10 QUESTIONS WITH...
PAUL DORAN, LEAD CO-ORDINATOR/LECTURER AND WORLDSKILLS UK TRAINING MANAGER
10 QUESTIONS WITH… Each issue we ask an industry professional the Tomorrow’s Tile & Stone 10 Questions.
This month, we chatted to Paul Doran, Lead Co-ordinator/Lecturer Wall and Floor Tiling Dept at Southern Regional College and WorldSkills UK Training Manager.
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WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST JOB
My first job when I left school was working as an apprentice wall and floor tiler for a local tiler in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. I was shown how to mix a bucket of adhesive and given a box of Pilkington dust pressed skirting tiles. The advice given was spread the adhesive, keep them lined up and move quick before the bucket sets!
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HOW DID YOU GET INTO THE TILE/
STONE INDUSTRY? My mother was the design manager at a local tile company in Armagh and I was always around tile stores, new trends in tiling, adhesive brands, tile fitting systems, etc. I decided that a becoming a tiler was a natural progression for me - a tiler gets into a project when construction is nearly complete and would be warm clean.
WHO, IN ANY OTHER INDUSTRY, DO YOU
MOST ADMIRE? I admire a guy called David Goggins, an American ultramarathon runner. He is a down-to-earth guy
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IF MONEY WAS NO OBJECT, WHAT CAR
WOULD YOU BUY? I would buy an electric Jeep, either an Audi or a Range Rover.
IF YOU COULD INVENT ONE PRODUCT TO
MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER,
WHAT WOULD IT BE? As well as my role as a lecturer at Southern Regional College, I am a training manager for WorldSkills UK, training apprentices for the global competition WorldSkills, and lead judge for the national competition in Wall and Floor Tiling which is run in partnership between CITB and WorldSkills UK. I am always looking for new innovations in tiling that will give us an edge at competitions and I would like a laser level that could project the level and plumb lines simultaneously for every row of vertical and horizontal tiles in a grid formation.
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WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU
WERE GROWING UP? When I was young, I wanted to be a joiner like my grandfather. I still enjoy working with wood.
WHAT DO YOU DO TO UNWIND?
I enjoy running, reading, cooking and I spend time on the west coast of Ireland with my family throughout the year.
IF YOU COULD HOST A DINNER PARTY WITH
ANY THREE GUESTS, DEAD OR ALIVE, WHO WOULD THEY BE
AND WHY? My grandfather, lefty Joe Conlon, who earned his nickname for being
Q10
PETER VANN, OF CERAMIQUE
INTERNATIONALE, ASKED: DO YOU FOLLOW ‘TILERS TALK’
ON FACEBOOK? Yes, I am a member of Tilers Talk, Tilers Talk NI and a number of groups on various social media platforms. I like to remain as close as I can within the industry to discuss changes in industry and I’m always looking for new innovations in materials and equipment that would assist my students and WorldSkills UK training camps and during skills competitions.
www.worldskillsuk.org www.tomorrowstileandstone.co.uk
a champion ‘Irish road bowler‘. I have great memories of him before he passed when I was young. Muhammad Ali, as I admired that he had the courage of his convictions. David Walliams, as he’s an interesting guy and very funny.
Q9
IF YOU COULD VISIT ANY PLACE IN THE
WORLD, WHERE WOULD YOU
GO AND WHY? I would love a trip back to Melbourne in Australia, I lived there for a number of years and I have friends and family I would love to see.
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