Floor Layers
Apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors.
Also called: Floor Covering Contractor, Floor Coverings Installer, Flooring Installer, Vinyl Installer
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- building and construction
- mechanical
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
Abilites:
- keep your arm or hand steady
- hold or move items with your hands
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Dependability
- Attention to Detail
- Cooperation
- Independence
- Integrity
- Achievement/Effort
Technology:
Data base user interface and query software
- Aya Associates Comp-U-Floor
- Flooring Technologies Qfloors
Project management software
- CPR Software FloorCOST Estimator for Excel
- Measure Square FloorEstimate Pro
Computer aided design CAD software
- Project visualization software
