Mike Foster

A highly versatile and motivated person with over 20 years construction experience, and over 14 years Floor & Wall Tiling experience, whilst being a Sole Trader of Mikes Tiling Services, based in Devizes. Strong skill set and the ability to adapt and learn quickly.

Tiler Owner - Mikes Tiling Services - Devizes

(2012-08)

Business owner, working on various refurbishment projects, both residential and commercial.

• Visit client, gain knowledge of works required, prepare quotations, price up costings of the work
• Carry out remedial works to make good areas for Tiling
• Develop and maintain communication with clients and other trades
• Manage own workload and timescales
• Provide clients with advise, my skills and undertake installations
• Set up the company in 2012 and managed to build a successful company
• Gained general maintenance contracts of a couple of luxury glamping sites locally
• Gained continued contracts with local builders, lasting 10 years plus
• Installations and remedial work for many other non tiling related projects
• Complete career change, retrained with a building company to become a tiler

Finance Department - Tyco Electronics

(2002-08 - 2012-07)

• Undertook various administrative duties
• Account holder with many large International companies
• Communicated with various external clients
• Support the development and launch of new products to the department systems

Roofer - Broadbents of Oxford - Oxford

(1991-06 - 1993-06)

Pipefitters Mate - NG Bailey - MOD sites

(1995-06 - 1998-06)

Building Trades - Various

(1998-06 - 2002-07)

Various building trades including fitting windows, repairs and maintenance

GCSE - General Education - Dorcan School (1986 - 1991)