CARPET INSTALLER

Job Definition:

Job Description:

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

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) Join edges of carpet and seam edges where necessary, by sewing or by using tape with glue and heated carpet iron.
• 2) Cut and trim carpet to fit along wall edges, openings, and projections, finishing the edges with a wall trimmer.
• 3) 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.
• 4) Roll out, measure, mark, and cut carpeting to size with a carpet knife, following floor sketches and allowing extra carpet for final fitting.
• 5) Plan the layout of the carpet, allowing for expected traffic patterns and placing seams for best appearance and longest wear.
• 6) 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.
• 7) Take measurements and study floor sketches to calculate the area to be carpeted and the amount of material needed.
• 8) Cut carpet padding to size and install padding, following prescribed method.
• 9) Install carpet on some floors using adhesive, following prescribed method.
• 10) Nail tack strips around area to be carpeted or use old strips to attach edges of new carpet.
• 11) Fasten metal treads across door openings or where carpet meets flooring to hold carpet in place.
• 12) Measure, cut and install tackless strips along the baseboard or wall.
  13) Draw building diagrams and record dimensions.
• 14) Move furniture from area to be carpeted and remove old carpet and padding
• 15) Cut and bind material.

Activities:

• 1) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 2) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• 3) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• 4) Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
• 5) Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• 6) Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests
• 7) Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.
• 8) Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• 9) Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
• 10)Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• 11) Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• 12) Controlling Machines and Processes — Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
• 13) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
• 14) Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.

Abilities:

• 1) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
• 2) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• 3) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• 4) Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• 5) Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• 6) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• 7) 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.
• 8) 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).
• 9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 10) Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• 11) Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
• 12) 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.
• 13) 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.
• 14) Dynamic Strength — The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.
• 15) Far Vision — The ability to see details at a distance.
• 16) 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.
• 17) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• 18) 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.
• 19) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• 20) Stamina — The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.
• 21) Gross Body Equilibrium — The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.
• 22) Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• 23) Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• 24) Gross Body Coordination — The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.
• 25) Depth Perception — The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

Knowledge

• 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.