About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate.
Work setting: Various locations.
Tasks
- Inspect, measure and mark surfaces to be covered.
- Read blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine work requirements . 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.
- Prepare floors for installations.
- Remove existing floor coverings and contaminants.
- Perform direct glue-down carpet installations.
- Perform double-bond carpet installations.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Physically demanding.
- Handling heavy loads.
- Bending, crouching, kneeling.
- Ability to distinguish between colours.
- Hand-eye co-ordination.
Experience: 7 months to less than 1 year.
- Support for newcomers and refugees: Offers mentorship programs that pair newcomers and/or refugees with experienced employees . Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees . Support for youths: Offers on-the-job training tailored to youth.
- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth.
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
- Support for Indigenous people: Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for Indigenous workers . Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers . Supports for visible minorities: Offers mentorship programs that pair members of visible minorities with experienced employees.
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.