Carpet Installers

About the job

Lay and install carpet from rolls or blocks on floors. Install padding and trim flooring materials.

What you'll do

• Clean up before and after installation, including vacuuming carpet and discarding remnant pieces.
• Cut and bind material.
• Cut carpet padding to size and install padding, following prescribed method.
• Draw building diagrams and record dimensions.
• Fasten metal treads across door openings or where carpet meets flooring to hold carpet in place.
• Install carpet on some floors using adhesive, following prescribed method.
• Measure, cut and install tackless strips along the baseboard or wall.
• Move furniture from area to be carpeted and remove old carpet and padding.
• Nail tack strips around area to be carpeted or use old strips to attach edges of new carpet.
• Take measurements and study floor sketches to calculate the area to be carpeted and the amount of material needed.

Things you need to know

• 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.
• Administration and Management – Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• English Language – Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• 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.

Abilities you'll need to have

• Monitoring – Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Coordination – Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
• Quality Control Analysis – Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Mathematics – Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Critical Thinking – Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Time Management – Managing one’s own time and the time of others.
• Speaking – Talking to others to convey information effectively.