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Floor Coverers in South Africa

Floor Coverers

Alternative Job Titles: Carpet Layer, Floor Sander, Vinyl Layer

Floor coverers install and repair floor coverings such as carpet, vinyl, rubber, cork, parquetry and timber floors.
Activities of Floor Coverers

A floor finisher and coverer may perform the following tasks:

  • make sure that floors are firm, dry and clean, and repair minor defects before laying coverings
  • measure areas to be covered, and estimate and order quantities of floor coverings
  • fix underlays of hardboard sheets, rubber or felt
  • lay covering materials over the floor, match patterns, cut shapes around fixtures and trim edges
  • fix floor coverings and fit edge trims in doorways
  • sand, stain and finish a variety of timber floors.
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Profile of a Floor Coverer

Floor coverers work in small teams. Conditions can be dusty, and the work involves a lot of bending, stretching, kneeling and carrying. Floor coverers have a high level of contact with the public, builders, retailers and other tradesmen.

 

Skill requirements and profile - Floor Finisher and Coverer

  • physically fit
  • interested in practical work
  • good hand-eye coordination
  • normal colour vision

 

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special kinds of floor coverers

Floor coverers may specialize as a:

Hard Floor Finisher who lays and finishes timber, cork and parquetry floors in mosaic and block patterns. They also sand, stain and apply finished coatings to timber floors.

Resilent Layer who specializes in laying and finishing vinyl, linoleum and rubber in either sheet or tile form. They may lay these materials on bench tops and walls as well as floors.

Textile Layer (also known as Carpet Layer) who fastens the edges and seams, then stretches the carpet and fixes it along walls and borders, using gripper strips.

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