Talk to your school counselor about programs and classes like woodworking that are offered at your school so you can start learning skills that will get you started in this field.

Find a class to jump-start your construction skills.

Try your hand at reading and drawing floor plans using a free floor plan sketcher tool.

Practice drawing floor plans.

Search online for how-to videos to see how hard this work is to master--and whether it's something you think you'd like. Does seeing this kind of work in action make you more interested in trying it?

Watch tutorials on how to do this kind of work.

The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.

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.

The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Carpet Installers

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

Work involves designing, building, or repairing of equipment, materials, or structures, engaging in physical activity, or working outdoors. Realistic occupations are often associated with engineering, mechanics and electronics, construction, woodworking, transportation, machine operation, agriculture, animal services, physical or manual labor, athletics, or protective services.

Realistic

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

Conventional

Work involves creating original visual artwork, performances, written works, food, or music for a variety of media, or applying artistic principles to the design of various objects and materials. Artistic occupations are often associated with visual arts, applied arts and design, performing arts, music, creative writing, media, or culinary art.

Artistic

Work involves studying and researching non-living objects, living organisms, disease or other forms of impairment, or human behavior. Investigative occupations are often associated with physical, life, medical, or social sciences, and can be found in the fields of humanities, mathematics/statistics, information technology, or health care service.

Investigative

Work involves helping, teaching, advising, assisting, or providing service to others. Social occupations are often associated with social, health care, personal service, teaching/education, or religious activities.

Social

Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law.

Enterprising

Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed

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.

Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.

Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Carpet, Floor, and Tile Installers and Finishers

Construction and Extraction Occupations

Construction Trades Workers

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.

Roll out, measure, mark, and cut carpeting to size with a carpet knife, following floor sketches and allowing extra carpet for final fitting.

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.

Plan the layout of the carpet, allowing for expected traffic patterns and placing seams for best appearance and longest wear.

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.

Take measurements and study floor sketches to calculate the area to be carpeted and the amount of material needed.

Install carpet on some floors using adhesive, following prescribed method.

Clean up before and after installation, including vacuuming carpet and discarding remnant pieces.

Measure, cut and install tackless strips along the baseboard or wall.

Microsoft Excel

Aya Associates Comp-U-Floor

Carpet Dealer Management System CDMS

Flooring Technologies QFloors

Textile Management Systems RollMaster

eTakeoff

FIRST Flooring

Measure Square FloorEstimate Pro

Pacific Solutions FloorRight

Microsoft Office software

RFMS Schedule Pro

Microsoft Word

Autodesk AutoCAD

Carpet base cutters

Cushion back cutters

Standup cutters

Strip cutters

Floor scraper blades

Hooked blades

Tackless cutter blades

Trimmer carpet blades

Carpet tucking tools

Stairway stretchers

Swivel-lock stretchers

Turning tools

Air underlayment staplers

Edge-binding staplers

Hammer tackers

Heavy duty electric staplers

Butane glue guns

Cool tip glue guns

Cove base guns

Electric glue guns

Multipurpose trimmers

Tucking trimmers

Wall trimmers

Jamb saws

Toe kick saws

Undercut saws

Carpet grippers/pullers

Power carpet stretchers

Carpet seam steamers

Steaming irons

Carpet trolleys

Hand trucks

Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.

Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.

Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.

Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer?

A lot of freedom

Some freedom

How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls?

Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls

Continually or almost continually

How frequently does your job require face-to-face discussions with individuals and within teams?

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams

Every day

Once a week or more but not every day

How much does this job require kneeling, crouching, stooping or crawling?

Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling

More than half the time

How often do you have telephone conversations in this job?

How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it?

Constant contact with others

Contact with others most of the time

How often does this job require working indoors in an environmentally controlled environment (like a warehouse with air conditioning)?

How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines?

How much freedom does the worker have in determining the tasks, priorities, or goals of the job?

How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)?

Carpet Installers

Overview

Career

What Carpet Installers Do

Other Job Titles Carpet Installers May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Carpet Installers

Overview

Career

What Carpet Installers Do

Other Job Titles Carpet Installers May Have

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

Education

Level of Education Attained by Carpet Installers

Majors Related to Career