CompGeo Salary Survey Benchmark Job Summary and Competencies

Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles

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CompGeo Occupation Group: Construction
Job Family: Construction Trades
Benchmark Title: Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
 
Summary Job Description Tasks
Apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors. Sweep, scrape, sand, or chip dirt and irregularities to clean base surfaces, correcting imperfections that may show through the covering.
 
Cut flooring material to fit around obstructions.
 
Inspect surface to be covered to ensure that it is firm and dry.
 
Trim excess covering materials, tack edges, and join sections of covering material to form tight joint.
 
Form a smooth foundation by stapling plywood or Masonite over the floor or by brushing waterproof compound onto surface and filling cracks with plaster, putty, or grout to seal pores.
 
Measure and mark guidelines on surfaces or foundations, using chalk lines and dividers.
 
Cut covering and foundation materials, according to blueprints and sketches.
 
Roll and press sheet wall and floor covering into cement base to smooth and finish surface, using hand roller.
 
Apply adhesive cement to floor or wall material to join and adhere foundation material.
 
Determine traffic areas and decide location of seams.
 
Lay out, position, and apply shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors, walls, and cabinets, following guidelines to keep courses straight and create designs.
 
Remove excess cement to clean finished surface.
 
Disconnect and remove appliances, light fixtures, and worn floor and wall covering from floors, walls, and cabinets.
 
Heat and soften floor covering materials to patch cracks or fit floor coverings around irregular surfaces, using blowtorch.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Construction
Job Family: Construction Trades
Benchmark Title: Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
 
Important Knowledge Competencies Competency Description
Building and Construction Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
 
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.
 
Mathematics Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
 
Mechanical Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
 
Production and Processing Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
 
Design Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
 
English Language Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
 
Education and Training Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
 
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.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Construction
Job Family: Construction Trades
Benchmark Title: Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
 
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.
 
Speaking Talking to others to convey information effectively.
 
Critical Thinking Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
 
Monitoring Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
 
Social Perceptiveness Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
 
Coordination Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
 
Judgment and Decision Making Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
 
Time Management Managing one's own time and the time of others.
 
Active Learning Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
 
Complex Problem Solving Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Construction
Job Family: Construction Trades
Benchmark Title: Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
 
Important Ability Competencies Competency Description
Extent Flexibility The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
 
Near Vision The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
 
Oral Comprehension The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
 
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.
 
Oral Expression The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Static Strength The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
 
Deductive Reasoning The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
 
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).
 
Speech Clarity The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
 
Inductive Reasoning The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
 
Visualization The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
 
Selective Attention The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
 
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.
 
Speech Recognition The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
 
Written Comprehension The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
 
Control Precision The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
 
Dynamic Strength The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Construction
Job Family: Construction Trades
Benchmark Title: Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
 
Prerequisite Qualification Category Education and Experience Level
Required Level of Education High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate)
 
On-the-Job Training Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
 
Related Work Experience None
 
On-Site or In-Plant Training None
 
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Construction
Job Family: Construction Trades
Benchmark Title: Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
 
Alternate Job Title(s)
Asphalt Tile Floor Layer
Composition Floor Layer
Composition Floor Setter
Composition Tile Layer
Cork Floor Installer
Floor Covering Contractor
Floor Covering Layer
Floor Coverings Installer
Floor Layer
Floor Layer Apprentice
Flooring Helper
Flooring Installer
Flooring Mechanic
Hardwood Floor Installer
Laminate Floor Installer
Linoleum Floor Installer
Linoleum Installer
Linoleum Layer
Linoleum Layer Apprentice
Linoleum Mechanic
Linoleum Tile Layer
Plastic Tile Setter
Resilient Tile Installer
Rubber Block Layer
Rubber Tile Floor Layer
Shock-Absorption Floor Layer
Soft Tile Setter
Tile Applicator
Tile Fitter
Tile Installer
Tile Mechanic
Tile Setter
Tile Setter Apprentice
Tile Trimmer
Tiler
Vinyl Flooring Installer
Vinyl Installer
 
CompGeo Occupation Group: Construction
Job Family: Construction Trades
Benchmark Title: Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
 
 
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