(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
Job Description
Apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Sweep, scrape, sand, or chip dirt and irregularities to clean base surfaces, correcting imperfections that may show through the covering. |
100
|
Cut flooring material to fit around obstructions. |
100
|
Inspect surface to be covered to ensure that it is firm and dry. |
98
|
Disconnect and remove appliances, light fixtures, and worn floor and wall covering from floors, walls, and cabinets. |
97
|
Apply adhesive cement to floor or wall material to join and adhere foundation material. |
95
|
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. |
93
|
Measure and mark guidelines on surfaces or foundations, using chalk lines and dividers. |
90
|
Cut covering and foundation materials, according to blueprints and sketches. |
89
|
Trim excess covering materials, tack edges, and join sections of covering material to form tight joint. |
88
|
Remove excess cement to clean finished surface. |
83
|
Determine traffic areas and decide location of seams. |
83
|
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. |
73
|
Roll and press sheet wall and floor covering into cement base to smooth and finish surface, using hand roller. |
55
|
Heat and soften floor covering materials to patch cracks or fit floor coverings around irregular surfaces, using blowtorch. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
73
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
70
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
60
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
59
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
58
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
58
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
57
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
56
|
Processing Information
|
55
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
55
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
55
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
54
|
Thinking Creatively
|
53
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
51
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
50
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
48
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
48
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
48
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
46
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
46
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
45
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
44
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
42
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
41
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
41
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
38
|
Getting Information
|
37
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
37
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
35
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
34
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
33
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
32
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
32
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
31
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
31
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
26
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
23
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
23
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
19
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
18
|
Interacting With Computers
|
11
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|