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Summary Job Description | Tasks | |||
Lay and install carpet from rolls or blocks on floors. Install padding and trim flooring materials. | Join edges of carpet and seam edges where necessary, by sewing or by using tape with glue and heated carpet iron. | |||
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Cut and trim carpet to fit along wall edges, openings, and projections, finishing the edges with a wall trimmer. | ||||
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Inspect the surface to be covered to determine its condition, and correct any imperfections that might show through carpet or cause carpet to wear unevenly. | ||||
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Roll out, measure, mark, and cut carpeting to size with a carpet knife, following floor sketches and allowing extra carpet for final fitting. | ||||
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Plan the layout of the carpet, allowing for expected traffic patterns and placing seams for best appearance and longest wear. | ||||
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Stretch carpet to align with walls and ensure a smooth surface, and press carpet in place over tack strips or use staples, tape, tacks or glue to hold carpet in place. | ||||
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Take measurements and study floor sketches to calculate the area to be carpeted and the amount of material needed. | ||||
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Cut carpet padding to size and install padding, following prescribed method. | ||||
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Install carpet on some floors using adhesive, following prescribed method. | ||||
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Nail tack strips around area to be carpeted or use old strips to attach edges of new carpet. | ||||
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Fasten metal treads across door openings or where carpet meets flooring to hold carpet in place. | ||||
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Measure, cut and install tackless strips along the baseboard or wall. | ||||
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Draw building diagrams and record dimensions. | ||||
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Move furniture from area to be carpeted and remove old carpet and padding. | ||||
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Cut and bind material. | ||||
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CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies
Carpet Installers
The Benchmark Job Description below represents the specific Position Characteristics of the job used in the Salary Survey. Benchmark Job Descriptions should be inspected carefully to review the degree of matching between an organizations' Job and the Salary Survey Benchmark. Matching internal Jobs to Salary Survey Benchmark Jobs should not be done on Job Title alone. A thorough comparison of Salary Survey Benchmark to Internal Job Descriptions is recommended. A good overlap should exist on any comparisons used on critical Job Dimensions and Competencies.- Job Description
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Important Knowledge Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | |||
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Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | |||
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Public Safety and Security | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. | |||
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Mechanical | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. | |||
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English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. | |||
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Important Skill Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. | |||
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Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. | |||
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Mathematics | Using mathematics to solve problems. | |||
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Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. | |||
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Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. | |||
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Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. | |||
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Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. | |||
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Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. | |||
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Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. | |||
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Instructing | Teaching others how to do something. | |||
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Service Orientation | Actively looking for ways to help people. | |||
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Complex Problem Solving | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. | |||
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Quality Control Analysis | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. | |||
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Operation Monitoring | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. | |||
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Learning Strategies | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. | |||
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Negotiation | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. | |||
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Operation and Control | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. | |||
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Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. | |||
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Important Ability Competencies | Competency Description | |||
Extent Flexibility | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. | |||
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Static Strength | The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. | |||
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Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). | |||
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Arm-Hand Steadiness | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. | |||
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Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). | |||
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Multilimb Coordination | The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Trunk Strength | The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing. | |||
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Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |||
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Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. | |||
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Stamina | The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. | |||
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Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |||
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Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). | |||
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Manual Dexterity | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. | |||
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Dynamic Strength | The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue. | |||
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Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. | |||
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Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. | |||
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Visualization | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. | |||
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Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. | |||
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Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |||
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Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. | |||
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Control Precision | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. | |||
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Gross Body Coordination | The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion. | |||
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Gross Body Equilibrium | The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position. | |||
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Depth Perception | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. | |||
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Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |||
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Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. | |||
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Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. | |||
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Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. | |||
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Mathematical Reasoning | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. | |||
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Time Sharing | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). | |||
