Terrazzo, Tile and Marble Setter
A Terrazzo, Tile and Marble Setter covers interior and exterior walls, floors with terrazzo, tile and/or marble by preparing, measuring and marking the surface to be covered, mixing and applying mortar, mastic, cement, or other adhesives, using hand tools, laying mosaic tiles and removing and replacing cracked or damaged tiles. Specifically, a Terrazzo, Tile and Marble Setter:
- uses and maintains electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic power tools
- interprets blueprints and specifications
- inspects and verifies materials and tools, and sets plumb, level and square lines and surfaces
- prepares sub-surface
- installs terrazzo and tile
- performs mechanical installation of natural stone on walls
- installs natural stone indoors by conventional or stacking method
- installs natural stone slabs on floors and counter tops
Red Seal trade
APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
An apprenticeship training program consists of on-the-job and in-school training. Generally, the time-frame to become competent in the trade of Terrazzo, Tile and Marble Setter is 5500 hours (approximately three and a half years) consisting of 4780 hours of on-the-job work experience and 720 hours of inschool training.
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING
An apprenticeship involves practical training provided on-the-job by a skilled worker, or trainer. The skills or competencies to be developed are set out by the trade’s Apprenticeship Training Standard and are recognized by the industry as being essential to the practice of the trade.
As these essential skills are developed, the apprentice’s sponsor or trainer signs the relevant sections of the training standard to indicate that the apprentice has met the individual training objectives by demonstrating the skills required of a skilled worker, or journeyperson, in the trade
IN-SCHOOL TRAINING
A Terrazzo, Tile and Marble Setter apprenticeship includes two level of theoretical training, which includes but is not limited to instruction in:
- trade practices and procedures
- blueprint reading and construction geometry
- construction techniques and procedures
- terrazzo installation
- tile installation
- natural stone installation
Depending on the training delivery agency, in-school training may be available in one of the following ways:
- block release (full-time, for a set number of weeks)
- day release (one day per week from September to June)
- part-time (night-school programs)
- alternative delivery (online, correspondence, etc.)
Terrazzo, Tile and Marble Setter is a trade named under the Building Opportunities in the Skilled Trades Act, 2021.
This trade has an apprenticeship program that is administered by the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development. Upon completion of an apprenticeship program, the Ministry issues a Certificate of Apprenticeship.
This trade has a certifying exam. When the certifying exam is passed, Skilled Trades Ontario will issue a Certificate of Qualification in this trade. Because this trade is non-compulsory, this certificate does not have to be renewed, and the information of individuals practicing this trade will not appear on the Skilled Trades Ontario Public Register.
In Ontario, the trade is part of the Interprovincial Red Seal Program—the national standard for the trade across Canada — under the title Tilesetter: www.red-seal.ca.