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Job Details

Floor Covering Installer

Employer

Royal Contracting and Renovations

Date Posted

May 13, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Edmonton, AB
  • Earnings $25.00 hourly
  • Work Hours 35 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Aug 10, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Royal Contracting and Renovations

Languages

English

Education

  • Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

Dusty

Work setting

  • Commercial
  • Residential
  • Various locations

Tasks

  • Inspect, measure and mark surfaces to be covered
  • Measure, cut and fasten underlay and underpadding
  • Prepare flooring plans and scheduling
  • Measure, cut and install carpeting on floors
  • Measure, cut and install resilient floor coverings
  • Prepare and install hardwood floors
  • Inspect and repair damaged floor coverings
  • Conduct moisture, ph, temperature and other tests prior to flooring installations
  • Prepare floors for installations
  • Remove existing floor coverings and contaminants
  • Install carpeting on walls or other surfaces
  • Employ knee kickers and other equipment to stretch carpeting
  • Perform direct glue-down carpet installations
  • Perform double-bond carpet installations
  • Install vinyl decking materials

Installation specialization

  • Ceramic tiles
  • Hardwood strip flooring
  • Linoleum
  • Carpets/rugs

Security and safety

Bondable

Transportation/travel information

Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Physically demanding
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling
  • Hand-eye co-ordination

Own tools/equipment

  • Safety equipment/gear
  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Hard hat

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Team player

Screening questions

  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • Do you have the necessary equipment for remote work (i.e. internet, home office, etc.)?

Experience

1 to less than 7 months

Other benefits

  • Team building opportunities
  • Variable or compressed work week

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Floor Covering Installer is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Floor Covering Installers
METHODICAL

Interest in computing to estimate costs for material and labour

OBJECTIVE

Interest in operating hand and machine stitchers, staple guns and seaming irons and in using bonding tape and bonding materials to install carpeting; and in operating power stretchers and other devices to stretch carpeting

innovative

Interest in speaking with customers and other workers to inspect and repair damaged floor coverings and to inspect, measure and mark surfaces to be covered

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

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General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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