We realize that hiring a tile installer can present challenges.
After all, you want to bring a vision to life. Most probably, you’re looking for a ceramic tile installation professional who will take the beautiful tiles you painstakingly selected and transform them into the floors or walls of your dream-come-true space. As visual as tile is, when it’s installed it also needs to be functional.
Evaluating experience and knowledge can be difficult if you’re not in the tile installation business day-in and day-out. And when you aren’t sure, it’s easy to fall back on using the lowest price or bid to evaluate who to hire which brings its own set of problems.
The CTI program is a comprehensive testing of the skills and knowledge of experienced tile installers which includes an online, open-book multiple-choice exam along with a hands-on test based on current industry standards and best practices for producing a sound installation that exhibits good workmanship. The tests, therefore, require that both the observable and non-observable characteristics of a finished installation are executed properly.
The hands-on test in particular is difficult to pass; it requires true skill and experience. Many installers who have taken the hands-on test have said, “It is the toughest twenty-five feet you will ever install.”
Certification means that truly talented and qualified installers can compete against low-cost incompetent installation. This 9-minute video takes you through the hands-on test evaluation process.
What are the Benefits of the Certified Tile Installer Certification?
The Certified Tile Installer program benefits everyone! It really helps to have a higher level of quality installation professionals. Bad installations hurt every tile company and tile installer, not to mention the homeowner.
That’s right. The end beneficiary of the Certified Tile Installer program is especially the end user – the homeowner or the building owner – who gets a stamp of approval that the tile installer has gone through an education process and represents the best quality labor possible.
It’s important to be educated and trained to do the installation job per the standards and specifications and make it aesthetically pleasing for the end user.
