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Description
Floor covering installers install carpet, wood, linoleum, vinyl and other resilient floor coverings in residential, commercial, industrial and institutional buildings. Apprentices are also included in this unit group.
Job Titles
- Apprentice floor covering installer
- Broadloom installer
- Carpet installer
- Carpet layer
- Composition floor layer
- Floor covering installer
- Floor covering installer apprentice
- Floor covering mechanic
- Floor layer
- Floor sheeting layer
- Floor tile layer
- Hardwood floor covering installer
- Hardwood floor layer
- Journeyman/woman floor covering installer
- Journeyman/woman floor mechanic
- Linoleum floor covering installer
- Linoleum floor covering layer
- Linoleum floor installer
- Linoleum floor layer
- Parquet floor layer
- Residential floor and wall covering installer
- Residential wall and floor covering installer
- Resilient floor installer
- Resilient floor layer
- Rug installer
- Rug layer
- Vinyl floor installer
- Vinyl floor layer
- Vinyl tile layer
- Wood floor covering layer
- Wood floor installer
Main Duties
- 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
- Inspect and repair damaged floor coverings
- May estimate material and labour costs.
Workplaces
- Carpet outlets
- Construction companies
- Floor-covering contractors
- Self-employed
Skills
- Coordinating
- Equipment and Tool Selection
- Instructing
- Learning and Teaching Strategies
- Management of Material Resources
Abilities
- Static Strength
- Trunk Strength
- Body Flexibility
- Dynamic Strength
- Stamina
Personal Attributes
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Independence
- Stress Tolerance
- Active Learning
Similar Occupations
- Floor covering supervisor (in 72014 Contractors and supervisors, other construction trades, installers, repairers and servicers)
Source: OaSIS
Employment Outlook
The employment outlook will be Good for floor covering installers (NOC 73113) in Prince Edward Island for the 2025-2027 period.
The following factors contributed to this outlook:
- Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
- A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
- There are a moderate number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.
Here are some key facts about Floor covering installers in Prince Edward Island:
- Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
- Floor covering installers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Construction (NAICS 23): more than 95%
- 55% of floor covering installers work all year, while 45% work only part of the year, compared to 59% and 41% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 36 weeks compared to 41 weeks for all occupations.
- 45% of floor covering installers are self-employed compared to an average of 13% for all occupations.
- The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: more than 95% compared to 51% for all occupations
- Women: less than 5% compared to 49% for all occupations
- The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 27% compared to 11% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 33% compared to 28% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor’s: 33% compared to 25% for all occupations
- bachelor’s degree: n/a
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a
Source: Job Bank
Prevailing Wages
| AREA | LOW | MEDIAN | HIGH |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEI | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Canada | $17.00 | $26.00 | $43.00 |
Training
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More Info
View the full occupational profile with details on work characteristics, interests, employment requirements and more on the Occupational and Skills Information System (OaSIS) website.
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