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Tile Layer
Tile layers install ceramic, mosaic and natural stone tiles on floors, walls, ceilings, countertops, building exteriors, etc., according to blueprints or other instructions. They are responsible for layout, mortar bed installation, cutting tiles, and bonding the tile with cement or epoxy mortars or mastic. Work may involve scaffolding. Jobsites are located over a wide geographic area, so that personal transportation is a practical necessity. Tile layers are generally expected to have experience as tile finishers. Apprentices are required to join the union in order to participate in our program. Tile Laying dates back some 6,000 years ago, originating where civilization itself is said to have begun, in ancient Mesopotamia, now Iraq. In the building boom of the 1920's tiles began to be used extensively in homes as a sanitary, waterproof and often highly decorative surface for countertops, bathrooms and all types of floors etc. Tile is also found in many commercial applications. Commercial and public buildings, food processing plants, swimming pools, building exteriors, and many more. Today's tiles come in an extremely broad range of sizes, shapes, colors and textures and include natural stone tiles such as marble, granite, limestone and slate as well as ceramic and mosaic tiles. The Tile Layer must be highly skilled to use all these tiles in different settings under many different job conditions. Tile layers are true Craftsmen.
Qualifications/Requirements
- Must be 18 years or older
- Have valid drivers license
- Must have High School Diploma or equivalent
- Able to perform the usual physical requirements of the trade.
- Willing and able to attend school (2) Saturdays per month
(126 hours per year)
An apprentice (with tile Finisher experience) enters our program at a pay rate of 63% of the current journeyman rate. The apprentice must attend all scheduled classes and complete all assignments. When the apprentice has been in our program for seven months and accrued 900 work hours and 15 school credits they will become eligible for an increase. This process continues for each increase. They should complete our program in three years (4500 on-the-job hours).
The Tile Layers have schools located in Hayward, Vallejo, Sacramento and Fresno.
Applications
We take applications each weekday between the hours of 8:30 am. and 11:30 am. at the Apprentice Office. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Apprentice Office
10800 Bigge Street
San Leandro, CA 94577
Phone: (510) 632-8453