Carpet Installers

Job Description & Duties Lay and install carpet from rolls or blocks on floors. Install padding and trim flooring materials.

• Roll out, measure, mark, and cut carpeting to size with a carpet knife, following floor sketches and allowing extra carpet for final fitting.
• Plan the layout of the carpet, allowing for expected traffic patterns and placing seams for best appearance and longest wear.
• Cut and trim carpet to fit along wall edges, openings, and projections, finishing the edges with a wall trimmer.
• Take measurements and study floor sketches to calculate the area to be carpeted and the amount of material needed.
• Install carpet on some floors using adhesive, following prescribed method.
• Clean up before and after installation, including vacuuming carpet and discarding remnant pieces.

• Monitoring:
  Monitoring/assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Coordination:
  Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
• Mathematics:
  Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Critical Thinking:
  Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Quality Control Analysis:
  Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
• Time Management:
  Managing one’s own time and the time of others.

• Residential Carpet Installer
• Commercial Carpet Installer