Floor Covering Installer

Languages

• English

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

• min 3 years

• Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.

• Dusty

• Various locations

Tasks

• Estimate costs and materials
• Prepare floors for installations
• Set tiles in place and apply pressure to affix them to base
• Remove and replace cracked or damaged tiles
• Prepare, measure and mark surfaces to be covered
• Load, unload and transport construction materials
• Align and straighten tiles
• Clean and pile salvaged materials
• Mix, apply and spread mortar, cement, mastic, glue or other adhesives using hand trowel
• Cut and fit tiles around obstacles and openings using hand and power cutting tools
• Pack grout into joints between tiles and remove excess grout
• Install tile strips

• Ceramic tiles

• Physically demanding
• Bending, crouching, kneeling
• Repetitive tasks
• Manual dexterity

• Steel-toed safety boots
• Safety glasses/goggles and vest