Tile Setting, Pre-Apprentice
Do you enjoy working and creating with your hands? Enjoy working with a team and problem-solving? Have an attention to detail and great organization skills?
Then you may be a good fit for Job Corps’ Tile Setting, Pre-Apprentice training program. Pre-apprenticeships are focused on preparing students for a successful experience in a Registered Apprenticeship Program (RAP). That means your hands-on training will be based on industry standards in order to prepare you for high-skill, quality employment.
On the job, you will ...
- Install pieces of ceramic, marble, granite and glass
- Use wet saws, tile scribes or hand-held tile cutters to cut tiles
- Use trowels to spread mortar or mastic evenly on a work surface and place the tiles
- Apply grout between tiles as a finisher
Some of the career options you will have ...
Most Tile Setting, Pre-Apprentice graduates work for construction contractors or tile-setting unions. Tile setters usually work full-time hours during normal day shifts, but many may work weekends depending on the deadlines of construction projects.
The credentials you will earn ...
In the Tile-Setting, Pre-Apprentice training program, you can earn industry-recognized credentials organizations such as the International Masonry Institute (IMI) and construction safety and health certifications from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Students should also earn a state-issued learner’s permit and driver’s license upon completion of the program.
What you’ll need to start training ...
- Have a high school diploma or equivalent (can be earned at all Job Corps centers)
- Completion of all introductory and career preparation courses
- Passing scores on all written and performance tests
- Meet academic (math and reading) requirements
Meet your instructors
