to install it. Here is a sampling of some of the questions you will have answered during the GPTP program: • What is a Gauged Porcelain Tile or a Gauged Porcelain Panel (GPTP)? • What is ANSI, TCNA, ASTM? • What are ANSI A108.19 and ANSI A137.3? • Why do I want to know how to install GPTP? • What are all of these specialty tools and why do I need them to install GPTP? • Why do I need special training and a trained team to install GPTP? • How is this going to help me make money? • What is Qualified Labor and why does it matter to me? Standard Practices: Substrate Preparation and Large Format Tile This program will take attend- ees on an introductory journey into the tile industry standards found in ANSI A108 and the TCNA Handbook for Ceramic, Glass and Stone Tile Installation. Attendees will learn how to navigate and use the ANSI A108 standards and TCNA Handbook, then will use their new knowledge to address some of real-world challenges in practical hands-on installations focusing on the all-important pro- cess of substrate examination and preparation for installing large-for- mat tile. Here is a sampling of some of the questions you will have answered during the Standard Practices for Substrates and LFT program: • What is ANSI, TCNA, ASTM? • What are ANSI A108, ANSI A118, A136, A137.1 and A137.2? • Why do I need to know about ANSI standards? • What is the TCNA Handbook? • Why do I need the TCNA Handbook? • How do I use the TCNA Handbook? • What are the different kinds of substrate and why are there stan- dards for them? • Why do I need to know how to examine and prepare a substrate? • How do I properly prepare a substrate? • Why aren’t some techniques good enough for fixing a sub- strate and setting tile? • How is this going to help me make money? • What is Qualified Labor and why does it matter to me? NTCA Training Director Mark Heinlein will present each pro- gram, with occasional assistance from NTCA Trainer/Presenters Robb Roderick or Luis Bautista, and CTEF Director of Training Scott Carothers. Local contractor mem- bers may also assist. To register for the free Regional Training Program in your area, visit www.tile-assn.com. For informa- tion about joining NTCA, contact Jim Olson at jim@tile-assn.com. 122 TileLetter | January 2018