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hardwood-floor-layer Occupational skill for the role 'hardwood floor layer' (also: timber floor layer, installer of harwood floors, parquet floor installer, wood floor layer, parquet floor layer, hardwood floor installer). Use when the user asks for typical hardwood floor layer work such as: 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.

Hardwood Floor Layer

Hardwood floor layers install floors made of solid wood. They prepare the surface, cut parquet or board elements to size, and lay them in a predetermined pattern, straight and flush.

Core workflow

  1. Sweep, scrape, sand, or chip dirt and irregularities to clean base surfaces, correcting imperfections that may show through the covering.
  2. Cut flooring material to fit around obstructions.
  3. Inspect surface to be covered to ensure that it is firm and dry.
  4. Trim excess covering materials, tack edges, and join sections of covering material to form tight joint.
  5. 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.
  6. Measure and mark guidelines on surfaces or foundations, using chalk lines and dividers.
  7. Cut covering and foundation materials, according to blueprints and sketches.
  8. Roll and press sheet wall and floor covering into cement base to smooth and finish surface, using hand roller.

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • clean wood surface
  • create floor plan template
  • create smooth wood surface
  • fill nail holes in wood planks
  • follow health and safety procedures in construction
  • identify wood warp
  • inspect construction supplies
  • install wood elements in structures
  • interpret 2D plans
  • interpret 3D plans
  • join wood elements
  • lacquer wood surfaces
  • lay underlayment
  • monitor processing environment conditions
  • pin parquet

Hot technologies

  • Microsoft Office software
  • Facebook

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4f1bb8b4-3fff-4e68-b427-8c892534a181), ONET 30.3 (47-2042.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*