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Visual Color Discrimination | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. | |||
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Number Facility | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. | |||
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Reaction Time | The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears. | |||
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Speed of Limb Movement | The ability to quickly move the arms and legs. | |||
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Tools/Technology Example | Product Category | |||
Aya Associates Comp-U-Floor | Project management software | |||
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Carpet Dealer Management System CDMS | Project management software | |||
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FCS FloorEstimate Pro | Project management software | |||
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FCS FloorSales Pro | Project management software | |||
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FIRST Flooring software | Project management software | |||
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FloorCOST Estimator for Excel | Project management software | |||
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FloorRight software | Project management software | |||
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Flooring Technologies QFloors | Project management software | |||
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Focus Floor Covering Software | Project management software | |||
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RFMS Schedule Pro | Calendar and scheduling software | |||
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T.E.H. TakeOff | Project management software | |||
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TMS FloorMaster Estimating | Project management software | |||
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Yardage Bible software | Analytical or scientific software | |||
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Air underlayment staplers | Staple guns | |||
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Butane glue guns | Glue guns | |||
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Calculators | Calculators or accessories | |||
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Carbide drill bits | Drill bits | |||
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Carpet awls | Awls | |||
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Carpet base cutters | Shears | |||
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Carpet clamps | Hold down clamps | |||
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Carpet cutters | Shears | |||
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Carpet grippers/pullers | Torque tools | |||
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Carpet seam steamers | Ironing machines or presses | |||
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Carpet shears | Shears | |||
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Carpet trolleys | Hand trucks or accessories | |||
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Carpet tucking tools | Tensioners | |||
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Caulking guns | Caulking guns | |||
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Concrete nail drivers | Power nail guns | |||
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Cool tip glue guns | Glue guns | |||
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Cove base guns | Glue guns | |||
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Cushion back cutters | Shears | |||
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Cushion lock cutters | Shears | |||
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Desktop computers | Desktop computers | |||
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Door pin tools | Pullers | |||
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Edge-binding staplers | Staple guns | |||
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Electric carpet tackers | Power staple guns | |||
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Electric glue guns | Glue guns | |||
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Floor scraper blades | Knife blades | |||
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Furniture skids | Furniture moving discs | |||
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Hammer tackers | Staple guns | |||
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Hammers | Hammers | |||
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Hand trucks | Hand trucks or accessories | |||
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Heavy duty electric staplers | Staple guns | |||
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Hexagon bit adaptors | Drill bits | |||
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Hooked blades | Knife blades | |||
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Jamb saws | Power saws | |||
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Knee kickers | Tensioners | |||
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Laser printers | Laser printers | |||
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Loop pile cutters | Shears | |||
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Molding lifter bars | Pry bars | |||
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Multipurpose trimmers | Utility knives | |||
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Nail driving guns | Pneumatic nail drivers | |||
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Napping shears | Shears | |||
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Notebook computers | Notebook computers | |||
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Personal computers | Personal computers | |||
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Power carpet stretchers | Torque tools | |||
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Power drills | Power drills | |||
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Round corner carpet blades | Knife blades | |||
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Row separators | Fids | |||
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Rubber mallets | Mallets | |||
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Seam cutters | Shears | |||
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Seam squeezers | Tensioners | |||
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Sewing needles | Sewing needles | |||
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Spiral drill bits | Drill bits | |||
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Square corner carpet blades | Knife blades | |||
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Stair claws | Tensioners | |||
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Stairway stretchers | Tensioners | |||
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Standup cutters | Shears | |||
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Steaming irons | Ironing machines or presses | |||
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Straightedges | Straight edges | |||
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Strip cutter blades | Knife blades | |||
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Strip cutters | Shears | |||
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Switchblade trowels | Trowels | |||
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Swivel-lock stretchers | Tensioners | |||
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Tackless cutter blades | Knife blades | |||
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Tape measures | Tape measures | |||
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Toe kick saws | Power saws | |||
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Trimmer carpet blades | Knife blades | |||
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Tucking trimmers | Utility knives | |||
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Turning tools | Tensioners | |||
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Ultraviolet UV seam inspection lights | Ultraviolet UV lamps | |||
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Undercut saws | Power saws | |||
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Utility knives | Utility knives | |||
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Wall trimmers | Utility knives | |||
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Prerequisite Qualification Category | Education and Experience Level | |||
Required Level of Education | Less than a High School Diploma | |||
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On-Site or In-Plant Training | None | |||
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On-the-Job Training | Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year | |||
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Related Work Experience | None | |||
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Related Work Experience | Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years | |||
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Alternate Job Title(s) | |||
Carpet Floor Layer Apprentice | |||
Carpet Installer | |||
Carpet Jack | |||
Carpet Journeyman | |||
Carpet Layer | |||
Carpet Tile Layer | |||
Commercial Carpet Installer | |||
Floor Coverer | |||
Floor Installation Mechanic | |||
Flooring Installer | |||
Flooring Mechanic | |||
Residential Carpet Installer | |||
Rug Layer | |||
Wall-to-Wall Carpet Installer | |||
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