Floor Layer
Posted on Dec 31, 2020 by E.S. Services Ltd.
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Location Edmonton, AB
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Earnings $25.40 hourly
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 2 Vacancies
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Closing Date Jan 30, 2021
Employer
E.S. Services Ltd.
Languages
English
Education
Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
3 years to less than 5 years
Additional Skills
- Read and interpret blueprints, maps, drawings and specifications
- Prepare flooring plans and scheduling
Work Setting
- Residential
- Commercial
Specific Skills
- Remove existing floor coverings and contaminants
- Prepare floors for installations
- Prepare and install hardwood floors
- Perform direct glue-down carpet installations
- Perform double-bond carpet installations
- Measure, cut and fasten underlay and underpadding
- Measure, cut and install carpeting on floors
- Measure, cut and install resilient floor coverings
- Install materials on counter tops and raised platforms
- Install resilient stair components (special effects for the visually impaired)
- Install vinyl decking materials
- Install carpeting on walls or other surfaces
- Employ knee kickers and other equipment to stretch carpeting
- Conduct moisture, ph, temperature and other tests prior to flooring installations
- Inspect and repair damaged floor coverings
- Inspect, measure and mark surfaces to be covered
Security and Safety
Bondable
Work Site Environment
Dusty
Transportation/Travel Information
Willing to travel
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Ability to distinguish between colours
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Work Location Information
- Rural area
- On-site customer service
- Urban area
- Various locations
Installation Specialization
- Vinyl or resilient sheets
- Vinyl or resilient tiles
- Terrazzo tiles
- Rubber sheet goods
- Parquet flooring
- Modular carpet tiles
- Marble tiles
- Linoleum
- Flash covings
- Flexible PVC sheet goods
- Cork flooring
- Conductive flooring
- Ceramic tiles
- Carpets/rugs
- Borders or feature strips
- Hardwood intricate patterns flooring
- Hardwood strip flooring
Personal Suitability
- Team player
- Organized
How to Apply
Anyone who can legally work in Canada can apply for this job. If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada, the employer will not consider your job application.
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Interest in computing to estimate costs for material and labour
- OBJECTIVE
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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
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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
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