Will “Soft Tile Setter” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

79% Chance of Automation

“Soft Tile Setter” will probably be replaced by robots.

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

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles”.

Disconnect and remove appliances, light fixtures, and worn floor and wall covering from floors, walls, and cabinets.
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.
Inspect surface to be covered to ensure that it is firm and dry.
Cut flooring material to fit around obstructions.
Measure and mark guidelines on surfaces or foundations, using chalk lines and dividers.
Determine traffic areas and decide location of seams.
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.
Heat and soften floor covering materials to patch cracks or fit floor coverings around irregular surfaces, using blowtorch.
Sweep, scrape, sand, or chip dirt and irregularities to clean base surfaces, correcting imperfections that may show through the covering.
Remove excess cement to clean finished surface.
Roll and press sheet wall and floor covering into cement base to smooth and finish surface, using hand roller.
Cut covering and foundation materials, according to blueprints and sketches.
Trim excess covering materials, tack edges, and join sections of covering material to form tight joint.
Apply adhesive cement to floor or wall material to join and adhere foundation material.