Floor Covering Installer

**Work site environment**:

- Odours
- Dusty

**Work setting**:

- Commercial
- Residential
- Various locations

**Tasks**:

- Inspect, measure and mark surfaces to be covered
- Measure, cut and fasten underlay and underpadding
- 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
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Prepare floors for installations
- Remove existing floor coverings and contaminants

**Installation specialization**:

- Hardwood strip flooring
- Hardwood intricate patterns flooring

**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Physically demanding
- Handling heavy loads
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Hand-eye co-ordination

**Own tools/equipment**:

- Safety equipment/gear
- Steel-toed safety boots
- Hard hat
- Gloves

**Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player