Joshua Cielo

Worked as roofers helper, worked hard to get a raise, got it! +700 fr. per month more!! then injured my back.

My dream was finally reached last winter- working 100% at the mountain for a season! This winter I cant afford that so I will work weekends and a few weeks of high season.

Normal tile setting, and helper work. A big demotion as an American with no Swiss certificates. Salary level same as I made 18 years before in America!

1) Painter in Emmenbrucke Foundry, Von Roll Casting.
2) Tile setter in Fine home at Hergiswil, Neba Platten.
3) Roofers helper in Zug, BDachungen.

In Oregon I partnered with Phil Martichev of Stone Age Marble and Granite. He is an amazing talent, who continuously came up with the most prestigious houses and stone jobs in the state!
every house was worth over 10 million. The experience working for Stone Age with all the amazing materials and the 3 awesome houses we covered in stone was perfect. As a subcontractor it was a priceless experience.
Moving back to Hawaii I opened my business Natural Stone Creations. I quickly found myself again with the most discerning customers building their multimillion houses on the ocean and golf courses. At my peak I had 3 setters an 4 apprentice working for me.

With Wheeler I learned everything to build a house from the foundation to the roof. We did commercial remodels, custom homes, and repairs. At the peak of the boom we built whole neighbourhoods with standard single family homes, Town houses, and Duplexes. At the time I was the Foreman of the siding crew and began to set all the tile. After seeing the opportunity to make more money setting the tile. I started to work independently for Wheeler.

I worked for my closes friends family business. From on call 24-7 to running just the monthly maintenance,or emergency calls. We also did all the bottling, labelling, distribution, and logistics for a environmentally friendly drain treatment.

I apprenticed for two summers (88 & 89, 3 months twice) This was my start in setting natural stone and ceramic tiles. In 1999-2001 working as a tile setter.

This was my first official job at 14 years old. I started as dishwasher and moved up till I was serving. It was interesting to me that by giving better service and husling a little I could make quite a lot more in tips