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Job Description

Lay and install carpet from rolls or blocks on floors. Install padding and trim flooring materials.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 47-2041.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 44,310.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 21.00
Currently, there are 25,660 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Carpet Installers”.

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Tasks for “Carpet Layer”

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.
Clean up before and after installation, including vacuuming carpet and discarding remnant pieces.
Fasten metal treads across door openings or where carpet meets flooring to hold carpet in place.
Install carpet on some floors using adhesive, following prescribed method.
Join edges of carpet and seam edges where necessary, by sewing or by using tape with glue and heated carpet iron.
Cut and trim carpet to fit along wall edges, openings, and projections, finishing the edges with a wall trimmer.
Draw building diagrams and record dimensions.
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.
Nail tack strips around area to be carpeted or use old strips to attach edges of new carpet.
Measure, cut and install tackless strips along the baseboard or wall.
Roll out, measure, mark, and cut carpeting to size with a carpet knife, following floor sketches and allowing extra carpet for final fitting.
Cut and bind material.
Move furniture from area to be carpeted and remove old carpet and padding.
Cut carpet padding to size and install padding, following prescribed method.
Plan the layout of the carpet, allowing for expected traffic patterns and placing seams for best appearance and longest wear.
Take measurements and study floor sketches to calculate the area to be carpeted and the amount of material needed.

Related Technology & Tools

Molding lifter bars
Power drills
Carpet base cutters
Hand trucks
Hammer tackers
Sewing needles
Strip cutter blades
Nail driving guns
Door pin tools
Cushion back cutters
Jamb saws
Seam cutters
Square corner carpet blades
Multipurpose trimmers
Electric glue guns
Cove base guns
Standup cutters
Undercut saws
Round corner carpet blades
Stair claws
Personal computers
Rubber mallets
Seam squeezers
Floor scraper blades
Power carpet stretchers
Stairway stretchers
Utility knives
Desktop computers
Toe kick saws
Carpet grippers/pullers
Cushion lock cutters
Edge-binding staplers
Drill bit sets
Row separators
Carpet shears
Laser printers
Cool tip glue guns
Straightedges
Carpet awls
Heavy duty electric staplers
Strip cutters
Carpet trolleys
Tape measures
Carpet tucking tools
Loop pile cutters
Spiral drill bits
Electric carpet tackers
Steaming irons
Furniture skids
Carpet cutters
Ultraviolet UV seam inspection lights
Carpet clamps
Concrete nail drivers
Turning tools
Knee kickers
Trimmer carpet blades
Handheld calculators
Caulking guns
Hammers
Switchblade trowels
Notebook computers
Tackless cutter blades
Air underlayment staplers
Swivel-lock stretchers
Carpet seam steamers
Butane glue guns
Wall trimmers
Hooked blades
Tucking trimmers
Napping shears
Hexagon bit adaptors

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Measure Square FloorEstimate Pro
Aya Associates Comp-U-Floor
RFMS Schedule Pro
Flooring Technologies QFloors
FloorRight
Autodesk AutoCAD
Textile Management Systems RollMaster
FloorCOST Estimator for Excel
eTakeoff
Focus Floor Covering Software
FIRST Flooring