FLOOR COVERER
Floor coverers install carpet, hardwood, tile, laminate, and other resilient surfaces that can withstand high amounts of foot traffic. Some projects require durable installations that can span thousands of square feet, while others call for custom, decorative elements that draw on the floor coverer’s creativity, planning, and skill. Behind every safe, solid, visually striking flooring installation is a professional floor coverer who knows that the real work lies beneath the surface.
Work Performed by Floor Coverers
There’s more to being a floor coverer than just assembling the pieces of a puzzle. They’re experts in determining the proper tools and materials for each job, creating layouts, and even understanding how temperature and moisture will impact the installation. As a floor coverer apprentice, these are just a few of the jobs you’ll have the opportunity to take on:
•Measure, cut, and install a variety of flooring materials
•Inspect and repair damaged floor surfaces
•Estimate time and material costs
•Design custom patterns and decorative installations
Floor Coverer Apprenticeship Program Overview
To graduate from floor coverer apprentice to journeyworker, you’ll complete 7,000 hours of on-the-job training (OJT) and 640 hours of classroom learning. Floor coverer apprentices will be evaluated through demonstrations of skill and technique and standard knowledge exams.
INSTALL Certification
As a floor coverer apprentice, you’ll go through the INSTALL Training Program, which is a dedicated floor covering curriculum developed by the Carpenters International Training Fund with input from industry leaders and manufacturers.
You’ll learn from an elite team of INSTALL instructors as they take you through the program’s nine pillars: Standard Skills, Carpet, Resilient Flooring, Resinous Flooring, Hardwood Flooring, Concrete Polishing, Safety, Productivity and Green Building Awareness.