Certificate III in Wall & Floor Tiling

Tiling work above the value threshold set by NSW Fair Trading requires a licence, and the trade certificate underpins the application. Wet area work in particular attracts scrutiny because of the defect risk, so being properly certificated matters more here than in some trades.

We recommend it to most tiling clients. The two trades sit directly next to each other on a bathroom job, builders strongly prefer engaging one contractor rather than coordinating two, and the combined offering lifts what you can charge. Doing both through RPL at the same time is also more efficient than returning later.

Photographs are king in this trade — set-out, substrate preparation, waterproofing stage and finished work across multiple jobs. Add references from builders or clients, invoices or ABN records, and any waterproofing or heights tickets you hold.

It can, but informal work is harder to evidence because there is no supervisor to verify it. The practical answer is to gather everything you have — photographs, any payment records, clients willing to write a reference — and let us assess honestly whether it will carry an application before you commit money to it.

It depends on your evidence quality and whether the assessor identifies gaps requiring training. Well-documented tilers move quickly; those starting from a blank page take longer because the first task is building an evidence file. We tell you which you are at the assessment.