Trades
Floor covering installer
$36.65 hourly
Pay is above the local median for this work ($30.00 an hour; Job Bank, 2023–2024)
What the posting asks for
- Under 7 months' experience
- High school
- English
From the posting's details in Job Bank's open data. The full ad is on Job Bank.
Hours and terms
- 40 hours a week
- Shifts: flexible hours
- Full time, Permanent employment
- In person
Usually needed for this kind of work
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of a two- to three-year apprenticeship program orover four years of work experience in the trade and some courses in floor covering installation are usually required to be eligible for trade certification.
- Red Seal endorsement is also available to qualified floor covering installers upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
From Canada's occupation guide (OaSIS) for Floor covering installers (NOC 73113). It describes this kind of work in general, not this employer's ad.
What this work usually involves
- Inspect, measure and mark surfaces to be covered
- Measure, cut and fasten underlay and underpadding
- Measure, cut and install carpeting using hand or machine stitcher, seaming iron, bonding tape or other bonding materials
- Stretch carpeting using knee-kicker or power stretcher and secure carpeting to floor or other surfaces using staple gun or other devices
- Measure, cut and install resilient floor covering using adhesive, rollers and other hand tools
- Install hardwood floors, such as strip floors, block floors or plank floors, using glue, staples, nails or other means
About the employer
- Industry: Construction
- Region: Lower Mainland–Southwest Region
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From Job Bank.
