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Floor Covering Installer

Employer

Dexter's Finishing Ltd.

Date Posted

April 19, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Barrhead, AB
  • Earnings $25.00 to $25.40 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 44 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date May 19, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Dexter's Finishing Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

Various locations

Tasks

  • Inspect, measure and mark surfaces to be covered
  • Measure, cut and fasten underlay and underpadding
  • Prepare flooring plans and scheduling
  • Measure, cut and install carpeting on floors
  • 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
  • Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
  • Prepare floors for installations
  • Remove existing floor coverings and contaminants
  • Install carpeting on walls or other surfaces
  • Employ knee kickers and other equipment to stretch carpeting
  • Perform direct glue-down carpet installations
  • Perform double-bond carpet installations
  • Install outdoor carpets
  • Install resilient stair components (special effects for the visually impaired)
  • Install materials on counter tops and raised platforms
  • Install vinyl decking materials

Installation specialization

  • Vinyl or resilient tiles
  • Vinyl or resilient sheets
  • Ceramic tiles
  • Marble tiles
  • Terrazzo tiles
  • Hardwood strip flooring
  • Flash covings
  • Linoleum
  • Modular carpet tiles
  • Carpets/rugs

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

  • Tools
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Hard hat
  • Gloves

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Judgement

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Floor Covering Installer is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Floor Covering Installers
METHODICAL

Interest in computing to estimate costs for material and labour

OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating hand and machine stitchers, staple guns and seaming irons and in using bonding tape and bonding materials to install carpeting; and in operating power stretchers and other devices to stretch carpeting

innovative

Interest in speaking with customers and other workers to inspect and repair damaged floor coverings and to inspect, measure and mark surfaces to be covered

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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