer apprenticeship is a three-year program. A Tile Layer will have to complete a total of 5000 On-The-Job training hours, obtain in school 90 Related Supplemental Instruction (RSI) credits, and have current CPR/1st Aid certificates in order to become a Journeyman Tile Layer.
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