Career Exploration Guide

SOC: 47-2042

Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles

Apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors.

Education:		These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

OJT:		Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Tasks:		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.

License:		License not required.

Outlook:		Good

Alabama Employment Outlook

Alabama Wage Data
Hourly Wage		Annual Wage
Entry	$11.22	Entry	$23,337.00
Mean	$16.03	Mean	$33,352.00
Experience	$18.45	Experience	$38,365.00

The data is based on the May 2017 Occupation Employment Survey employment and wage estimate file. The wages have been aged using the most current ECI factors reflecting wages as of June 2018.

Alabama Projections

Estimated Employment 2016	Projected Employment 2026	Annual Average Openings	Annual Growth Rate
400	450	40	1.18

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Postsecondary Institutions With Programs:

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Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door

Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers

Etchers and Engravers

Model Makers, Metal and Plastic

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Tile and Marble Setters

Welders, Cutters, and Welder Fitters

Bishop State Community College

Gadsden State Community College

J F Ingram State Technical College

Jefferson Davis Community College

John C Calhoun State Community College

Lawson State Community College-Birmingham Campus

Northwest-Shoals Community College

Reid State Technical College

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Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles