What Is A Floor Coverer
Floor covering professionals install a wide variety of flooring materials. They install carpet, vinyl tile, sheet goods, ceramics, and any other type of flooring. They use adhesives, weld plastics and ensure work is done to exacting standards. Work is often done based on specifications of architects, facility managers, or interior designers. To be effective, a floor coverer must be good at understanding pattern layout before the actual installation begins. A floor coverer may be asked to work on new or renovation projects for commercial, residential, or institutional structures. A good floor coverer is neat, clean and careful not to damage any surrounding furnishings, walls, doors, or entryways, always leaving the jobsite in a better condition than it was found.
Attention to safety and health is stressed because of the machinery, tools, materials, and equipment used in this trade. For this reason, floor covering professionals typically work in crews of two or more because safety and teamwork are key components of any floor covering job site. Apprentices often start out on a job by helping to measure and cut and learning the tools and materials of the trade. They move into more complicated jobs as they gain experience.
Floor Coverer Apprentice Training
- Blueprint Reading
- Stretch Carpet
- Flat Lay Welded Sheet Vinyl
- Patching and Leveling
- Pattern Match
- Subfloors
- Moisture Testing
- Stair Treads
- Sand and Finish
Floor Coverer Enhancement Training
Training doesn’t end when you’re a Journeyperson. We believe in lifelong learning to enhance your skills, employability, productivity and job satisfaction. Technology is constantly changing and our members stay ahead of the curve with Enhancement Training. Any member can take any class we offer, here are a few examples:
- Blueprint reading
- flashcove
- heat weld
- carpet
- custom inserts
- resilient
- substrate
- hardwood/laminate
- math for the trades
- just to name a few.
