Overview
Languages
English
Education
- No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
Work site environment
- Dusty
Work setting
- Commercial
- Industrial
- Institutional
- Residential
- Rural area
- Urban area
- Various locations
- Work in employer's/client's home
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Inspect, measure and mark surfaces to be covered
- Measure, cut and fasten underlay and underpadding
- Prepare flooring plans and scheduling
- Prepare tenders and quotations
- Measure, cut and install resilient floor coverings
- Prepare and install hardwood floors
- Inspect and repair damaged floor coverings
- Conduct moisture, ph, temperature and other tests prior to flooring installations
- Estimate costs and materials
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Prepare floors for installations
- Remove existing floor coverings and contaminants
- Employ knee kickers and other equipment to stretch carpeting
- Perform direct glue-down carpet installations
- Perform double-bond carpet installations
- Install resilient stair components (special effects for the visually impaired)
- Install materials on counter tops and raised platforms
- Install vinyl decking materials
Experience and specialization
Installation specialization
- Vinyl or resilient tiles
- Vinyl or resilient sheets
- Ceramic tiles
- Marble tiles
- Terrazzo tiles
- Hardwood strip flooring
- Borders or feature strips
- Flash covings
- Hardwood intricate patterns flooring
- Parquet flooring
- Linoleum
- Rubber sheet goods
- Modular carpet tiles
- Fibre optic special effects
- Flexible PVC sheet goods
- Asphalt plank flooring
- Cork flooring
- Conductive flooring
- Astro-turf/game field materials
Additional information
Security and safety
- Bondable
Transportation/travel information
- Willing to travel
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Hand-eye co-ordination
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
Benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus
Other benefits
- Free parking available