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Floor Layers

  • Architecture and Construction

Tasks

What tasks do Floor Layers perform?

  • Sweep, scrape, sand, or chip dirt and irregularities to clean base surfaces, correcting imperfections that may show through the covering.

  • Cut flooring material to fit around obstructions.

  • Inspect surface to be covered to ensure that it is firm and dry.

  • Trim excess covering materials, tack edges, and join sections of covering material to form tight joint.


Knowledge

What do Floor Layers need to know?

  • Building and Construction

    Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

  • Customer and Personal Service

    Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

  • Mathematics

    Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.


Skills

What skills do Floor Layers need?

  • Active Listening

    Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

  • Speaking

    Talking to others to convey information effectively.

  • Coordination

    Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.



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