Professional ProfilesTile and mosaic slab setter

This “artist” responsible for floor and wall design gets involved once the structural work is completed. Their specialties include facades, bathrooms, kitchens, and swimming pools. They must have a creative streak and adequately consider the client’s lifestyle and taste.

To design bathrooms, kitchens, swimming pools, and house facades, ceramic materials are used. A tile and mosaic slab setter works as a type of construction worker when it comes to designing walls and floors, following the work of masons and plasterers. They lay ceramic slabs, potentially also sandstone, porcelain, marble, or plastic tiles. When laying slabs on floors or mosaic tiles, they must also display professional knowledge in terms of insulation and impermeability. To prepare the surface of slabs and plates, they apply masonry techniques, for example when laying floating screed or raising a wall.

Those interested in this profession must perform precise work when laying slabs and tiles as well as demonstrating the necessary patience. They should also be able to competently select the materials and present good taste in colour design. In this job, you have the option of further developing with a focus on laying slabs or becoming a foreman at a large construction site. However, they can also be employed as a workman.