Floor covering installer apprentice

Overview Languages

English

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

No experience (will train)

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

• Odours
• Dusty

• On-site customer service
• Commercial
• Industrial
• Institutional
• Residential
• Rural area
• Urban area
• Various locations

• Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements
• Measure, cut and fasten underlay and under padding
• 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
• Estimate costs and materials
• 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

• Hardwood strip flooring
• Borders or feature strips
• Flash covings
• Hardwood intricate patterns flooring
• Parquet flooring
• Linoleum
• Rubber sheet goods
• Modular carpet tiles
• Flexible PVC sheet goods
• Asphalt plank flooring
• Cork flooring
• Carpets/rugs

• Driver's validity licence check

• Valid driver's licence
• Vehicle supplied by employer

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

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

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

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

• Provides physical accessibility accommodations (for example: ramps, elevators, etc.)
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities
• Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities

• Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition

• Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth
• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth

• Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans

• Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination
• Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers
• Offers phased retirement options that allow mature workers to gradually reduce their workload (for example: flexible or reduced work hours, part time employment, project-based or seasonal work, etc.)

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities